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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[December 2,1871. 
London and Edinburgh. The degree of doctor was a very 
ancient one. He believed it extended as far back as 1384. 
Cross-examined: There were many universities out of 
England that could grant that degree. 
Elizabeth Blowers, living at No. 4, Noble’s Yard, 
said she had a child of the name of Arthur Blowers. It 
died on the 9th of October. It was attended by Mr. Lakin. 
On the day of its death he gave her a paper partly 
printed and partly written. She took it to Mr. War- 
burton. Had several bottles of medicine from Mr. Lakin. 
Paid 8*7. for each bottle except one, and that she gave 
him Is. for. He attended the child that time at her 
own home. She took the child to his house on the 
other occasions. 
William Hobday said he was deputy-registrar of 
births and deaths for the east district of Leicester. 
Wood Street was in that district. Received the cer¬ 
tificate produced from Elizabeth Blowers. 
Mr. Fowler said Mr. Owston had quoted a number 
of cases which were said to have a bearing upon the 
point, but he submitted they clearly disproved, or at any 
rate rebutted the case his friend had attempted to set up. 
The question they had to decide upon was this ; whether 
defendant had—according the words of the Act of Parlia¬ 
ment, the 40th section—wilfully and falsely pretended 
to be or take or use the name or title of a doctor of medi¬ 
cine, or any name or description that was required by 
law for a physician. The question was the false pre¬ 
tence,—had the defendant wilfully and falsely pretended 
to be what he was not. Assuming everything had been 
proved, he submitted he should be able to prove there 
was no false pretence. Admitting, for the sake of argu¬ 
ment, that the certificate produced was signed by Mr. 
Lakin, they must look at the whole description, and 
they would find it was M.D. (U.S.). He should be able 
to produce to them a diploma, granted by the College 
at Pennsylvania. He then called the magistrates’ at¬ 
tention to the cases of Ellis v. Kelly, and Steel v . 
Hamilton, as being proofs that the defendant was justi¬ 
fied in the course he had pursued. Mr. Dalrymple’s 
evidence he criticized as something ridiculous. The com¬ 
plainant, he submitted, had failed to present any false pre¬ 
tence, and concluded by reading a diploma granted to the 
defendant by the “ Eclectic Medical College of Pennsyl¬ 
vania” during the year 1870. 
Francis William Crick, of Bedford, “ eclectic ” practi¬ 
tioner, said he was a member of the College of Pennsyl¬ 
vania. That was a college in the United States, having 
authority to grant diplomas in medicine. Had not been 
in Pennsylvania. There was a board of examiners in 
this country communicating with them. He was not on 
that board. Had had correspondence with Dr. Buchanan, 
and knew his handwriting. The handwriting on the 
diploma produced he knew was the handwriting of Dr. 
Buchanan. They could be examined by a board of ex¬ 
aminers in this country without going over to Pennsyl¬ 
vania. Had been himself examined by the board in this 
country. The result of the examination was transmitted 
to Pennsylvania. (Cross-examined :) There must be a 
personal examination. The preliminary branch of edu¬ 
cation he went through was general English. He went 
through liis preliminary education at Bedford. The 
board of examiners sent to them questions by post, and 
they filled them up at home, and transmitted them to 
Dr. Payne, of Leeds. They were examined at Leeds in 
surgery, anatomy and obstetrics. Witness was under the 
tuition of a competent preceptor for over three years. 
Did not personally know any preceptor. Never saw the 
doctors before whom he passed his examination in his 
life. It was not necessary to be three years under the 
tuition of a medical preceptor, nor was it necessary for 
them to go before the medical examiners. He was be¬ 
fore the board in Leeds in 1867, but did not know who 
they were. Could not tell the justices one question they 
asked him, neither in surgery or botany. Could not tell 
them what he paid for his diploma, but it was a con¬ 
siderable sum. Was sure it was more than £10. (By 
the Mayor :) It was something between £10 and £100. 
