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and has so conducted himself as to give general satisfaction. tured state can hardly be said to belong to this class, and being By the recent ordinance of the Scotch University Com- mostly of foreign production they would not even come, ac- missioners the number of candidates for the M.D. of St. cording to the classification adopted, into the British depart- Andrews will be so far diminished as to reduce the income of ment. There are, however, two or three of the collections in Dr. Day to less than one-half of its present amount. He has Class 2 in the eastern annex into which have been ad- met with a serious accident, which incapacitates him for prac- mitted. Thus, Mr. Howard, the well-known chemical mann- tice. He has a wife and family, and a large portion of the facturer of Stratford, in connexion with his extensive collec- small income he has left has been forestalled by insurance pre- tion of chemical products, including quinine and the other miums. The memorial, which has already been signed by the alkaloids of the Cinchona barks, of which his firm are the Chancellor, Principal, and Professors of the University of St. largest manufacturers in this country, has a very interesting Andrews and the professors of the University of Edinburgh, and valuable collection of the barks, with botanical drawings besides other distinguished persons, sums up the claims of Dr. of thp trees yielding them, and also some of the living plants Day to the pension sought as follows :- growing in a Ward’s case. This is altogether a collection could have been contributed one "First, on account of his sudden deprivation of more than which only by who, being one-half of the fairly earned emoluments of his Chair of Medi- well acquainted with the botanical sources of the different cine, in consequence of an alteration in the rules of Graduation, varieties of Cinchona bark, possessed at the same time the re- as had subsisted his and for they during incumbency many sources of the manufacturer and the merchant, to enable him years previously. to identify and supply of the barks met with in "Secondly, that by an act of the Privy Council this depriva- specimens and their chemical It is much to be re- tion has been made more complete than was contemplated by commerce, products. the University Commissioners, inasmuch as it takes away the gretted that a better place could not have been assigned to chance of such compensation as they had specially provided these barks and the beautiful drawings, from Mr. Howard’s for Dr. case. Day’s work on the Cinchonas, which accompany them. At present "Thirdly, that Dr. Day’s literary and professional character they are fixed against the wall in a very inaccessible position. would do no discredit, but the contrary, to the patronage of the Crown. Another collection in this class, in which there are unrnanu- is of "Fourthly, that his infirmities are such as to make it impos- factured drugs of foreign production, that Messrs. Allen sible for him to gain a living, as he otherwise might well do, and Hanburys, of Plough cnurL In this, as in the previous in- by the exercise of the medical profession." stance, the association of drugs with pharmaceutical prepara-. We cordially concur in the prayer of the memorial, and trnst tions nmy be justided, Mr. Hanbury having contributed by his that the Prime Minister will grant the request of the Commis- publications to the extension of our knowledge of several of sioners. By so doing, he will render an act of justice and these substances, so that his name is to some extent identified kindness to a distinguished and worthy man, and recognise the with them. rights of a profession which has high and just claims to the But to a far greater extent than in the preceding instances consideration of the State. are drugs exhibited by a committee of the Pharmaceutical Society. The collection which has been formed by this com- THE PO!SON OF THE ADDER. mittee, although not yet completed, occupies a much larger space than any other in the same class ; and it is intended to DR. EDWIN BiSHOr, of Moreton Hampstead, Devon, in a comprise all the drugs and preparations used in in letter to The Times of last, makes the following sug- Monday this contributed most of the gestion :— country, by leading pharmaceutists of London and of some parts of the The great merit " The for the bite of an adder, and indeed all prorinces. remedy poi- of this collection is its It will show to sonous snakes, is simple. It has been proved by experiment, completeness. foreigners over and over again, that poisons of this character are harmless and those who take an interest in the subject the existing state when applied to a mucous surface, and quantities have beeu of in this country, the specimens being for the most swallowed without ill-effecr,. The nine producing any bite, part such as are commonly met with in the better class of times out of is in some of the hand, and ten, part immediately establishments, and not for it is felt the wounded part should be well sucked by the mouth, pharmaceutical specially prepared exhibition. are on under the care and a piece of string tied tight round the finger or the wrist They placed open shelves, (according to the seat of the bite) to prevent the poison from of a cnrator, by whom free access is allowed to them for the