Volume 2

A statement of circumstances connected with the Apothecaries' Act, and its administration / [George Man Burrows].

  • Burrows, George Man, 1771-1846
Date:
1817
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Credit: A statement of circumstances connected with the Apothecaries' Act, and its administration / [George Man Burrows]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sincerely rejoiced. Although a Member, [had never taken any part in their affairs ; and, therefore, knew no reason why it should not by them, as well as by any new and untried body, be! administered in a manner as conducive to the welfare of the public as to the interests of ‘the Apothecaries at large. Therefore I most heartily co-operated with the So- ciety, through all its stages, in procuring the passing of the Bill. 2D ) | In the conferences ‘which took place between the Committee appointed by that body for conducting the Bill, and the Committee appointed by the Ge- neral Committee of the Association, I was impressed with the opinion that the Society meant to act openly and honourably ; ‘and I flattered myself, that, as the Chairman of the Society’s Committee, Mr. Simons, was stillaa Member of the Committee of the Asso- ciation, and one of its treasurers, that nothing dero- gatory to the responsibility attaching to these cha- racters, would ever be attempted in the progress of our joint exertions. | Ancle It would be an untruth were I to say, that nothing occurred during the passing of the Act to induce a suspicion, that the views of those who acted for the Society were quite as liberal as professed, or that the communication with me had -been as candid as it ought to have been. In fact, it was manifested just as the Bill had arrived at its last stage, that its prin- ciples had been narrowed in more than one particular which I could not approve. But there was no option. Parliament had but a few days to sit, and acquiescence with its passing in its then shape, or the loss of the Bill was the alternative. Again, the dis- satisfaction raised by the Surgeons’ Bill, which was just introduced, and erroneously blended with the Apothecaries, raised so many fresh obstacles, that I felt assured if not now the latter never would pass. I, therefore, preferred having the Act, with all its faults, rather than have none; and especially as 1 entertained a ‘hope that whenever it was amended,