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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[June 17 1871. 
macy Act, 1868 (in tliis Act referred to as the principal 
Act), and with the Act of the session of the thirty-second 
and thirty-third years of the reign of her present Majesty, 
chapter one hundred and seventeen, intituled “ An Act 
to amend the Pharmacy Act, 1868,” and those Acts and 
this Act may he cited together as the Pharmacy Acts, 
186S to 1871, and each of the above-mentioned Acts and 
this Act may be cited as the Pharmacy Act of the year 
in which it was passed. 
2. The recited powers of the Pharmaceutical Society 
of Great Britain under the principal Act shall cease, and 
the Council of the said Society may from time to time 
submit to the Privy Council regulations as to the keep¬ 
ing, dispensing and selling of poisons within the meaning 
of the principal Act, and as to revoking or amending 
any such regulations previously made, and the Privy 
Council may, if they think fit, by order approve of such 
regulations. 
If at any time it appear to the Privy Council that 
there are no regulations for the time being in force 
under the principal Act as to the keeping, dispensing 
and selling of poisons within the meaning of the princi¬ 
pal Act, the Privy Council may servo a notice on the 
Council of the Pharmaceutical Society requiring them 
to frame and submit for the approval of the Privy Council 
regulations as to the matters aforesaid, and if the Council 
of the Pharmaceutical Society, within the time limited 
by such notice, not being less than two months from the 
date of the service of the notice, make default in framing 
such regulations, or obtaining the approval of the Privy 
Council thereto, the Privy Council may themselves 
frame regulations as to the matters aforesaid. 
All regulations approved or framed by the Privy 
Council in pursuance of this section shall have the same 
effect as regulations prescribed in manner specified in 
the principal Act. 
HOUSE OF LORDS. 
Pharmacy Bill, June 6.—The Pharmacy Bill was in¬ 
troduced by the Lord President of the Council. It was 
.read a first time and ordered to be printed. The second 
reading w r as appointed for June 12. 
June 12.—The Pharmacy Bill was read a second time. 
Committee fixed for June 13. 
June 13.—The Pharmacy Bill passed through Com¬ 
mittee. To be read a third time on Thursday, June 15. 
June 15.—The Pharmacy Bill was read a third time 
and passed. __ 
HOUSE OF COMMONS. 
Medical Act (1858) Amendment Bill. —June 14.— 
The second reading of this Bill was moved by Dr. Lush. 
He said it was brought forward in consequence of Mr. 
Foster's Bill of last session having failed to satisfy the 
profession, and the Government being too busy this 
session to deal with the question. It proposed to substi¬ 
tute the present Council of twenty-four members by one 
of twelve, four members to be nominated by the nine¬ 
teen examining bodies at present in existence, four by 
the Crown, and four by the whole body of the profes¬ 
sion. It provided also that before a man was allowed to 
practise he should be compelled to pass one examina¬ 
tion, which examination should indicate the minimum 
standard of professional education in this country. 
Mr. Jessel said this Bill would give a monopoly of 
•examination into the hands of the Medical Council, by 
giving it a right to appoint the Board of Examiners, in 
which it differed from the Government Bill of last year. 
It also defined what the examiners were to do, without 
having regard to the natural progress of science and 
learning. Under the present system there had been a 
race to diminish the qualification required, in order to 
attract a large number of fee-paying persons to the 
examinations. The examiners must be made honest by 
preventing them from having a pecuniary interest in 
the result of the examinations. It would not be right 
to have the, Examination Board and the Controlling 
Board composed of the same persons. 
Dr. Brewer supported the Bill. 
Dr. Playfair said that whereas the present Bid extin¬ 
guished the.old corporation, which he though, was a 
mistake, another Bill that was before the House recog¬ 
nized, and left them nearly alone. It was a disadvan¬ 
tage to have nineteen examining bodies havirg a ten¬ 
dency to compete with each other, thus securing only a 
minimum qualification; but it did not follow that they 
should be reduced to one. It would be better chat there 
should be an examining body for England, another for 
Scotland, and another for Ireland. He hoped both Bills 
would be withdrawn, and that the Government would 
deal with the question next Session. 
Mr. W. Forster said that the Government were aware 
of the great practical evils that resulted from there being 
nineteen accredited bodies for certifying medical prac¬ 
titioners, but they had been unable to deal with the 
question this year. So many subjects pressed for legis¬ 
lation, that he could not pledge the Government to bring 
in a Bill next session, but if they did not, and a private 
member took up the subject, no opposition would be 
offered to the fullest consideration of the subject. 
After a few words from Dr. Brady, who stated that 
his own Bill, the “ Medical Act (1858) Amendment (No. 
2) Bill,” had been carefully prepared, and gave satis¬ 
faction to the profession, both Bills were withdrawn. 
WELSiirooL County Court, Thursday , June 8 th, 1871. 
(. Before J. W. Smith, Esq., Judge.) 
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain r.E. C. AYhisken, 
of Welshpool. 
This vcas an action brought to recover £5, upon parti¬ 
culars as follows:— k£ To amount of penalty incurred by 
the defendant in selling or keeping open shop for retail¬ 
ing, dispensing or compounding poisons or a poison, and 
in taking, using or exhibiting the name or title of che¬ 
mist and druggist, contrary to the provisions of the 
Pharmacy Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Yict. cap. 121).” 
Mr. Flux (of London) appeared for the Pharmaceuti¬ 
cal Society; Mr. Chandler (of Shrewsbury) appeared for 
tho defendant. 
Mr. Chandler. —Your Honour will allow me to apply 
that this case shall stand over to a future day. I can 
only assure you that the case came before the Court of 
Queen’s Bench this week, and that a rule was granted 
nisi for a mandamus. The, case will be tried in all its 
details on Saturday, and the very fact of this plaint be¬ 
ing issued is mentioned in the application to the Judges. 
I am not prepared to go on with the case to-day; my 
documents are in London, and I do not think it is fair to 
yourself or to the defendant that the case should be pro¬ 
ceeded with. I am prepared to pay the amount of the 
penalty sued for into Court, but I do not thi nk it fair 
that the case should be heard here to-day. 
Mr. Chandler then handed to the Judge the Times of 
Tuesday, June 6th. 
Mr. Flux, —I have no objection to your Honour look¬ 
ing at the Times. I have no doubt that it contains a 
correct report of what took place in the Court of Queen’s 
Bench, but the application to that Court was an ex parte 
one. Of course the application of my friend is opposed 
by me. That this application would be made was inti- 
matod to me, and my reply, which I will hand to your 
Honour, is dated the 27th May. The case of the So¬ 
ciety which I have the honour to represent is thfr:— 
They are charged in the public interests to project the 
public in the matter of the selling of poisons hav¬ 
ing satisfied themselves that the defended is not a 
qualified person, and is deliberately violating the law, 
they have thought it a duty to coim ience this action 
(which by the law must be tried iv the locality where 
the defendant resides and is knowQ for the protection of 
