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far as I can see, except the division of labour; by which chemico-legal duties, separated 
from the medico-legal, may he put into the hands of the pharmaceutical chemist, to 
whose province such duties will be appropriately attached, so soon as his education 
and his position in society in this country shall he elevated. This is the rule abroad, 
in France and Germany—in Germany particularly, where there is scarcely a little town 
without a pharmaceutic chemist who would have settled the Darlington case in a short 
time.” 
Mr. Eimmington said, with regard to the early closing of shops, he was of opinion that 
the thing should be done, and also that it might be done if proprietors were but willing to 
step a little way out of the beaten track. In Bradford, the half-day-holiday movement had 
made such a difference that the Saturday evening practice was literally dying out, and he 
ventured to say that ultimately they might be able to shut up altogether. He did not 
mean to say that closing entirely would not look very much like telling the people they 
did not want their custom; but at the same time he believed it was not by any means 
necessary to keep open till ten or eleven o’clock on Saturday night, as they used to do. 
With regard to apprentices, he should he very glad to see his way clear to endorsing the 
opinion of Mr. Brady, that they should insist upon a good previous education ; but when 
he considered that youths with such an education could make much better headway in 
other businesses, and for less expense, with the prospect, too, of larger incomes than 
could be obtained from the practice of pharmacy, he must confess that he had very little 
faith that any advantage would arise from adopting the recommendation of Mr. Brady. 
He had attempted it, but, as he grew older, he lost faith in the matter. The estab¬ 
lishment of an universal tariff was simply a question of position and circumstances. 
One man did his business better than another, and charged accordingly ; and again, it 
was not possible to get in one neighbourhood, prices which he would get in another, 
inasmuch as businesses were conducted upon different styles in different localities. With 
regard to dispensing for surgeons, he agreed with Mr. Schacht, that the arrangements 
referred to were not exactly the thing, and said he thought the opinion among some, 
that it brought trade, was founded in error. 
Some conversation here ensued as to what steps should be taken for the publication 
of Mr. luce’s paper, and in the end it was understood that the matter should be left in 
the hands of the Executive Committee. 
Mr. Giles then moved the following resolution: “ That this meeting considers that 
the practice of pharmacy requires to be limited to fully qualified persons, and that it is 
necessary, in order to attain this result, that an appropriate examination should be 
enforced by legislative authority.” 
Mr. Inge seconded the motion. Such a resolution, he said, was the object which the 
whole paper aimed at, and without something of the sort their proceedings that day 
would all come to nothing. 
The President put the resolution of Mr. Giles to the meeting, and the same was 
unanimously carried. 
THIRD SITTING, 
Thursday, August 2ord, 10 a.m. 
The reading of scientific papers was resumed. 
ON THE RESULTS OE THE MICRO-CHEMICAL EXAMINATION 
OE EXTRACT OE ELESH. 
BY H. DEANE, E.L.S., AND H. B. BRADY, F.L.S. 
Since the introduction of the so-called “ extractum carnis" of Liebig, so 
sudden and unexpected a demand has sprung up for concentrated prepara¬ 
tions of flesh, that they have become, or are likely to become, important 
articles of export from those portions of the world where the value of cattle 
is small and means of transport easily available. 
