RtJPORl' ON MEDICAL EDUCATION, &C. 
161 
aut. XXVI.— review of the » report from the 
SELECT committee ON MEDICAL EDUCATION, WITH 
THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE AND APPENDIX," Part III. 
Society of Apothecaries, London* Ordered by the House of Commons 
to be Printed, 13th August, 1834. 
Continued from page 74. 
In what manner are individuals selected for prosecuting^ 
and how are these prosecutions conducted? To convey to 
our readers a proper view of the harshness with which this 
power of prosecution has been exercised, and that, too, in 
direct opposition to the spirit, both of the Charter and Act, 
we cannot do better than quote the following passages from 
the evidence before us; the more that it affords an ample proof 
of the truth of the charges of inconsistency and incompetency 
which we made against the heads of the Society, at the com- 
mencement of the present article. Our first extract shall be 
from the evidence of John Nussey, Esq. 
" What is the principle that has guided your Society in 
selecting objects for prosecution, as violaters of the provisions 
of the Act of 1815? The mode in which that is conducted 
is also by a committee. Who is the chairman of that com- 
mittee. The master for the time being ? Yes. What then 
is the principle which has guided that committee in its selec- 
tion of individuals for prosecution? No fixed principle. 
Informations are sent to the clerk of the Society, who lays 
them before the committee. On their next meeting, the cases 
are taken into consideration by the committee, and instructions 
are given to the clerk to proceed, or not to proceed, as the 
case may happen. Has the Society been merely passive in 
receiving such informations, or has it been active in promoting 
inquiries as to who are violating the Act in different parts of 
the country ? The Apothecaries' Society have had no occa- 
sion to be over active in making inquiries j for there have 
been abundant informations laid before them, more, in point 
of fact, than they have had the means of prosecuting, W© 
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