being absorbed into the system. If this simple plan was gene- purpose of examination. Although the specimens generally rally known and acted upon, death or injury from the bite of such as are used in the treatment of and " are actually disease, an adder would be rare indeed." no attempt is made to give unusual effect by the manner of In cases of and of this dissecting wounòs, hydrophobia, plan exhibiting them, yet there are a few remarkable specimens, also be and in instances would might adopted, many prevent among which we may notice an unusually large and fine pod the the poison entering system. of musk, and the root of a sarsaparilla plant of gigantic dimen- sions, which is suspended over the case, and is more than fif- teen feet in length. The different forms of bottle and other THE contrivances which have been suggested in THE LA’CET and GREAT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. elsewhere for preventing accidental poisoning are included in this collection. We understand it was originally intended by the committee to as one feature of the an III. supply, collection, authentic of every article to be described in the PRODUCTS. specimen PHARMACEUTICAL British , but the unexpected delay in the pub- IN the general arrangement of objects in the Exhibition, lication of the work has entirely frustrated this object. drugs and preparations used in medicine are included in This collection, although by far the most complete of any of Class 2, which comprises " Chemical Substances and Products, the sort in the Exhibition, is nevertheless not the only one. and Pharmaceutical Processes." Taking this class as a whole, In the foreign department there are two or three such. There the articles exhibited in it are very various, but those of them is a collection of drugs and pharmaceutical preparations from relating to pharmacy occupy a prominent position on account the United States, ent by the Philadelphia College of Phar- of their number, their commercial importance, and the macy ; there is a Ct Section of materia medica from (Jhina, and scientific interest that attaches to many of them. 1 his de- another from Japan ; and there is a very interesting and exten- partment of industry has, perhaps, never been better repre- sive collection of -both drugs and preparations- sented than at this Exhibition. Drugs in their unmanufac- from Constantinople. We may refer to these more specifically 551 hereafter, but at present will confine our attention to the of Apothecaries of the City of London, to acquaint you, for the information of the General Council of and British department in the eastern annex. Medical Education of the United that the have The different classes of chemical and pharmaceutical manu- liegistration Kingdom, Society chosen George Cooper, Esq., of Brentford, as a member of the facture are and well here. In the first fairly represented place, General Council, in the room of the late John Nussey, Esq., we have the great staple chemical products which find their resigned. " I have the honour to be, Sir, applications in chemical processes of almost every kind mong Your most obedient servant. "ROBERT B. these are oil of vitriol and other mineral acids, carbonate of UPTON, of "Dr. Hnwkins, Rp2;istr’r of the General Clerk to the Society. soda and other alkalies, chloride lime, alum, prussiates of Council of Medical Education and Registration." &e. The specimens of these products exhibited by our potash, Mr. Cooper was then introduced to the Council by Mr. Law. manufacturers will bear comparison with those of any other rence. country. Then we have chemical products that have more I, Read the following Report from the Pharmacopoeia, Com- special applications, such as pigments, and the new dyes de- mittee :- rived from coal-tar, of which there are beautiful many very REPORT OF THE PHARMACOPCEIA COMMITTEE OF THE and some most We come in the next costly specimens. place . to general chemical products, most of which are used in medi- The the cine. Messrs. Howard of Stratford have a large collection of Pharmacopoeia Committee, appointed by General this class of products, including mercurial, antimonial, and Medical Council, beg to report to the Council that the manu- script of the *’ British Pharmacopoeia.’’ is now completed, and salts of the as ferruginous preparations; alkalies; and, already most of it ready for press. Until lately the Committee con- the alkaloids of noticed, the Cinchona barks. Messrs. Davy, fidently expected to have on this occasion laid a copy of the Macmurdo, and Co. have a good collection of general chemical whole Pharmacopoeia, in proof on the Council table. But diffi- products; as also have Messrs. Huskisson, and Messrs. May culties of a legal nature, from which the Council alone can re- lieve arose about two months and have and Baker. There is a class of chemical manufacturers known them, ago, prevented them in the meantime from continuing their labours. as manufacturers of fine chemicals, which is here represented The Pharmacopoeia. Committee was appointed by the Council, by Messrs. Morson and Son, Macfarlan of Edinburgh, T. and in the first session of the Council, towards the end of Novem- H. Smith, and Hopkin and Williams. Messrs. Morson have ber, 1858. In conformity with the plan for their proceedings very fine samples of the chemical products from opium; tannic approved by the