EDITORIAL. 
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chemists  and  members  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society,  and  those  sustain- 
ing the  minor  examination  to  be  "  chemists  and  druggists."  The  confi- 
dence reposed  in  the  Council  of  the  Society  by  Parliament  was  certainly 
very  flattering  to  that  body,  and  was  well  deserved.  But  the  object  of 
this  note  is  more  particularly  to  call  attention  to  the  effect  of  these 
changes  on  the  Society  itself.  Until  recently  the  Council  of  the  Society 
sat  with  closed  doors,  their  action  almost  entirely  centered  in  the  London 
members,  and  they  were  able  to  do  pretty  much  as  they  pleased  in  the 
management.  Recently,  however,  the  "  country  members  "  have  come 
forward  at  the  Annual  meetings,  and  have  made  themselves  felt;  have 
broken  down  much  of  the  exclusiveness  that  formerly  obtained,  by  re- 
arranging the  by-laws,  and  infusing  a  larger  representation  of  their  num- 
bers into  the  Council.  The  meetings  are  also  thrown  open  to  reporters. 
The  Annual  Meeting  in  May  last  was  marked  by  unusual  agitation  from 
the  outspoken  country  members,  and  at  the  election  which  followed  the 
constitution  of  the  Council  was  modified.  The  votes  of  the  members  not 
present  are  given  by  proxy.  Voting  papers  are  used  by  all  the  members, 
and  the  votes  are  counted  by  a  com.mittee  of  scrutineers.  On  this  occasion, 
one  of  these,  named  Dickinson  (the  same  who  formerly  caused  so  much 
trouble  to  the  Society  in  the  days  of  Jacob  Bell)  so  far  forgot  his  duty  as  a 
man  and  a  member  as  to  resort  to  fraud  in  counting  the  votes,  which  re- 
sulted in  the  necessity  of  re-counting  them  in  the  presence  of  experts, 
when  the  fraud  was  determined.  Mr.  Dickinson  subsequently  acknowledged 
his  guilt,  exonerated  all  others,  and  gave  as  a  reason  his  wish  to  test  the 
flimsy  and  faulty  method  of  voting,  which,  being  made  for  honest  men, 
had  no  provision  against  such  treason  as  he  manifested.  The  feeling  cre- 
ated by  this  outrage  has  been  almost  universal  against  its  author. 
Officers  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  for  1870-71. — At  a  meeting 
of  the  council  held  June  1st,  1870,  George  Webb  Sanford,  was  elected 
President  ;  Adolphus  F.  Haselden,  Vice  President ;  Thomas  Hyde  Hills, 
^Treasurer ;  Elias  Bremridge,  Secretary  and  Registrar ;  and  Richard 
B  rem  ridge.  Assist.  Secretary  and  Deputy  Registrar. 
The  Pharmaceutical  JourxNal.  —  After  the  death  of  Jacob  Bell  a  new 
series  of  this  Journal  was  commenced,  under  the  editorship  of  Profs. 
Redwood  and  Bentley  aided  by  others,  until  the  present  year.  Among 
the  changes  brought  about  by  the  country  influence  on  the  Council  was 
one  directed  to  the  management  of  the  Journal ;  the  country  members 
complained  that  they  were  not  sufficiently  represented,  and  urged  a 
change.  A  committee  appointed  to  consider  the  matter  reported  in 
favor  of  making  the  Journal  weekly,  and  giving  more  space  to  subjects 
of  general  and  scientific  interest  and  less  to  strictly  society  matters. 
The  Editorship  having  been  made  elective,  the  new  Council  advertised 
for  candidates,  and  early  in  July  an  election  was  held,  which  resulted  in 