Mr. Owston said defendant had put in a diploma 
which was a fraud. 
The Mayor said the action involved rather an impor¬ 
tant question, not only for Leicester but for other parts 
of the country, and the magistrates therefore reserved 
their decision until Friday week. 
Suspected Poisoning by Antimony. 
At the adjourned inquest held at Birmingham on 
Tuesday last, to inquire into the death which it was sus¬ 
pected had been caused by antimony, Dr. Hill made his 
report of the result of an analysis of the contents of the 
intestines of another child, which the coroner had ordered 
to be exhumed (see ante, p. 397). Dr. Hill deposed that 
there was sufficient antimony in the intestines of this 
child also to cause death, and it was shown that its death 
was accompanied by symptoms similar to those which 
marked the decease of the sister. The coroner has 
ordered the exhumation of another child, and tfee intes¬ 
tines are to be examined by Dr. Hill. Meanwhile the 
mother is in the hands of the police. One of two children 
left out of twelve is said to be dying. 
MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
Monday . Medical Society, at 9 p.m. 
Dec. 4. Society of Arts, at 8 p.m. —“On the Manu¬ 
facture and Refining of Sugar.” By C. 
Haughton Gill. (Cantor Lecture.) 
London Institution, at 4 p.m. —“Hearing.” 
By Professor Huxley. (Educational Course.) 
Wednesday. ..Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, at 
Dec. 6. 8.30 p.m. Evening Meeting. 
Society of Arts, at 8 p.m. “ Sewage as a 
Fertilizer of the Land, and Land as a Pu¬ 
rifier of Sewage.” By J. Bailey Denton. 
Thursday . Chemical Society, at 8 p.m. “On Essential 
Dec. 7. Oils.” By Dr. J. H. Gladstone. 
Linnean Society, at 8 p.m. 
JRoyal Society, at 8.30 p.m. 
VACANCIES AND APPOINTMENTS IN CONNEC¬ 
TION WITH PHARMACY. 
The Editor will he glad to receive early notice of any 
vacancies of pharmaceutical offices connected with public 
institutions, and likewise of appointments that are made, 
—in order that they may be published regularly in the 
Journal. 
APPOINTMENT. 
Edward Parker Wolff, Dispenser to Baron Ferdinand de 
Rothschild’s Evelina Hospital, and Registered Student of 
the Pharmaceutical Society, has been appointed Head Dis¬ 
penser to St. Thomas’s Hospital. 
VACANCY. 
There is a vacancy for a Dispenser at St. Thomas’s Hos¬ 
pital ; Candidates must have passed the Minor examination 
of the Pharmaceutical Society. Salary, £80 per annum. 
Hours from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m. 
BOOK RECEIVED. 
The Pocket Formulary and Synopsis op the British 
and Foreign Pharmacopoeias, comprising Standard and 
Approved Formula? for the Preparations and Compounds 
employed in Medical Practice. By Henry Beasley. 
Ninth Edition. London: J. and A. Churchill. 1872. 
The following journals have been received:—The ‘British 
Medical Journal,’ Nov. 25 ; the ‘Medical Times and Gazette, 51 
Nov. 25 ; the ‘ Lancet,’ Nov. 25; the ‘ Medical Press and Cir¬ 
cular,’ Nov. 29 ; ‘Nature,’ Nov. 25; the ‘Chemical News,’ 
Nov. 25; ‘English Mechanic,’ Nov. 24; ‘ Gardeners’ Chro¬ 
nicle,’ Nov. 25; the ‘Grocer,’ Nov. 25; the ‘Journal of the 
Society of Arts,’ Nov. 25; ‘American Journal of Pharmacy* 
for November; the ‘Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal’ for 
November; ‘Journal de Pharmacie et de Chimie’ for Octo¬ 
ber; the ‘ Chloraluin Review’ for November; ‘Brewers” 
Guardian’ for Nov. 6; ‘Midland Free Press,’ Nov. 25. 