Council, they associated with themselves and gallic acids ; salts of nickel, including sublimed chloride of members from the three Colleges of Physicians and the Phar- maceutic Society of Great Britain. Sub committees having nickel-the only specimen, we believe, in the Exhibition; - -and been then established at each of the three capitals, they com- pepsine, both pure and in the state in which it is administered menced their duties in February, 1859. in medicine. Macfarlan has a very large and fine crystal- It was, in the first instance, resolved that the Pharmacopoeia. lization of codeine, together with other products from opium. should consist of two parts and an appendix-the First Part to Messrs. Smith exhibit a mass consist of the Materia Medica List; the Second Part, of the Pre- opium products, including large and the of and Williams have the citrates of parations Compounds, and appendix, of such articles papaverine. Hopkin as are not themselves used in medical but which are of iron carbonate of and practice, iron, cyanide potassium, alum, lithia, employed for the chemical processes and tests of the Pharma- other chemicals used in medicine. We should, perhaps, include copoeia,. among these collections that of Mr. Bullock, which contains 1. The Materia Medica List contains every substance, whether obtainable in or chemical some scaled citrates of iron, and a very interesting set of pro- ordinary trade, prepared by processes in the Second Part, which the Committee have found, on careful ducts obtained from bile ;-also, a set of volatile organic acids inquiry, to be so far approved in practice as to be entitled to a and their Mr. Barnes. there are the manu- ethers, by Lastly, place in a national Pharmacopoeia,. Not a few remedies, con- facturers of pharmaceutical products which are not strictly tained in the of the three Colleges of Physicians, chemical, such as medicinal extracts and essential oils. Messrs. have consequently been removed, and many new ones have Savory and Moore have a collection of medicines, some of which been adopted. Under each article of the Materia Medica List the Committee have A Latin have been only recently introduced, and are peculiar to their given-1. pharmaceutic name, by which it will be prescribed, an English synonyme for use in house. Extracts are exhibited Mr. Ransom, Mr. Holland, by describing the processes in Part Second, and its chemical symbol, Messrs. Mr. Nlr. Messrs. Allen and Watts, Hooper, Squire, if it be a substance of definite constitution. 2. Its definition, Hanburys, and by several exhibitors who have contributed to together with its botanical reference, if it be a plant, or obtained the collection formed under the auspices of the Pharma- from a plant, and also a reference to a correct figure of the and in a of ceutical We shall some account of these and plant ; all cases, when possible, statement the quarter Society. give whence the article is derived. 3. The characters which it other medicinal exhibited in the British and alsc by preparations may be distinguished from all other articles in the establishment in the on a future occasion. foreign department of the druggist. 4. The tests by which it may be known to be free of known impurities or adulterations. 5. The officinal preparations of which it is an active ingredient. GENERAL COUNCIL II. The Second Part, or the Preparations and Compounds, comprises processes for all forms for the administration of medi- OF cines, for the extempore prescriptions of practitioners, or for MEDICAL & REGISTRATION. obtaining articles in the Materia Medica. List by chemical ope- EDUCATION rations. The Committee took into consideration the question, whether MINUTES OF MEETING, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1862, the transference of the manufacture of many chemicals from the hands of the druggist into those of the manufacturing chemist, ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, LONDON. might not render it practicable to withdraw a great part of the chemical from the But on mature Mr. GREEN, President, took the Chair at two P.M. processes Pharmacopoeia. examination it was resolved that they should be retained. Present-Dr. Mr. Mr. Burrows, Arnott, Cooper, Dr. Acland, The Appendix needs no explanation. Dr. Bond, Dr. Embleton, Dr. Storrar, Dr. Alex. Wood, Dr. The Pharmacopoeia, thus organized, contains 322 articles of Andrew Dr. Wood, Mr. Watt, Mr. Syme, Dr. Thomson, A. the Materia Medica List, 380 processes, Galenical and chemical, Smith, Mr. Hargrave, Dr. Leet, Dr. Apjohn, Dr. Corrigan, Sir and 49 substances to the Charles belonging Appendix. Hastings, Dr. Sharpey, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Teale, Dr. In order to settle what articles and processes should be intro- Dr. Stokes.-Dr. Francis Christison, Hawkins, Registrar. duced, as well as various other general or preliminary matters, The minutes of the last were read and meeting confirmed. it was soon found necessary to hold a conference of Sub-com. Read the following official notice :- mittees, consisting of three delegates from each. " Apothecaries’ Hail, tendon, B.C., The conference met in London in May, 1859, and having April 19th, 1862. settled, as far as could be done at the outset, the articles and "SIR,-.I am directed by the Master, Wardens, and Society: processes to be admitted, they divided each part into three