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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
March 16, 1872, 
under which the present Bill was drawn up by a 
joint committee of the different pharmaceutical 
bodies of New York, have been referred to in this 
Journal,* and an abstract of its provisions given.f 
By the last clause the examining Board, which 
proved so obnoxious, is abolished, and the power of 
examination is vested in the College of Pharmacy of 
New York. It may be mentioned as one of the 
results of the joint effort, that the Committee of the 
Apothecaries’ Union of New York have made a 
report recommending amalgamation of that body 
with the College of Pharmacy. 
THE LATE PROFESSOR GUIBOURT. 
An event of more than local interest occurred in 
Paris on the 15tli of November last, when the 
School and Society of Pharmacy of that city met 
for the purpose of hearing an eloge of the late Pro¬ 
fessor Guibourt pronounced by M. Buignet. The 
name of Guibourt is well known in this country for 
the services he rendered to pharmacy, but we ven¬ 
ture to say that few English pharmacists are aware 
of the multiplicity and importance of his researches, 
even so far as revealed in this discourse. When 
the comparatively small total amount of original 
investigation in connection with pharmacy in this 
country is taken into consideration, the thought will 
occur that an enormous amount of work might be 
accomplished if some of our pharmaceutists, who do 
not lack ability, had more of the spirit of the late 
Professor of the Nicole de Pliarmacie at Paris. Pro¬ 
fessor Attfield’s appreciative remarks on a speci¬ 
men presented to the Pharmaceutical Society at the 
last evening meeting indicate a direction in which, 
perhaps, some profitable work might be accom¬ 
plished. But that there is no scarcity of subjects 
may be assumed from the following words of M. 
Guibourt, written to an English friend in 1860, 
which have before been quoted in this Journal:— 
“ Pour moi, je n’ai plus le terns de rien faire; je ren¬ 
contre a cliaque instant des sujets d’etude qui meri- 
teraient un long examen; j’y jette un regard curieux 
et je les abandonne, faute de pouvoir continuer.” 
We think that this tribute, paid to a distinguished 
pharmaceutist and an honorary member of the Phar¬ 
maceutical Society of Great Britain, which is printed 
at p. 752, will not be without interest to our readers. 
In another part of this Journal will be found 
an abstract of the Bills now before Parliament 
relating to the Public Health. We are also enabled 
to print an Act that has been recently passed by the 
New Zealand Parliament, by which the previous 
Act, passed in 1866, dealing with the sale of poisons, 
is repealed, and fresh regulations are prescribed. 
* Ante , p. 390. 
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BRISTOL PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. 
Friday, Feb. 9th, 1872.—A General Meeting was held 
this day ; Mr. Townsend, President, in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read end 
confirmed. 
A lecture was delivered by Edward Collens, Esq., 
upon “ The Progress of Discovery respecting the Atmo¬ 
sphere.” At its conclusion, a vote of thanks to the lec¬ 
turer was proposed from the chair, and carried by 
acclamation. 
Friday, March 8th, 1872.—A General Meeting of the 
Association was held this day ; Air. Townsend, Presi¬ 
dent in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and 
confirmed. 
The President said he had been requested to under¬ 
take a duty the fulfilment of which would afford him 
the highest gratification. It would be remembered that 
the late President of the Association, Mr. Stoddart, had 
kindly offered his services in a course of scientific in¬ 
struction in the materia medica, chemistry, and botany 
of the Pharmacopoeia. The students who had attended, 
that course (some twenty in number) had felt that they 
were greatly benefited by those services, and were 
anxious to declare their high appreciation of Mr. Stod¬ 
dart’ s kindness and ability. They had recorded their 
sentiments in the form of an address, which they had 
had illuminated and framed; and they had requested 
him, as President of the Association, to present it to* 
Mr. Stoddart in the most public manner possible. He 
would simply read the address, and offer it in the name 
of his young friends to Mr. Stoddart. The address was. 
as follows:— 
“ To William Walker Stoddart , Fsq., F.C.S., F.G.S. 
“ Dear Sir,—It is with heartfelt pleasure that we take- 
this opportunity of testifying our gratitude for the va¬ 
luable instruction you have afforded us in your course of 
lectures on materia medica and chemistry, delivered to the 
Associates of the Bristol Pharmaceutical Association, 
during the Session 1871-72. We deeply feel the obligation 
due to you for thus helping our steps, directing our studies 
and enabling- us to overcome the many difficulties of' 
qualifying ourselves for the responsible duties of phar¬ 
maceutists as now understood and required by law. Aa 
students, we are truly sensible of the great advantages, 
we have received, and in after-years we shall continue to* 
remember, with grateful pleasure, the important help 
which you have so kindly given us. 
“ In offering our sincere thanks for this particular in¬ 
stance of your anxiety for our credit and future welfare, 
we beg to be allowed to express the hope that you and 
your family may enjoy a full measure of the happiness, 
and prosperity which you are ever ready to assist in. 
extending to others. 
“We are, dear Sir, 
“ Ever gratefully yours. 
[Fourteen signatures attached.] 
“ Bristol , February .” 
In accepting the address, Mr. Stoddart declared the- 
very great pleasure he felt in finding that his efforts had 
produced so kindly a feeling towards himself in the- 
minds of his young friends. He sincerely hoped it 
would continue through life. He thanked them most 
cordially for having chosen so graceful a method of 
acknowledging his services, and assured the meeting 
that it was impossible for any teacher to have had a 
more attentive and painstaking class. 
A lecture was then delivered by Wm. Harding War¬ 
ner, Esq., upon “ The consideration of Art in connection! 
with Photography and Light, as the Brush by which 
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