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! TESTIMONIAL TO DR. EDWARDS AT LIVERPOOL. 
the public institutions in this town ; and the brilliancy of your experimental illus¬ 
trations, both on this subject and on that of experimental philosophy generally, has 
gained you a well-deserved reputation. 
“You have shown yourself ready to appreciate and to exhibit all that is new in 
I these subjects, and those who are interested in them have often been indebted to you for 
1 an acquaintance with the most recent discoveries and experiments in science, 
j “ We heartily desire your success, whether you may devote yourself hereafter to 
I chemistry in its commercial relations, or to science as a public teacher, 
ji “We are, yours sincerely, 
I “ A. T. H. VVateks, M.D., 
I “ Chairman of the School and Lecturer on Physiology, 
\ “ E. K. Bickerstetit, E.R.C.S. J. B. Nevins, M.D. Bond. A. Davidson, M.B. Lond. 
I J. Cameron, M.D., M.R.C.P. Ewmng Whittle, M.D. Lond. Jos. Snare, D.S. 
' R. H. Taylor, M.D. Edin. F. T. Roberts, M.B.,B. Sc. Lond. Jas. Long, E.R.C.S. 
A. B. Steele, M.R.C.S. G. H. Rawdon, M.D. Thos. Inman, M.D. Lond. 
R. Gee, M.D., M.R.C.P. 
“Reginald Harrison, M.R.C.S., 
“ Secretary and Registrar” 
Dr. Edwards said he thanked Dr. Nevins very much for his kindness in making that 
presentation, and he most heartily wished success in every way to that school with 
which he had been so long connected, and from which he was so very sorry to part. Pie 
might add that there was not one gentleman with whom he had been connected in that 
I school as a colleague that he did not leave with very great regret. 
The Chairman next called upon Mr. Abraham to present the Address from the Council 
of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Mr. Abraham, before reading the Address, 
gave a brief history of the Society from its establishment up to the present time, and 
his own views as to the character of the legislation required in connection with the practice 
of pharmacy in this country. He also referred to Dr. Edwards’s abilities, and the great loss 
which would be sustained by his removal from Liverpool, more especially by the Chemists’ 
Association. 
From the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. 
^'‘Avgust Ls<, 1866. 
“A letter having been read from Dr. John Baker Edwards, announcing his intended 
departure for Canada, and his consequent retirement from the Council of the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Society, it was unanimously 
“Resolved: That in recording the resignation of Dr. John Baker Edwards of his 
seat at this Board, the Council desire also to record their high appreciation of the 
services he has rendered to the Society, and to the science of pharmacy, during 
his long connection therewith; registered as an apprentice in 1843, he availed 
himself assiduously of the opportunities offered by the Society, pursuing his 
studies under its Professors, and taking honours in the Examinations in the Session 
1846-47. 
“ Dr. Edwards immediately enrolled himself as a member of the Pharmaceutical 
Society, and has ever been unremitting in his efforts to extend its advantages and 
strengthen its position; in his own locality he was active in establishing the 
Liverpool Chemists’ Association, of which he was the first Secretary, and for several 
years President; in 1853 he was elected a Member of the Council of the Parent 
Institution, wherein no man has worked more earnestly, and to none have his col¬ 
leagues looked more confidently for an opinion to guide them on difficult questions ; 
his retirement therefrom, as well as from the Board of Examiners, of which he has 
been an able member, must therefore be a matter of deep regret. 
“ The estimation in which Dr. Edwards is held by the Society at large, has fre¬ 
quently been proved by the position he has occupied on the poll at various annual 
elections. 
“In taking leave of Dr. Edwards, the Council feel that, in whatever country he 
may reside, the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain will be honourably repre¬ 
sented ; and they earnestly trust that the same success which has attended his 
