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THE  FORTY-SIXTH  ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE 
BRITISH  PHARMACEUTICAL  CONFERENCE. 
By  John  K.  Thum,  Ph.G. 
Apothecary  at  the  German  Hospital,  Philadelphia. 
The  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference  held  its  forty-sixth 
annual  meeting  at  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  July  26-29  °f  this  year. 
The  following  review  was  obtained  from  the  reports  published  in 
the  British  pharmaceutical  journals. 
As  usual  the  Conference  commenced  its  proceedings  with  the 
President's  reception.  This  social  function  took  place  in  the  build- 
ings of  Armstrong  College,  Barras  Bridge.  The  Lord  Mayor  cor- 
dially welcomed  the  Conference  to  the  city.  Professor  Lebour,  Vice- 
Principal,  on  behalf  of  the  College  authorities  welcomed  the  dele- 
gates and  mentioned  how  well  pleased  he  was  with  the  scientific 
aims  of  the  Conference.  Mr.  J.  F.  Tocher,  the  President,  thanked 
the  speakers  for  their  kind  welcome. 
The  visitors  then  passed  into  the  physical  and  electrical  labora- 
tories and  were  shown  a  number  of  interesting  experiments  by  Pro- 
fessors Stroud  and  Thornton.  Wireless  telegraphy,  X-rays,  high- 
tension  electrical  experiments,  optical  experiments,  the  singing  arc, 
melting  iron  under  water,  the  jumping  coil,  floating  iron-bar,  and 
oxy-acetylene  welding  were  a  few  of  the  interesting  experiments 
shown.  There  was  also  an  excellent  exhibit  of  a  technical  nature  of 
things  interesting  to  progressive  pharmacists. 
On  Tuesday  morning  the  regular  sessions  opened  with  the  Presi- 
dent in  the  chair. 
Mr.  Weddell,  on  behalf  of  the  local  committee,  delivered  a  speech 
of  welcome.  The  President  replied  by  thanking  Mr.  Weddell  and 
his  colleagues  for  the  arrangements  they  had  made  for  the  comfort 
of  the  Conference.  After  the  reading  of  several  letters  of  regret, 
prominent  among  them  being  one  from  the  veteran  founder  Dr. 
John  Attfield,  the  President  read  his  address. 
"  Some  Problems  of  Interest  to  Pharmacists  To-day  "  was  the 
title  of  Mr.  Tocher's  address.  He  called  attention  to  the  fact  that 
Newcastle  was  the  scene  of  the  Conference's  birth.  The  institution 
of  it  as  an  organization  for  the  encouragement  of  pharmaceutical 
research  was  an  event  of  the  greatest  importance  to  British  phar- 
