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Then may we make “Virgil and Euclid our touchstones” for a preparatory 
examination, for we shall have solid advantages to offer our apprentices in 
return ; then may we ask the student to pass through his curriculum, because 
it will be the passport to an honourable career, the rewards of which will not be 
snatched from his grasp by charlatanism on the one hand, or by impudence on 
the other ; and then we may with confidence invite our sons to enter on phar¬ 
macy as a vocation worthy of their previous training and their after ambition. 
I was once present at a panoramic exhibition where the hack lecturer gave 
as usual the population of the different towns depicted, together with scraps 
of information from the guide-books. The scenery was most magnificent, and 
it ended with a glorious view of Rome and the surrounding country. Sud¬ 
denly the lecturer, who had known better days, forgot himself, and looking at 
the glowing landscape, he exclaimed, “ Oh that it were real!” 
I also have talked about better things, and as subject after subject has 
passed in rapid succession, I have thought on them with a faint and despond¬ 
ing heart. These are things which go to make up what pharmacy might be, 
they are not the elements of a pharmacy which exists. 
May that day come quickly, when the strong and intelligent hand of law 
may give reality to these shadows. 
The reading of the above essay by Mr. Tnce was followed by speeches from 
the leading members present, the subject occupying the whole of the day. The 
discussion, together with the following papers, a Report on the Exhibition of 
Objects relating to Pharmacy, and the remaining business, will be given in the 
next number of the Pharmaceutical Journal. _ 
Papers read Thursday, August 2ord ;— 
“ On tho Results of the Micro-Chemical Examination of Extract of Flesh.” By H. 
Deane, F.L.S., and IL B. Brady, F.L.S. 
“On the Spirit Value of a few Purchased Tinctures.” By John Attfield, Ph.D., 
F.C.S. 
“ On the Calamine of Commerce.” By Mr. E. II. Davis. 
“ Note on Plasma.” By Mr. G. F. Schacht. 
“ On Relations of Pharmacy to the Revenue,” By Mr. R. W. Giles. 
“ On the Proposed Introduction of Two Systems of Chemical Notation in the British 
Pharmacopoeia.” By Mr. J. C. Brough. 
“ On a new Macerating Apparatus.” By Mr. R. W. Giles. 
“ On a new form of Stirring Apparatus to promote the Evaporation of Liquids.” By 
E. Reynolds, F.C.S. 
“Note on Eupatoriura Sp., and Croton Flumilis.” By Mr. T. Harvey. 
“On Weights, Measures, Coins, and Numbers.” By Dr. Attfield. 
The Exhibition Avas open daily from August 20th to 25th, and from the 27th 
to the 30th. It was considered to be successful beyond the most sanguine an¬ 
ticipations of its promoters. On FTiday the resident members entertained the 
visitors at a dinner at the Lion Hotel at 5 o’clock p.m. Between fifty and 
sixty gentlemen were present. 
ORiamAL ASJD EXTBAGTED ARTICLES. 
SYRUPUS CODELE. 
JiY A. F, HASELDEN. 
Although the medicinal employment of codeia or codeine has hitherto received 
no decided encouragement in this country, yet within the last four years some 
