March 11,1871.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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same restrictions was, that Glasgow was entirely excep¬ 
tional in this respect; that in large towns in England 
there was no such thing as a medical practitioner having 
a regular drug business. He might have a surgery for 
dispensing his own prescriptions, hut they had no open 
retail drug shop as in Glasgow ; and he said he had had 
the greatest difficulty, when in England, in making the 
chemists there understand that a surgeon coulddrive about 
in his carriage attending to his practice, and having one, 
two, or more retail drug shops attended to by druggists’ 
assistants at the same time. He therefore believed that 
in the Pharmaceutical and Privy Councils especially the 
position of the Glasgow chemists was not understood, 
and he thought it would be worth our while to invite 
some of the members of these bodies to come and see for 
themselves. Ho trusted, however, that Glasgow would 
be well represented at the Annual Meeting of the Coun¬ 
cil in May next, and that no effort would bo lost to have 
the obnoxious regulations thrown out till, at least, there 
is more cause for them than at present. 
Mr. Kinninmont then explained at length the steps to 
be taken in gaining admission as members or associates 
of the Pharmaceutical Society, and urged upon all most 
strongly to lose no time in having themselves enrolled, 
and that those who had examinations to pass, • should 
also get them over as soon as possible. He thought it 
was high time Glasgow was speaking up for representa¬ 
tion in the Council; he thought if we put forth a claim for 
such, we would receive the support of the pharmaceutists 
of Edinburgh and other provincial towns ; but we must 
also have a strong force of our own to push the claim 
forward, and that force can only have weight by being 
members of the Society; he therefore hoped that the 
Glasgow chemists would not be content with simple re¬ 
gistration as chemists and druggists. 
Several other members spoke in regal'd to the poison 
regulations, and expressing their appreciation of Mr. 
Kinninmont’s remarks. 
The Secretary afterwards drew the attention of the 
members to the fact, that the British Pharmaceutical 
Conference would meet in Edinburgh next August, 
showing them the handsome volume issued by the Con¬ 
ference, ‘ The Year Book of Pharmacy,’ which was to be 
a yearly publication, and which was sent free to every 
member, on payment of his annual subscription of five 
shillings. Several orders were afterwards handed in for 
the ‘ Year Book,’ and six gentlemen (druggists in busi¬ 
ness before the passing of the Pharmacy Act 1868) gave 
in their names to be proposed as members of the Phar¬ 
maceutical Society. 
OLDHAM CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS’ AS¬ 
SISTANTS AND APPRENTICES’ ASSOCIA¬ 
TION. 
The First Annual Meeting of the above Association 
was held last month, when there was a good attendance. 
The business of the evening commenced by the reading 
of the Secretary’s Report, 'which was as follows :—• 
This being the first Annual Report of this Association, 
it gives the Committee great pleasure in having to lay 
before you a favourable and encouraging one of the 
transactions of this Association. 
During the past year the Association has been some¬ 
what prosperous (though we may say it is yet in its 
infancy), and it is to be hoped that before another year 
has passed, we may be on a level with many other 
societies in Great Britain, and that the young men of 
this town will do their utmost to gain that position, as 
there is no doubt it all lies with them as to the future 
success of this Association. 
The Latin class that was formed in April last (under 
the able tutorship of the Rev. A. Peaton) has been very 
fairly attended, as three-fourths of the members has been 
the average attendance. 
The numerous presentations which the Association 
has received since its formation have greatly surpassed 
our utmost expectations, viz.:— 
One handsome show-case, containing in ground stop¬ 
pered bottles seventy specimens of various drugs of the 
British Pharmacopoeia: 
One Materia Medica cabinet, adapted for the Major 
Examination : 
Three books, viz. Lescher’s ‘Elements of Pharmacy/ 
Fownes’ ‘Chemistry,’ and Royle’s ‘Materia Medica.’ 
The Pharmaceutical Journal (by the kind permis¬ 
sion of the Pharmaceutical Council) has also been sent 
regularly as published. These have all been thankfully 
received and duly acknowledged. We have likewise re¬ 
ceived several donations from various gentlemen in the 
trade, which have been a great auxiliary, in this our 
first year’s undertaking, of placing a balance in the 
Treasurer’s hand. 
We have a bright prospect before us, and we hope the 
opportunities derived from the Association may not 
be lacking in their good results, but that our next report 
may contain some of the names of members of the Asso¬ 
ciation having passed their respective examinations. 
The Treasurer’s financial statement was then read, 
showing a balance in hand of 8.$. 
The report having been confirmed, the following 
officers were elected for the ensuing year:—President: 
Mr. Taylor. Vice-President: Mr. Radcliffe. Treasurer: 
Mr. Hurst. Secretary: Mr. Rhodes. 
Votes of thanks having been passed to the retiring 
officers, the business of the meeting was brought to a 
close. 
LEEDS CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Monthly Meeting of this Association was held 
on March 1st, 1871, when the President, Mr. Smee- 
ton, introduced the subject of the proposed poison 
regulations. He stated that his opinions had not al¬ 
tered since last year, when it "was decided to oppose 
these regulations on the ground that the best security 
was the better education of chemists, and that he felt as 
great a repugnance as others to the inspection of an 
official as to the way in which he conducted his business. 
He admitted that, in the main, these regulations were- 
not oppressive; and had they been sent down as recom¬ 
mendations, would probably have been adopted, so far 
as was possible. He deprecated entirely bringing to the 
consideration of the subject anything like a foregone 
conclusion, founded upon proceedings taken elsewhere ; 
and strongly urged the consideration of the subject in a 
calm and unprejudiced manner. He admitted that the 
Council had not, in the past, shown anxiety to legislate 
on the poison question, and had repeatedly prevented 
unwise and hurtful regulations; and he concluded that 
its present action was owing to pressure from the officer 
of the Privy Council. He thought that something might 
yet be drawn up by the Council of the Pharmaceutical 
Society which would satisfy the Privy Council and be 
acceptable to the trade; and quoted from Mr. Brady’s 
letter of July, 1864, wherein he said, “The public will 
have precautions against accidents adopted; let them be 
of our own choosing, rather than left to the selection of 
a Parliamentary Committee. Were the Pharmaceutical 
Society acting officially, as the body governing, not only 
the interests of its own members, but those also of the 
nation at large, so far as pharmacy is concerned, to issue 
a series of simple and reasonable regulations with respect 
to the storing and dispensing of poisonous substances, it 
would require no other authority to ensure their general 
adoption,” etc. The general custom of the trade showed 
that regulations Similar to those before them were in use, 
more or less; and on the assumption that compulsory 
measures were certain, it was better to choose them rather- 
than have them decided for the trade by those less con¬ 
versant with the matter. The regulations themselves. 
