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.
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1852
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    regular fee; if you want to practice as a pharmaceutist, you can buy an establish- ment of the kind ; and such establishments are sold at immense prices in general in consequence of these restrictions. 1183. Mr. Ewart.] Does the person who purchases undergo an examination ?— He could not continue it unless he had passed an examination. 11 84. He must have gone through an examination ?—Yes; lie might purchase an establishment of this description, and have it superintended for him ; but in such case the person who superintends it must be a man who has passed the state examination, and he would be in every case on a par with his master as to scientific education. 1185. Chairman.] In that case the superintendent would be responsible for the proper management of the establishment h—Yes; for instance, if the head of an establishment dies, and his widow continues the business, she is compelled to have in that establishment a superintendent who has passed all the Government examinations. 1186. Mr. Ewart.] The same thing would apply to a capitalist, would it not; if a capitalist invests his money in the purchase of such an establishment he must have a subordinate who has gone through the requisite examination ?— Decidedly. Mr. George Walter Smith, called in; and further Examined. H87. Chairman.] HAVE not several persons come from abroad for the express purpose of obtaining tiie diploma of the Pharmaceutical Society after examination ?—We have had six gentlemen from the Mauritius. 1188. Have some of them kept up a correspondence with the society, and furnished specimens for the museum r—We have received contributions from the Mauritius, and also from Demerara. 1189. Has there been any from Madeira?—Yes; Mr. Nobrega has sent us a large number of specimens, and he has also sent some to the Botanical Society. 1 jqo. Did he tell you he was unable to open a shop in Madeira unless he had passed an examination, and that, therefore, he wished to have a diploma?—I am not aware that such regulation applies to Madeira, but I know it does to Portugal and the Brazils, and therefore I apprehend it would. 1191. Have branch or auxiliary associations been established in different parts of this country, since the establishment of the Pnarmaceutical Society?—Yes, in a number of places ; Bath, Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Liverpool, Manchester, and Norwich, and a scientific library has also been formed at Colchester. 1192. Have these parties corresponded with the Pharmaceutical Society, with a view of co-operating with it in preparing the students for examination ?— Yes, lectures and laboratories have been instituted. 1193. And libraries ?—And libraries. C Baschet, called in ; and Examined. 1194. Chairman.] DO you reside at the Mauritius ?—Yes. 1195. You have come to this country, have you not, lor the purpose of obtaining a diploma to qualify you to commence and c .rry on business there? —Yes. 1196. Are you at this time a student in the establishment of the Pharmaceutical Society?—Yes, I am. 1197. Is the law very strict in the Mauritius respecting the practice of pharmacy ?—Very strict; I cannot carry on the business without a diploma. 1198. Is it common to go to France for this diploma ?—Yes, very common. 1199. ^ *s only recently that diplomas from England have been received, is it not?—Yes, only lately ; it has never been refused. 1200. Is a diploma from England considered equivalent in the Mauritius to a diploma from France ?—Yes. 1201. Is the practice of medicine separated from the practice of pharmacy in the Mauritius ?—Yes, it is quite separate. 1202. Are medical men prohibited from selling drugs, or dispensing their own medicines?—Yes, they are strictly prohibited. 1203. And are pharmaceutical chemists prohibited from prescribing?—Yes. 1204. Do they ever in cases of emergency, or in cases where poor people come 0.42. I 4 to Dr. Hofmann. 22 April 1852. Mr. G. W. Smith. C. Baschet.
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