898     ACT  OF  PARLIAMENT  RELATIVE  TO  PHARMACY,  ETC. 
it  finally  passed  both  Houses  on  the  28th  of  July.  Those  who 
have  been  cognizant  of  the  progress  of  Pharmacy  in  England, 
know  that  for  several  years  past  there  has  arisen  a  movement 
among  that  class  of  dispensers  who  are  not  members  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society,  and  who  adopt  the  title  of  "  chemist 
and  druggist,"  the  object  of  which  has  been  to  raise  their  status, 
and  give  them  some  of  the  advantages  which  have  accrued  to  the 
members  of  the  Society  who  are  publicly  known  as  "  Pharma- 
ceutical Chemists."  The  Journal  called  "  The  Chemist  and 
Druggist"  edited  by  Mr.  Brough,  was  instituted  to  advocate  the 
claims  and  interests  of  the  former  class.  By  the  Act  now  passed 
every  chemist  and  druggist  throughout  England  and  Scotland 
who  sells  poison  must  be  registered.  The  following  is  the  first 
clause : 
"  From  and  after  the  31st  day  of  December,  1868,  it  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  to  sell,  or  to  keep  open  shop  for  retail- 
ing, dispensing,  or  compounding  poison,  or  to  assume  or  use  the 
title  of  4  chemist  and  druggist,'  or  chemist,  or  pharmaceutist, 
or  dispensing  chemist,  or  druggist  in  any  part  of  Great  Britain, 
unless  such  person  shall  be  a  pharmaceutical  chemist  or  a  chemist 
and  druggist  within  the  meaning  of  this  Act,  and  be  registered 
under  this  Act,  and  conform  to  such  regulations  as  to  the  keeping, 
dispensing  and  selling  of  such  poisons  as  may  from  time  to  time 
be  prescribed  by  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  with  the  consent 
of  the  Privy  Council." 
The  2d  clause  describes  what  are  deemed  poisons  by  this 
Act,  and  declares  that  hereafter  the  council  of  the  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Society  may,  by  resolution,  declare  any  other  poisonous  sub- 
stance which  it  may  name  in  such  resolution  a  poison  within 
the  meaning  of  the  Act,  with  the  consent  of  the  Privy  Council. 
The  3d  clause  describes  who  are  chemists  and  druggists 
within  the  meaning  of  the  Act. 
The  4th  clause  defines  how  assistants  now  existing,  who 
have  been  dispensing  not  less  than  three  years  and  are  of  full 
age,  may,  after  passing  a  modified  examination  as  described,  be 
registered  as  chemists  and  druggists  under  this  Act. 
Clause  5th  describes  the  manner  of  registration. 
Clause  6th  makes  the  Examiners  of  the  Pharmaceutical 
Society  to  be  the  Examiners  under  this  Act,  with  the  approval 
