Observations addressed to the chemists and druggists of Great Britain on the Pharmaceutical Society / by Jacob Bell.

  • Bell, Jacobus, -1859.
Date:
[1841]
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Credit: Observations addressed to the chemists and druggists of Great Britain on the Pharmaceutical Society / by Jacob Bell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    of the Council must be seconded by the contributions of those on whose behalf these labours are undertaken. The Council have no personal ends to gain in the forma- tion of the Society. On the contrary, the sacrifice of much valuable time, the endurance of unceasing labour, the com- bating with a variety of difficulties and obstacles, which must inevitably attend the regulation of an infant institu- tion ; and, above all, the probable lukewarmness of some of their friends, from whom they might reasonably calculate upon receiving assistance:—these are the “rewards” for which the Council must be prepared, and to which they will cheerfully submit in the prospect of ultimate success. In a public undertaking like that which is now before us, all private and mercenary considerations must be laid aside; and every person engaged in it ought to forget his own individual interest in the desire to promote the general good. Regulations which will tend to protect and elevate the Body at large, must benefit every individual comprised in it, and the union of the strength and influence of all, can- not fail to confer indirect advantage on each. It is there- fore important that every person concerned, instead of calcu- lating the probable amount of pecuniary return for his outlay, should consider the emergency of the case and the ultimate objects which are contemplated. On the one hand, we are sensible that unless a decided course of this kind be adopted, we are likely to lose our independence, and to become fet- tered by a variety of obnoxious restrictions ; on the other, we have the opportunity not only of escaping from these evils, but also of assuming a position creditable to ourselves and favourable to every kind of improvement. A difference of opinion may probably exist as to the amount of subscription which ought to be expected from
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