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Apprentices, will ensure the possession of that preliminary education 
which is essentially necessary for the creditable performance of their du- 
ties, and their ultimate success as Pharmaceutists ; and the increased im- 
portance and respectability which will be conferred upon Pharmacy by 
means of the Society, will induce many of the more wealthy classes to 
devote themselves to its pursuit." 
" The Committee have the satisfaction of stating that a communication 
has been received from Paris, intimating a desire, on the part of some of 
the leading members of the Society of Pharmacy in that city, to establish 
a scientific correspondence with ' The Pharmaceutical Society of Great 
Britain;' an overture of a similar character has been made on behalf of 
the College of Pharmacy in Philadelphia. The chemists and druggists of 
Scotland and Ireland have also expressed considerable interest in the un- 
dertaking. 
"Your Committee, therefore, congratulate you on the circumstance, that, 
although the chemists and druggists of Great Britain united in the first 
instance merely for the purpose of self-defence, in support of their ac- 
knowedged rights, that union has resulted in the creation of a National 
Institution for the advancement of Pharmacy, which will be enabled to 
carry on a correspondence with similar institutions throughout the 
world." 
A regard for brevity compels us to omit some portions of 
these reports which we would be glad to extract, but we be- 
lieve we have given enough to show, that the Institution is 
commencing with a fair prospect of being sustained with 
much zeal and energy. 
One of the means which the Society has adopted for the 
advancement of the scientific interests of the profession is the 
institution of stated "pharmaceutic meetings," at which papers 
are read and subjects discussed connected with pharmacy. 
Among these papers are " Observations on the Constitution 
of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain," by Jacob 
Bell ; " Sketch of the rise and progress of Pharmacy, 57 by 
Mr. Morson, of both of which we have availed ourselves in 
compiling this notice ; " On the preparation of Iodide of 
Iron," by Dr. A. T. Thompson ; " On Vegetable Extracts," 
by Mr. Morson ; "Decoctions and Infusions," by Mr. Bell; 
" Displacement,'' by Mr. Deane; "Vesicating Applications," 
by Mr. Redwood ; "Diabetic Urine," by Joseph Smith; 
