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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[October 21,1871. 
younger brethren. Provided no benefit accrues, which 
we cannot expect, the honour, the emoluments and the 
status in society occupied by you as scientific, educated 
.chemists and druggists, will all be yours. Reap the 
advantage of our exertions, and we shall be satisfied, 
feeling that we have done our duty in striving to raise 
the position of the trade, and conferring a benefit upon 
society, by placing intelligent, educated men at their 
disposal for the compounding and dispensing of medi¬ 
cines. In the future I look for the explorers of nature’s 
mysteries, those close reasoners and thinkers, the ana¬ 
lytical chemists, to spring out from the men who obtain 
the distinction of pharmaceutical chemists by examina¬ 
tion. In the future, what is now a trade, will, I believe, 
be split up into several trades: the hairdressers are fully 
capable of retailing perfumery, tooth-brushes and all the 
articles of the toilet; oil and colourmen can undertake 
the mixing and selling of paints, oils and colours; the 
grocers, of pickles and fish-sauces; and the drysalters, 
of chemicals and drugs used for manufacturing purposes; 
at the present time, all these articles, more or less, are 
dealt in by chemists and druggists. 
During the last two years questions have arisen of 
great importance to the trade, and given great anxiety 
to your Council. I allude to the proposed compulsory 
poison clauses. At one of our special meetings the fol¬ 
lowing resolution was passed:—“ In the keeping and 
dispensing of poisons, the heavy responsibilities resting 
upon members of the trade tend to make them take the 
most careful precautionary measures to prevent accidents. 
And as every business is so varied and peculiar in its 
•character and circumstances, each principal ought to re- 
The address was heard with great attention, ind was 
frequently applauded. 
A cordial-and unanimous vote of thanks, proposed by 
Mr. Wilson, seconded by Mr. Radley, and supported 
by Messrs. Cocking and Preston, was then passed to the 
President, and other business having been transacted, 
the meeting terminated. 
The following gentlemen were elected 
Messrs. Boulton, Corbett, Field, Holmes, 
H. D. Jones, and Mellor. 
asoeiates: — 
G. M. Jones, 
LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
Twenty-Third Session, 1871-12. 
Mr. Edward Davies, F.C.S., etc., President; Mr. 
Charles Jones, Vice-President; Mr. John Shaw, Trea¬ 
surer. Council—Messrs. Abraham, Mason, Murphy, 
Bedford, Sharp, Sumner, Symes, Tanner. Honorary 
Secretary—Mr. Joseph Hallawell, 10, College Lane. 
The First General Meeting was held at the Royal In¬ 
stitution, on Thursday evening, the 12th instant. Tho 
President, Mr. E. Davies, F.C.S., in the chair. 
The Minutes of the previous Meeting were read and 
signed. Messrs. E. Alfred Webb, Janies T. Armstrong, 
and J. Rigby were elected Members. Messrs. C. F. 
Pearson, AV. A. Jones, and Arthur Anderson were elected 
Associates of the Association. 
The Secretary announced the following donations 
received during the recess: —The Year-Book of Pharmacy, 
1871,—The Register of Chemists and Druggists, 1871,— 
The Report of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 
main at liberty to make such arrangements as will best j U.S. 1869,—The Chicago Pharmacist,—The New York 
suit hisownpeculiarcase, and any definite legislation on the ' Druggists’ Circular,—The Pharmaceutical Journal,— 
subject would be unwise, inconvenient and unnecessary.” j Proceedings of the Liverpool Naturalists’ Field Club,— 
Mr. Wilson and Mr. Hill were deputed to represent \ Proceedings of the Liverpool Architectural and Archee-o- 
the Association at the Annual meeting of the Pharma- logical Society. 
ccutical Society, well and truly did they do their duty. The President read his opening address:— 
Recently, when deputations were received by the Phar- j Gentlemen,—In coming before you in the honourable 
maceutical Council on the compulsory poison clauses! position of your President, I feel that I can only 
of the proposed Amended Pharmacy Act, Mr. Wilson, look upon myself as an example of your willingness to 
and Mr. Preston went to London to express the feeling; reward work, earnest and faithful, however imperfect, 
of the Association on that question. They had confer- which has been given to our common object, the im- 
ences with both our borough members and others ; they j provement of practical chemistry. I trust that my ele- 
worked hard. They were armed with the following ! yation to the office will not cause any distrust in the 
resolution, passed at a special meeting of our Associa- j minds of pharmacists in our Association, lest one great 
tion in this room:—“That partial legislation on the : object o-f its existence should be neglected, by undue 
subject of poisons is impolitic and unjust, and that any ; prominence being given to the scientific branches of che- 
legislation that does not apply equally to surgeons, ! nrical study, for I believe that no sure progress can be 
apothecaries, veterinary surgeons, hospitals and drspen- made, in this or any other department of science, unless 
theory and practice, the purely scientific and tho purely 
business views go hand in hand. Tho mutual depend¬ 
ence of the scholar and the tradesman each day becomes 
more evident, and no feature of modern opinion is more 
striking than the prominence given to science training. 
There is, however, an erroneous idea in the mind of 
many that a special department of a science can be 
taught, and that one man may learn dyeing chemistry, 
another alkali-making chemistry, and another pharma¬ 
ceutical chemistry. Now this, in my opinion, is a mis- 
-sanes, cannot be deemed satisfactory.” These views 
were impressed on the minds of those members of Par¬ 
liament and others with whom they came in contact, by 
Mr. Wilson and Mr. Preston; and I am justified in 
saying with very great success. The Bill was with¬ 
drawn. Let us maintain these principles, and act ener¬ 
getically when the time comes, as come it will. The 
subject is not closed or ended ; show the same determina¬ 
tion that you have done the last six months, and I do 
not fear the result. 
In conclusion, I beg the young members, apprentices take, and having tried to work (to order) in this way, I 
and associates will take an interest in these rooms. The , find it no use. It might be possible thus to “ cram ” for 
museum, library and microscope are all at your service for an examination, but knowledge to guide a man in the 
study. I impress upon you the importance of a regular : unexpected difficulties of daily life must be built on a 
attendance upon the classes and lectures held here. The broader foundation. It is easier, too, to lay hold of, and 
Council have found the principal means hitherto, and: to retain a principle than a mass of unconnected detail, 
are working hard, to give you every opportunity for ac- and, for an example, he will more intelligently and 
more accurately test the quality of drugs, who in a regu¬ 
lar course of study has mastered qualitative analysis, 
quirmg 
such a knowledge as will enable you to pass 
your examinations, and to join with credit the scientific 
profession of a pharmaceutical chemist. All this is of than he who has laboriously committed to memory every 
little service to the old chemists and druggists. The test given in the Pharmacopoeia. I would therefore 
advantages are all your own; assist us by your subscrip- employ a portion of our time this evening in a defence 
tion, with your personal interest in the work, and use of pure science, the study of chemistry, as if money 
your influence with your fellow-apprentices and assist- value were a thing unknown, and the attainment of 
ants. Such attention on your part will amply compon- truth for truth’s sake. And this need not, nay should 
.sate your Council for all their labours on your behalf. : not be inconsistent with a hearty acceptation of the 
