The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-09 00:00:00

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iillßonATontEs, AND CENTRAL WHOLESALE AND
EP°?' 49, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London.

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September, 1856.
ti,V,l„for n"lr has been established to meet the urgent public
It liZe urUgs and Chemicals, and for Msdieines prepared
s4o,,:ae s„„ e Present advanced state of science. .
"4 IsCi-`°rPorated in January last, under the provisions of the
audit ,
141)0"'°11S pr Y.°,et•
Ares Nodes ,muses have been taken—Warehouser, Drug Mills,
An lei for b e9d Machinery erected ; and the CompanyisMnilow
donc inspeefionsmess, wholesale and retail.
Dem,/ Drove that
of the Estab'ishment in Berners.street will. abun.
Pel all , this Cornnanvpossesses power and facilities to
efekcinteal Proftee3e.t it Promises, 'na.moely—to prepare and supply the
..10 "'n at,
qitheitdealnBlort and the Public with Medicines of every kind,
gth, and perfect purity. Invalids' Foods, and. Domeos.
q47to is Wits, vs's,. It .is confident's, believed that, by observinogogo_a il
1.0e41.11, eZlitieblic in its operations, such a Companayocaenorptst
geritt deice and
ace°mPiTsa far more than 3' of
S0:t11 its
arrangesrn.nts ma be mentiened :—lst. That no
the 4od Isgenous Drugs are purchased. except such as are
asst muses 2nd. That they are crushed or ground upon
l'sheio,d her,;,„3rci• That all commercial Chemicals are tested or
'pe.--,keeutis—,S, Chemical or medicinal purposes. 4th. That the
tnen-d•siateriest" and Laboratories are under the constant
forb Zee of a resident eminent
.scientific Chemist, recom-
alrecis v -axon Li sf
th„, dutie e and Dr. Fresenius, as eminently qualified
Plior,2* sth. That the preparations ordered by the Colleges
eons. .eacopeeiso, are made strictly in accordance with their
‘t.te
seasino ‘"ers bave taken measures to ascertain the views of the
%..°4 tin: and they are gratified to find that this enterprise has Covnreat sq°r,dial approbation of a very large number of Practioners
TstanY is ; they receive daily assurances of support, and the
lees," arst readY doing a very satisfactory amount of business.
c0,,q.. sifb sue of the Capital of the Company was readily sub-
ppttialr Very little publicity was given to the design.; and
4da, iive stock, together with Buildings, Plant, Machinery.
With the Fittings of a spacious Shop for dispensinand
bom:rileas49oreliminary expenses, and advertisements., have been
It was on aug a portion of the Capital In hand sufficient for the
4,
as a certain scale.
itsgrviiilswe..9a, however, contemplated by the Directors to make
l
the seßale Berners.street the Manufacturing, and Centre
res,"•nhtle ; sled to open Branches to suit the convenience of
thoNeiai re.Yarions parts of the Metropolis, and in the principal
kieh, tineltles and To ems of Great-Britain, for the sale oft heir
e44hion Dtrenes ,
'3 a r "tons. and fn• dispensing prescriptions. This
Slap „-kee ,s'ogthened, since many profitable businesses, already
eonnS•aat
ss'ave been offered to the Company, under the impre-
,s,s4etie„• wast command a very large trade founded on public oor, the
boLSeetiret.t.tblishment of such branches, the company
ensot
• 7411 lo s,:od 'till
rPertoo olfoar wrh oleos aol ertiaonodatmanufacturing b
the retail—%
bto:ti lees ex it it will he ablege tporconduct its branch E
stabli4hmeeonts
4t,ett Wilt tense than individuals, since all preparations and
m.
'ne
'II •:
Dublie e prepared at the central laboratories, inßerners-
ads
v, it has 'ress] hat; added another to the many important ser-
alse,ne evoie rendered to Societe by exposing the evils arising from
arc' of adulteration of Drug's and Chemicals empieyed
',"ftsti.2;,-41;edernanding a remedy for this abuse, The Times, of
erire_ ryes:-
4140 kt( 8 1)0 a slight portion•of common sense to
purity of drugs
bee `4l?gs are the executive of the medical man, and, 'ore,
sllaal„re,fti,r Ineffie'ent drugs he acts like a paralysed than, wsose
nass till 7,.esohey him. The physician may have. the most exact
;‘,Seilt° the e„.,a's of the amount of drug power which he wants to
hat Pal of P.Ll,,ent's disease • but if his drug deceives him, and con-
' ttffe,,,,itiv„'s
bus virtue than 'it professes to do, sal perhaps even
*lto oy some foreign admixture, his whole estimate is
Zendicf-e'etsai s-btehres Procees becomes a piece of guesswork. Astons
o e the' Committee on Adulteration, 'The mischief
sin orclsh‘t oes,"'esliCines is not always immediate. It frequently
the
do
nab', to Xerson, from taking a defective drug, increasestk. the
sampsee
s'Onts"DtiorsndUce the desired effe.A. Then, upon a mg
reilliseltaost‘e be made up. when the genuine drug is used the per.
the aie Poisoned.' It is therefore with much concern we learn
t,e_ltertis-ieonsce given before the Committee. on Adulteration that
e bear on tn" ef drugs, though considerably reduced of late years,
Cbiesstothat Inaree amount. Nor is this concern lessened when
4io es or chi, iornmone3t and the most powerful drugs are both
ate „ di,e4 aalteration. There must be numberless critical
ts,Z", ast itt which the correctness of the strength of an
The 4‘e all the dff enca of life and death; yet we are
tit of
f 1;, call 24 samples of opium are adulterated."
a°;-'d in enissitle, ssnf the GENERAL APOTHECAILIES' COMPANY
1.14, 'oeir Plan the remedy for the evil thus exposed will be
"anger:" 'aar.- and that nnblic contilence must be obtained byd
atoki
few nt its e r„et Company. able
übyityitsioconstitu 1
medicines,t°n andan
uspoon ,ni 5t2,2„, the demand
ifor
441tion gleseu! Poblieu,P°n matntasi ng goodP' faith with the pro.
04iitia,trY keeti':niiderations it was resolved, at a General Extra-
si','ee 14,28, 1855! the Shirehelders, held at 49, Bernere-street,
Dive'rseasa th the Canital of the Company should. be at
entlti 'tors r the issue of further Shores, at the discretion of
The ; so'eber the nu,pase of extending the business cf the
'teeise
tireetov; SiSares to b issued .at par, namely, .t.lO each.
tvis. 74epip,,,,tioitatie!,erfor e anuhounce, that they are prepaied to
„%leen. os t such
fortsa-Wnd Laboratories are open to the inspection of --qa6i. of ~.L_ pl.g their cards to the Manager ; and persons
iseh,Otarv,„,:sescribing for
_Shares are invited to visit the
~ember, 1830,
2' '011,1,r
0 ph _

