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then  sent  to  the  proper  officers  of  the  Government.  Where  de- 
ficiencies are  found,  the  Government  orders  the  Judicial  Physician 
of  the  District  in  which  the  Apotheke  is  situated,  to  demand  in 
writing  that  the  apothecary  shall  remedy  such  deficiencies  within 
a  proper  time;  if  after  this  time  the  evil  is  not  remedied,  he  is 
punished  by  a  fine.  The  revision  of  the  Apotheke  is  conducted  in 
the  presence  of  the  Judicial  Physician  and  the  magistrate  of  the  dis- 
trict. No  previous  intimation  is  given  to  the  Apothecary  of  the 
time  of  the  revision,  and  during  this  time  the  examiners  are 
obliged  to  lodge  and  board  themselves. 
5th.  All  poisons,  according  to  the  German  regulations,  are 
required  to  be  kept  in  a  separate  apartment,  under  lock  and  key. 
No  poison  is  allowed  to  be  dispensed,  without  the  buyer  presents 
a  certificate  from  a  magistrate,  which  gives  the  apothecary  the 
special  privilege  to  do  so.  This  certificate  is  then  to  be  entered 
in  the  Poison  book,  where  it  must  be  preserved  under  lock  for  at 
least  twenty  years. 
6th.  The  Apotheke  is  responsible  for  an  error  made  by  a  phy- 
sician in  his  prescription  when  he  dispenses  it  without  first  inqui- 
ring privately  from  the  physician  if  it  is  his  intention  that  the 
prescription  should  be  so  dispensed;  if  he  still  demands  the  quan- 
tity ordered,  the  Apotheke  is  obliged  to  prepare  it,  and  is  not 
responsible  for  any  consequences  that  may  follow. 
7th.  In  the  Kingdom  of  Hanover  the  sale  of  patent  medicines 
is  forbidden.  The  Apotheke  does  not  engage  in  such  traffic, 
though  in  some  other  parts  of  Germany  I  have  heard  of  patent 
medicines  being  sold  in  the  shops  of  merchants,  &c. 
8th.  A  candidate  for  examination  must  be  prepared  in  botanical 
knowledge. 
9th.  It  is  required  that  he  must  have  a  theoretical  and  practical 
knowledge  of  Botany,  which  must  be  obtained  by  attending 
lectures  and  demonstrations,  and  by  making  botanical  excursions. 
10th.  In  the  branch  of  Mineralogy  a  pharmaceutical  student  is 
only  required  to  know  those  minerals  from  which  the  preparations 
used  in  pharmacy  are  obtained. 
11th.  With  very  few  exceptions  the  physician  and  apothecary 
are  on  the  best  terms;  but  no  pecuniary  relations  are  allowed  to 
exist  between  them.    It  is  strictly  forbidden  by  law  for  an  Apo- 
