476  EDITORIAL. 
it  would  have  been  wise,  therefore,  to  have  invited  the  co-operation  of  the 
physicians,  so  far,  at  least,  as  to  get  a  general  expression  of  approval  of 
certain  hours.  Beyond  this  a  provision  should  be  made  for  emergencies, 
by  dividing  the  city  into  districts,  in  each  of  which  one  apothecary  should 
be  open  the  whole  day  ;  the  apothecaries  of  each  district  taking  this  duty 
in  some  regular  order  so  as  to  make  it  but  moderately  onerous.  There  are 
some  stores  that  may  enter  into  this  arrangement  without  any  inconvenience 
to  their  customers,  whilst  there  are  others,  whose  range  of  prescription  dis- 
pensing is  very  large,  that  cannot  do  so  at  all  in  its  present  hours.  All 
these  points  should  be  consideredwith  an  honest  purpose  of  doing  the  right 
thing  ;  and  above  all,  let  those  who  feel  zealous  in  the  cause  of  the  Sabbath 
be  careful  how  they  judge  hastily  of  their  brethren,  whose  views  in  regard 
to  duty  in  this  matter  may  differ  from  their  own. 
Since  writing  the  above,  we  are  informed  that  another  meeting  is  called 
for  August  30th,  to  re-consider  the  subject,  as,  even  in  the  short  time  that 
the  arrangement  has  been  in  operation,  difficulties  have  arisen,  which, 
unless  overcome,  will  defeat  the  object  of  the  movement. 
Pharmacy  in  Lower  Canada. — A  member  of  the  Canadian  Parliament 
has  introduced  a  bill  for  "  An  act  to  regulate  the  time  during  which  Apothe- 
caries and  Druggists'  shops  shall  be  kept  open  in  the  different  cities  of 
Lower  Canada."  This  wise  legislator  wishes  to  compel  the  apothecaries  to 
keep  open  shops  from  6  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M.,  from  April  to  November,  and 
from  7  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M.,  for  the  remainder  of  the  year,  with  other  analogous 
regulations  applying  especially  to  Sunday.  As  the  British  American  Journal 
observes:  "  We  wonder  that  the  author  of  the  bill  has  not  gone  a  step 
further,  and  prescribed  the  particular  dress  with  which  the  apothecaries 
should  decorate  their  persons,  and  the  hours  during  which  they  should 
take  their  meals".  The  apothecaries  in  Montreal,  have  deliberated  upon 
the  subject,  and  at  a  meeting  held  on  the  24th  ult.,  John  Carter  Esq.  in  the 
chair,  the  following  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted  : 
"  That  having  carefully  considered  the  act  now  before  Parliament, 
entitled  <  An  Act  to  regulate  the  time  during  which  Apothecaries  and 
Druggists'  shops  should  be  kept  open  in  the  different  cities  of  the  Province.' 
this  meeting  regards  the  provisons  of  said  act  as  unjust,  vexatious,  and 
highly  injurious  to  the  interests  of  those  connected  with  the  said  profession, 
and  unnecessary  for  the  public  at  large  ;  that  a  petition  be  presented  to  the 
Parliament,  praying  that  the  act  now  before  the  house,  entitled  'Apothe- 
caries' bill  do  not  pass  ;  and  that  a  copy  of  this  resolution  be  forwarded  to 
the  members  for  the  city  of  Montreal," 
Poisonous  Hair  Dyes. — A  correspondent  in  Woodville,  Miss.,  who  had 
read  Prof.  Aikin's  article  in  our  last  number,  is  desirous  that  the  particu- 
lar kind  of  hair  dye  used  should  be  specified,  as  he  believes  "  a  narcotic  of 
such  violence  as  that  described/'  would  be  attended  with  danger  in  its  appli. 
cation  to  the  head. 