rite h:...- OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
_,„t„
-4.' of tire GENERAL APOTHECARIES' COMPANY.
(Limited.)
th:Qhtlerne_49, Rerners-street, Oxford-street,
i1.0n5d0.7..,
io each In
INtbove r.:%7se. to allot me
to acSeeaprte the same, or any
ItiiTlneib,r 0t.187i;% an;I.I hereby
baegrileleotted to me, and to pay the
'lf
tile ii'M'd allottint'';nclidn'l auyeertake to abide by the provisions
De Po
of the said Coamnpany, and Date.
...... . . to sign the same if required.
.. •••
Name in full
Residence .... • • • -
* * Profession or occupation 45,i14441Tratit-in for RefereeShai:e; to be transmitted to the Manager, at
re, Ile bire2treet, Oxfori'-street.
tt, ejlenthig th'e'oerxspielgeed
psamid_ , nothing in the foregoing. Prospectus
li s of this undertaking ; it is well known
, .--,,, o_ll,l9ces,ful Dru; Business they are very large.
44 liiii",','_4. holders in this Company are entirely exempt from
LightT pv. by the Act of Parliament tinder which it is incorporated.
itrn-,4'Peny are now making arrangements to open a Depot in
4bje(t ,"`. of which the local Shareholders will have the control,
us, the approval of the Central Board.