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great differences of practice. Several of our oldest 
and most respectable establishments liave their own 
formulae for this preparation, and they find it requi¬ 
site to follow those formulae in order to meet the de¬ 
mands of their customers. It is therefore by no 
means a legitimate inference that a deviation from 
the Pharmacopoeia in the sal volatile bought at a 
shop of credit is to be regarded as indicating inferio¬ 
rity. This is not a matter of quality or of price, 
and before any one can j ustly assert that particular 
druggists improperly make use of preparations which 
do not conform to the Pharmacopoeia, the examiner 
must be careful to make sure that he obtains from 
the vendors such preparations as they would use in 
dispensing and not for ordinary sale. There may be, 
without any impropriety, a great difference in this 
respect, not at all inconsistent with due adherence to 
the Pharmacopoeia in all cases of dispensing. 
The Melbourne Argus announces that, attention 
having been drawn of late to the evil results which 
follow the making up of medical prescriptions by 
druggists not sufficiently qualified, steps have been 
taken by the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria to 
secure the passing of a Pharmacy Bill during the 
next session of Parliament. At a meeting of che¬ 
mists and druggists recently held in Melbourne, it 
was decided that a Bill should be sketched out by 
the Council of the Society, and that the Govern¬ 
ment should be asked to draft it and adopt it. The 
object of the Bill will be to prevent, in future, any 
but thoroughly competent men from acting as che¬ 
mists and druggists. 
In Dr. Lankester’s Annual Report of Inquests 
held by him in 1868-9, he calls attention to the fact 
that poison ranks third in frequency among the 
means of suicide. It appears also that a consider¬ 
able change has taken place in the selection of 
poisons by intending suicides. He says that cyanide 
of potassium, which is used in enormous quantities 
by photographers, and may be purchased without 
difficulty, has been the poison most frequently 
used during the last seven years. Oxalic acid, 
which stands next, is used by shoemakers, saddlers, 
and harness-makers. The use of opium for the pur¬ 
poses of suicide is on the decline, owing to the 
difficulty of procuring a sufficient quantity of that 
drug. The same remark applies to hydrocyanic 
acid. Then comes oil of bitter almonds, rarely, if 
er, the cause of accidental poisoning. Next sul¬ 
phuric and hydrochloric acids, employed by metal- 
woikeis and brass-finishers. Vermin powders and 
preparations of strychnine stand lowest on the list, 
only two cases of poisoning by these agents having 
been recorded during the last seven years. 
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EXAMINATION IN LONDON. 
January 18 th, 1871. 
Present—Messrs. Allchin, Bird, Carteighe, Cracknell, 
Davenport, Deane, Edwards, Gale, Garle, Ilanbury, 
Haselden, Ince and Southall. 
FIRST, OR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. 
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APPRENTICES OR STUDENTS. 
King, Horatio Alfred.Norwich. 
Hilston, David P.Lanark. 
Wright, Alfred.. Stowinarket. 
Davies, David .Merthyr Tydvil. 
Dunn, Henry.Shipley. 
Green, Thomas.Belfast. 
Ken die, Frederic Wellesley... .London. 
Knight, John Tomlinson.Nottingham. 
f Frank, John.Whitby. 
< Maddock, William Thomas.... London. 
( Ridgley, Thomas.Newport, I. W, 
Harrison, William Westr op ..Wisbeach. 
Beardsley, James.Nottingham. 
Wylde, James Harold.Manchester. 
Hargrave, Spencer .Manchester. 
Price, David.Merthyr Tydvil. 
Wright, Thomas David .Lancaster. 
Mellor, Thomas.Bury. 
Prince, George Frederic.Oxford. 
Dawson, Theophilus M. F.Hull. 
{ Baxter, Thomas Moore .Wisbeach. 
Davidson, James Bruce .Ellon. 
Reddish, Augustus .Patricroft. 
( Barclay, John .London. 
( Jessop, John Arthur.Willenhall. 
Long, Theophilus H. B.Brighton. 
( Banks, William Orton.Levenshulme. 
Davies, John.Llanelty. 
Lloyd, Llewellyn.Oxford. 
Shepherd, Alexander Moir .... Aberdeen. 
Smart, Charles Frederic.Littlchampton. 
( Auld, Jame3...Ellon. 
\ Oxley, Herbert Lister.Leeds. 
Thomson, James .Ellon. 
Elliman, Frank Samuel .London. 
Fortnam, Frederic Henry .... Willenhall. 
( Bond, Frederick William .... Yarburgh. 
Colley, John.Ripon. 
Challinor, Samuel MacMillan.. Bolton. 
j Jenkins, Thomas Morgan ... .Merthyr Tydvil. 
\ Low, James .Ellon. 
[Brunt, Francis.Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 
Fentiman, Charles James ... .London. 
J Larder, Herbert .Horncastle. 
| Taylor, George.Brinsley. 
Wheeler, Albert .Southsea. 
fiWorfolk, George William .... Leeds. 
S Coxon, William Arthur .Birmingham. 
Crowther, William Charles . .Tickhill. 
Nicholl, Isaac Waugh.Belfast. 
Yates, Ebenezer .Manchester. 
/ Goyne, William Stephens .... Redruth. 
\ Landon, Charles Edwin.Stourport. 
j Pain, Arthur.., Bury St. Edmunds.. 
\ Price, Charles William .Abergavenny. 
Ewing, Gordon Clunes .Yarmouth. 
