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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. [November 11 , 18 / 1 . 
it was left to tlie Council to consider the propriety of 
drawing up a memorial for presentation to the London 
Council with regard to the question of grants of money 
from the Society to Provincial Associations for educa¬ 
tional purposes. 
Mr. J. L. MAIillan, seconded by Mr. Clark, moved 
that the name of the Association be altered to the “ Glas¬ 
gow Pharmaceutical Association.” 
Mr. Paterson moved the previous question, which 
was seconded by Mr. Brodie, and carried by a large 
majority. 
Mr. Fenwick moved “ That the Council take steps to 
obtain a grant of money from the Council of the Phar¬ 
maceutical Society,” which was seconded by Mr. 
MMillan. 
Mr. Fairlie objected to the proposal, for several rea¬ 
sons. First, the largest sum of money that hacl yet been 
given was £10, a sum which would be of little service 
to them for the purpose to which they would be bound 
to apply it to. Secondly, their own resources had not 
yet been exhausted. Third, he believed that there was 
a possibility of some new arrangement being entered 
into by the London Council with respect to Provincial 
Associations ; and for his own part he would like to see 
some closer bond of union between the parent society 
and provincial associations. He had always thought it 
would be a benefit both to the provinces and the trade 
generally, if Provincial Associations were affiliated to 
the Pharmaceutical Society in some such way as that 
propounded by Mr. Smith, and until such was wrought 
out, he would like the Society’s funds to accumulate a 
little more. Fourth, their application at present might 
interfere in some way with the Scottish Branch of the 
Society at Edinburgh getting her due, which is at pre¬ 
sent much in need of assistance in more ways than one. 
And lastly, he believed they would hold a more indepen-/ 
dent position, and thus be able to keep a w r atch over the 
funds, in case of any indiscriminate distribution of 
them. 
Mr. Kinninmont seconded Mr. Fail-lie’s amendment. 
He did not altogether agree with Mr. Smith in his idea 
of the Society sending out lecturers as examiners. He 
thought the benefits would hardly repay the expense. 
As regards the application for a grant, he objected to it 
on some of the grounds stated by Mr. Fairlie, but he 
also thought as an individual he could hardly ask for 
any assistance to the Association. All the money the So¬ 
ciety made off him was somewhere about Is. 6 cl. a year, 
after deducting the price of the Journal, postage etc., 
from his annual subscription; and until very recently 
Glasgow had not done much to benefit the Society 
generally. He had always thought, however (though 
he had not been successful in getting many to agree with 
him), that the Council might adopt some scheme of sub¬ 
sidizing the class fees of students attending the Univer¬ 
sity only if they passed their examination. With refer¬ 
ence to a library and museum, he thought that a con¬ 
sulting library should be the mode in which it might be 
adopted, and it should consist of books too expensive 
for individuals to purchase for themselves, and which most 
people would not read through, and being at hand for re¬ 
ference when any particular information was required. 
He therefore advised that the motion be withdrawn, which 
Mr. Fenwick did with consent of his seconder, reserving 
his right to bring it up at some future time. 
MANCHESTER CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
_ An ordinary Monthly Meeting was held in the Memo¬ 
rial Hall on Friday evening, November 3 rd ; Mr. J. T. 
Slugg, F.R.A.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 
Mr. W. Wilkinson read the following paper on 
u Some of the Difficulties of Dispensing”:—- 
We often meet with prescriptions which there is con¬ 
siderable difficulty in dispensing satisfactorily; and when 
I was asked to prepare a paper for this evening, it oc¬ 
curred to me that an account of some of these difficulties, 
with the method adopted to overcome them (where I 
knew it), was a subject on which an hour’s discussion 
I would not be altogether wasted. Of course I expect 
there are a good many here who know as much about 
the matter as I do, and perhaps more; but then my 
paper is not so much intended for them as for the younger 
members of our Association, to whom possibly a few 
i hints on these matters may be useful, whilst I in rc-tum 
expect to hear something that may be useful to me. . 
Well, then, the difficulties we meet with in dispensing, 
or perhaps I should rather say in compounding, chiefly 
occur in mixtures, pills and ointments, and I propose to 
give some instances in each class, with the manner in 
which I have overcome them, when I have been able to 
do so. 
With mixtures the trouble generally arises either 
from decomposition of some ingredient, or from non¬ 
amalgamation of the component parts, both these cases 
frequently arising from want of attention to the proper 
order of mixing : the latter are commonly of an emulsive 
character, consisting either of an alkali and oil with 
water or mucilage, and oil with water and other ingre¬ 
dients. 
Here is one w T hich I dare say many of you know pretty 
well:— 
Pot. Carb. 3 ij 
Aq. ^viss. 
Solve et adde— 
- Syr. Tolut. 3SS 
Ol. Amygd. §j. 
That mixes pretty well if these directions are followed, 
but it does better if the salt of tartar is dissolved in an 
ounce or two of water, the syrup and oil added and well 
shaken, then the rest of the water. 
Here is one with mucilage,— 
01 . Ricini pij 
Sacchari 5ij 
Mucil. Acac. 5ij 
Aquae §vj 
01 . Menth. Pip. gtt. ij. 
This is best mixed in a mortar; rub the oil of pepper¬ 
mint with the sugar, add the mucilage and a little water, 
then the oil, and when these are well mixed, the re¬ 
mainder of the water gradually; you will then have a 
nice milky-looking mixture, without any globules of oil 
floating about. Always take care that the mucilage and 
oil are well mixed in this kind of mixture before the 
water is added, or you will have drops of oil floating 
about; and should any tincture or spirit form part of 
the ingredients, mix it with a little of the water, and let 
it be added last, or "you may possibly find the mixture 
“ come unmixed,” for gum is precipitated from its solu¬ 
tion by spirit; and do not forget that the oil is to be 
added to the mucilage, not the mucilage to the oil. 
Here is a mixture of a different kind,— 
, Tr. Benz. Co. 5ij • 
Mucil. 5SS 
Liq. Morph. 5j 
Aq. gij. 
Now in this case, if you add water to the tincture, the 
benzoin is all precipitated and rises to the surface and it 
is impossible to mix it, but just shake the tincture well 
with the mucilage, then add the water and you are all 
right. 
Here is another,— 
Bals. Cop. *ss 
• Liq. Pot. 5ij 
Sp. Lav. 5iij 
Sp. Nitr. ^iv 
Mucil. ^ij. 
