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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[May 13,187L 
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Windsor, Boyce, John P. . .. 0 10 6 
„ Collins, H. G. 0 5 0 
,, Crook, Edward .. 0 10 6 
„ Grisbrook, Edward. 0 10 6 
„ Leigh, John.. - 0 10 6 
,, Russell, Charles J. L. . 0 10 6 
,, Weller, George. 0 10 G 
,, Wetherhead, E. 0 10 6 
Woolwich, Parkes, John C. 0 10 6 
,, Rastrick, John A. 0 10 6 
Worcester, Whitfield and Sons ...... 110 
„ Witherington, Thomas ..... 110 
Wrexham, Paine, Charles . .. 0 10 6 
Wylce, Drake, William. 02G 
Wymondham, Skoulding, William ..... 050 
Yarm, Reed, George. 0 10 6 
Yeovil, Manning, Thomas D., jun. ..... 110 
Yarm, Reed, George.. 0 10 6 
Yeovil, Manning, Thomas D., jun. ..... 110 
LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Twelfth General Meeting of this Association was 
held at the Royal Institution on Thursday evening, 
April 27th; the President, Mr. John Abraham, in the 
chair. 
The following donations were announced:—Hooker’s 
‘Student’s Flora,’ Tyndall ‘On Sound,’ Naquet’s ‘Mo¬ 
dem Chemistry,’ ‘ The Life and Letters of Faraday,’ 
2 vols., Tuson’s ‘Veterinary Pharmacopoeia,’ Roscoe’s 
* Spectrum Analysis,’ Fresenius’s ‘ Quantitative Analy¬ 
sis ’ (last edition), Williams’s ‘ Chemical Manipulation,’ 
Prior’s ‘ British Plants,’ ‘ The Homoeopathic Pharma¬ 
copoeia,’ Miller’s ‘Chemistry’ (lastedition), 3 vols.: from 
the British Pharmaceutical Conference, Bell and Hills 
Fund—‘ Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical 
Association at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting, held in 
Baltimore, September, 1870’: from Professor Maisch, of 
Philadelphia—‘ The Chicago Pharmacist’ : from Mr. 
Ebert, Chicago—‘The New York Druggists’ Circular’ : 
from Mr. Mercer, Montreal — ‘ The Pharmaceutical 
Journal’: from the Society—‘Journal of the Liverpool 
Polytechnic Society’: from the Society. 
_ The President informed the members that the Coun¬ 
cil had felt great difficulty in selecting suitable books 
for the appropriation of the Bell and Hills Fund, their 
Library being well supplied with many standard works; 
they had, therefore, solicited the assistance of Professor 
Attfield, who had kindly selected and sent down the 
books on the table. He was sure they would all agree 
with him that it was a very useful selection, and would 
prove a valuable addition to the Library, and that they 
would feel much indebted to Professor Attfield for his 
kindness. He would remind the members that the Com¬ 
mittee of the British Pharmaceutical Conference were 
enabled to make this handsome donation through the 
thoughtful liberality of Mr. Thomas Hyde Hills, of 
London, honorary member of the Association. 
Unanimous votes of thanks were voted to the donors 
for their valuable donations. 
The paper for the evening was by Mr. A. Norman 
Tate, “ Some Thoughts on Iron.” The Secretary an¬ 
nounced that he had received a communication from Mr. 
Tate, regretting his being compelled unexpectedly to 
go out of town. 
A short discussion arose upon the safe keeping of 
poisons, after which the members adjourned. 
NORWICH CHEMISTS’ ASSISTANTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
On Monday, 1st inst., the first of a series of lectures, 
intended to replace, during the summer months, the 
classes held throughout the winter, was given at the 
rooms of the above Society, by Mr. A. J. Caley, subject 
“ The Tests of the Pharmacopoeia.” 
The Lecturer began by stating that it was his inten¬ 
tion to go through the reagents alphabetically, and to 
endeavour to maintain a simplicity in treating the sub¬ 
ject which should adapt it to the comprehension of the 
youngest apprentice amongst them. After enlarging 
upon the paramount importance of cleanliness during 
the application of tests, and advising that the strength 
of the solutions employed should correspond to those 
ordered in the Pharmacopoeia, the lecturer adduced 
several examples indicating the great care that had been 
taken in compiling the Pharmacopoeia to provide means, 
for the detection of adulteration. He then passed to the 
consideration of the reagents, explaining their sources 
and processes of manufacture, the purposes for which 
they are employed, and methods of application, at the 
same time noticing the origin of the various adulterants. 
The subject was handled in a most able manner, and, 
being well illustrated by experiments, elicited frequent, 
applause from the audience. 
The meeting terminated with the usual vote of thanks. 
MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
Tuesday .... 
May 16. 
Wednesday. 
May 17. 
Thursday. 
May 18. 
Friday 
May 19. 
..Royal Institution, at 3 E.M.—“On Force and. 
Energy.” By Mr. C. Brooke. 
..Pharmaceutical Society of Great Pritain, at 
11 a.m. for 12: Annual Meeting. At 8 p.m. r 
Conversazione at South Kensington Mu¬ 
seum. 
Society of Arts, at 8 p.m. —“The Utilization 
of Prison Labour.” By Captain E. E. Du 
Cane, R.E. 
..Royal Institution, at 3 p.m. —“On Sound.” 
By Professor Tyndall. 
Chemical Society, at 8p.m. — “On a New- 
Double Salt of Thallium.” By R. J. Eris- 
well. “On a New Benzolic Derivative.” 
By D. Armstrong. 
..Royal Institution, at 9 P.M. 
Royal Botanic Society. —“ Economic Bo¬ 
tany.” By Professor Bentley. 
At Teignmouth, Devonshire, April 19th, Richari> 
Bayly Cornelius, Pharmaceutical Chemist, aged 
twenty-seven. 
Chemistry: General, Medical and Pharmaceutical, 
including the Chemistry of the U.S. Pharmacopoeia- 
By John Atteield, Ph.D., F:C.S., etc. From the 
second and enlarged English edition. Revised by the 
Author. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea. 1871. 
We have already had occasion more than once to 
speak in terms -of very high commendation of Professor 
Attfield’s excellent manual. It is therefore a matter 
of little surprise to us that we are called upon to 
welcome its reappearance in a new dress from the other 
side of the Atlantic, notwithstanding that so little ap¬ 
probation is usually accorded by our American brethren 
to the productions of the old country. 
So much success, however, has attended the use of the 
book in the English School of Pharmacy and generally 
among the pharmaceutical students of Great Britain, 
that we venture to predict for it a very wide circulation 
among the pharmacists of the United States. The 
general plan of the book we have .before described in 
detail and it is now familiar to. the majority of our readers. 
That plan we still look upon as excellent. We have no 
faith in any attempts to teach or to learn chemistry 
