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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[January 6, 181$?. 
RELIEF GRANTED DURING THE YEAR 1871. 
£. s. d. 
11 Annuitants, each receiving £30 per annum 330 0 0 
One quarter’s annuity, to Lady Day ( annui¬ 
tant now deceased ). 7100 
Two months’ payment to Christmas to two 
Annuitants, elected October, 1871. . . 10 0 0 
347 10 0 
Registered Chemist and Druggist 
at Leicester, age 73 (second 
grant) ........ £5 0 0 
Member, late residing in Sussex, 
age 61.12 0 0 
Registered Chemist and Drug¬ 
gist, at Sheffield, aged 64 . . 10 0 0 
AVidow of a late annuitant, 
age 63 10 0 0 
Orphan daughter of a late Mem¬ 
ber at Southampton (fourth 
grant). 1000 
AVidow of a late Member at 
Bromyard, age 50 .... 20 0 0 
AVidow of a late annuitant, age 63 
(second grant).10 0 0 
- 77 0 0 
£424 10 0 
List of Annuitants elected , and date of Hied ion. 
David Peart.elected October, 
Age when 
elected. 
1865 68 
Charlotte Goldfinch (AVidow) 
77 
77 
77 
60 
AVilliam Jacobs Froom . 
77 
77 
1866 
64 
Thomas Novis .... 
77 
77 
77 
66 
Elizabeth Jones (AVidow) 
77 
77 
1867 
55 
John Rogers. 
77 
77 
77 
58 
Richard Trumper {died Jan. 
1871) _. 
77 
77 
1868 
61 
James Wick. 
77 
77 
77 
66 
Mary Gilkes (AVidow) 
77 
77 
1869 
55 
Martha Jane Farrow (AVidow) 
77 
77 
77 
62 
Charles Thomas Anderson 
77 
77 
1870 
64 
Hannah Greaves (AVidow) 
77 
77 
77 
77 
Sarah AVilson (AVidow) . 
77 
77 
1871 
63 
John Watkins .... 
77 
77 
67 
Cheques or P. O. Orders maybe made payable to Elias 
Bremridge, Secretary, 17, Bloomsbury Square, London, 
talrindal tararfiore. 
MIDLAND COUNTIES CHEMISTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
Second General Meeting; Mr. G. Dymond, President, 
in the chair. 
Mr. Henry AV. Jones read a paper to the Associates 
on “ A r olumetric Analysis.” Time not allowing the lec¬ 
turer to complete his experiments, the President pro¬ 
posed that Mr. Jones should attend another evening for 
this purpose; he will therefore read a second paper on 
the same subject. 
Third General Meeting.—Mr. J. B. AVilliams read a 
paper on “The Attractions of the Study of Botany.” 
After dwelling at some length on its fascinations, Mr. 
AVilliams entered somewhat minutely into the different 
systems of the various botanical authorities. In the 
course of the discussion w r hich took place afterwards, it 
was suggested that if the Association could arrange for 
members or students attending the Botany Classes to visit 
the'Botanical Gardens, it would be of great assistance to 
them. 
The next paper will be read on Thursday, January 25th, 
in the rooms of the Association, 24, Quadrant, New 
Street, Birmingham. 
Iprlbnwntarg suit fratettags. 
Poisoning of Two Children by a “Sleeping 
Mixture.” 
The Huddersfield Examiner reports the death of two 
children, from the improper administration of a “ sleeping 
mixture,” prepared by the children’s mother. It states 
that the children, who were twins six weeks of age, 
appeared to be suffering from pains in the stomach that 
caused them to scream a great deal, and the mother was 
recommended by a neighbour to try a decoction of opium 
and aniseed. The neighbour obtained the ingredients 
and gave them to the mother, without any instructions 
as to the quantity to be prepared or taken. The mother, 
having made a decoction, gave about two teaspoonfuls 
of it to one of the children. Late in the evening the 
child became very ill, and about half-past nine it died, 
it is supposed from the effects of the decoction that had! 
been administered to it. She had also given some of it 
to the other child, and next morning it became so- 
very ill that Mr. Goodall, surgeon, of Lockwood, was 
called in, and prescribed for it. The child died about 
three o’clock on Monday morning, from the same cause 
as its twin sister. It is stated that the box containing 
the opium, which was given to the neighbour, had no¬ 
label upon it, nor were there any directions as to its use. 
This will doubtless be matter for inquiry at the inquest 
which will have to be held. 
DR. LE CANU. 
AVe have received information of a loss to French, 
pharmacy in the person of Dr. Louis-Rene Le Canu, who* 
died in Paris on the 19th of December, at the age of se¬ 
venty-one years. The deceased gentleman was a Member 
of the Academy of Medicine, Professor at the Plcole Su- 
perieure de Pharmacie of Paris, Member of the Hygienic 
Council for the Department of the Seine, etc. He was- 
also a member of several learned societies, and an officer 
of the Legion of Honour and of some foreign orders. 
The contributions to scientific literature by Dr. Le 
Canu have been very numerous. Among them may be 
mentioned several memoirs upon the chemical constitu¬ 
tion of blood, mine, milk and fat; an ‘Analytical Exa¬ 
mination of Hermodactyls,’ ‘Report on the Vegetable 
Alkaloids,’ ‘ The Adulterations of Flours,’ ‘ An Exami¬ 
nation of a Mineral imported from America, containing; 
Borate of Soda and Borate of Lime,’ ‘A Chemical 
Examination of Castor Oil,’ ‘A Complete Course of 
Pharmacy,’ etc. He was also the author of some papers 
in conjunction with Messrs. Blachet, Bussy, Blanche,, 
Serbat, and others. 
CHARLES S1DEY, L.R.C.S. Edin. 
Edinburgh has lost an able practitioner and a public- 
spirited townsman in Mr. Charles Sidey, who died at 
his residence in Hanover Street on AVednesday, the 27th 
ult. Mr. Sidey began his professional career as a che¬ 
mist and druggist in the vicinity of Holyrood. In this- 
capacity he qualified himself for the diploma of the- 
Royal College of Surgeons, which he took in 1817. 
Entering immediately thereafter on general practice, he 
rapidly acquired the confidence and support of a large 
clientele of patients, and was especially esteemed for his. 
