Report from the Select Committee on Pharmacy bill : together with the proceedings, minutes of evidence and index.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Pharmacy Bill.
Date:
1852
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    Report, 1852—continued. Smith, George Walter. (Analysis of his Evidence)—continued. belonging to the Pharmaceutical Society, 1097-1106—Medical schools and institutions in Scotland where parties could obtain education in case an Act were procured making it requisite for them to pass an examination, 1107-1 tog. [Second Examination.]—Several instances have occurred of persons coming from abroad for the express purpose of obtaining the diploma of the Pharmaceutical Society, 1187-1190 Branch or auxiliary a?sociations have been established in different parts of the country since the establishment of the Pharmaceutical Society, 1191-1193. [Third Examination.]—Remarks relative to the branch pharmaceutical establishment at Liverpool; means adopted lor the instruction of young men on a very liberal scale, 1335_1339 Objection which has been taken to the plan of voting by proxy with regard to the election of the council in the Pharmaceutical Society, 1340-1345 Pro- posal of the council for an alteration to be made in the clause of the Bill relating to the election, 1343-1345 Evidence as to the proposed amount of fees to be taken by the Pharmaceutical Society for the education and examination of students, 1346-1351. 1355-1364 It was always understood that the fees paid on examination and the ‘ benevolent fund were to be kept entirely distinct and separate, 1352, 1353- Statement showing the number of persons who have passed their examination at. the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain since its establishment in 1841; 1354 The present Bill will not in any way interfere with the Apothecaries’ Company; no persons will be enabled legally to act as chemists and medical men; the two branches of the profession will remain entirely separate, 1365-1398. 1403 It is the intention of the Bill, that before any party can carry on the trade of a chemist in Great Britain, it will be necessary that he shall be examined by the officers of the Pharmaceutical Society, i399-M03- South, John F. (Analysis of his Evidence.)—President of the Loyal College of Surgeons and Professor of Surgery in St. Thomas’s Hospital, 180, 181 Has given some atten- tion to the education requisite in the several branches of the medical profession, 182 The proper method of securing efficient education is to enforce an examination, 183 There is an examination in the College of Surgeons for persons who practise surgery, but it is a voluntary examination, 184-188 Witness considers it a defect in this insti- tution that they have not that power which other institutions have, 189, 190 The same necessity exists for an examination in the case of chemists as in other branches connected with the medical profession, 191-196 The College of Surgeons has no disposition to make a joint Board with the chemists for such an examination; they do not consider it within their province to do so, 197-200 A division of labour is desirable in the profession, and advantage would no doubt arise from a body being recognised by law as representing the department of pharmacy, 202-205. The state of the law in reference to pharmaceutical chemists is not at the present time satisfactory, seeing that any person can assume the title, 206 It is the duty of the Legislature, in cases affecting life and health, to have a supervision over matters of this description, 207 Witness approves sincerely of the proceedings which have been taken by the chemists during the last eleven years, with the view of raising their quali- fications, 208, 209 It is desirable, fair, and proper that the chemists should have the management and examination of their body without the inteiference or control of any other branch of the medical profession, nor need they trench on the privileges of any other branch, 218 A11 Act for regulating the qualification of pharmaceutical chemists is desirable, 219. With regard to the restriction in this Bill as to no person bring permitted to call him- self a pharmaceutical chemist unless he had passed an examination, it would merely operate as regards those persons coming into business hereafter, and therefore the improvements would only come into operation by degrees, 220-222 Merely examining parties before they had the right of assuming the title of pharmaceutical chemist would be of very little use without the exclusive privilege of vending drugs and dispensing medi- cines were given to these parties, 223, 244. 255-263. 270-280 It is under this view of the case that witness gives his approbation to the Bill, 245-250 It would perhaps not be practicable to prevent some persons in small country villages from selling simple drugs, such as castor oil, rhubarb, Epsom salts, &c., 264-269. 281 If this Bill should recog- nise those who have passed an examination as being the only persons who are entiiled to call themselves pharmaceutical chemist', it would be a very considerable protection to the public, although they did not have a monopoly in the sale of every kind of drugs, 282- 285. Squire, Veter. (Analysis of his Evidence).—Chemist in Oxford-street ever since 1825; has been a member of the Pharmaceutical Society from the commencement, 782, 783 Manner in which apprentices to chemists and druggists formerly picked up a knowledge of their business; no theoretical instruction was ever afforded, 784-790 In Germany a regular education is necessary for pharmaceutical chemists, 791, 792 The chemists of this country are far behind those of other countries in pointof education; some regulations for promoting education are. requisite, 793-795 Great improvement in
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