, 1872-11-03
LONDON.
Ruskin's Letter to Workmen...A Contro.
Versy With a Clergyman.

fotsy MILL d tltlS Sylldh.
Sir James Simpson as an Arch@-
0logist.
From Our 0wn Correspondent
| LONDON, Oct. II, 1879.
| THE CHEMISTS OF ENGLAND AND THE caEM1srs
| OF CHICAGO.
No one professional class in England has i'm.
proved during the last dozen years 30 consider
ably and 30 rapidly as the chemists and drug
gists. Perhaps reform was not equally needed
| in any other direction. However it may be in
! Illinois, in England three-fourths, aud moro
than three-fourths, OF the poor are doctored by
the chemists. You cannot 60 into drug shop
in q large town, and wait until 8 prescription is
made up, without seeing some man, woman, or
child apply to the chemist for "advice." It
would be amusing, il human flesh and blood
we're not concerned. to note the person behind
the counter-often youth, an appren-
| tice-te1ling the patient to. hold
out his tongue OF his wrist, and
going through the regular routine Of the prac-
tised surgeon. A chemists shop in 3 1argeman-
ufacturing town, on Saturday night, is an ex-
traordinary spectacle. tits constantly thronged,
like public house. The rule Of the chemist is,
to give medicines which will, at all events, pro-
duce an effect. The collier Or the operative e1-
poets something for his money, and, in this case,
he usually gets it. But this sort Of physicking
is sometimes dangerous, and the legally qualified
medical men complain bitterly about it. The
remedy appears to be- to give the chemist the
beat possible education. You cannot stop poor
man from going to him though you may punish
the chemist il he goes to the patient. The great
lights OF chemistry, not being them
selves in actual business, profess to
denounce the system altogether. The business
Of the chemist they state, is to "make up"
prescriptions, not to prescribe. They are proba-
bly, right; but the poor chemist would find it
difficult to live it he was only jackal to the doc
tor. As it is, he generally, in provincial town,
has to eke out his living BY incursions into some
distant trade. The London chemist would be
angry and hurt if you went into his shop for q
cigar, OF for 3 pound Of tea; but his provincial
brother would gladly supply you with either. AL
agree, however, that he must know more than
be has hitherto known, and hence the strict
rules which have been adopted, rendering a
successful examination in pharmacy imperative
before the commencement of business.
The Pharmaceutical Society is fortunate in en-
joying the jealous services Of Professor Att
HG1Q one OF LU8 CltFGIe4t anu IQ0EE Guelb6L4C VI
living chemists. As an examiner in pharmacy
he is without q rival; and he is one Of those
professional men who can look beyond the i'm
mediate interest Of the hour to what is Perma-
nent1y good: It was to Professor Att6eld that
Professor Everts addressed himself after the
fire, when asking for aid in replacing the Chica-
60 College Of Pharmacy in it's former, position
Of usefulness; and the appeal WAS responded
to in 8 thoroughly cordial spirit. Dr.. Attheld
at once opened q subscription, announcing, at
tho firra lint all dnnaff0na yyo111A hH u
pended IN the purchase OF books and other
articles for the library, museum, and lecture
room at Chicago. Contributions, both in money
and kind, flowed in- The goods which we're pur-
The manufacturers and dealers in the goods
granted liberal reductions in their Ist-prices,
and the heavy customs duties we're not, think,
demanded. The value Of the goods. in English
On hand, which will be spent On books now 1e-
printing and others that are difficult to obtain.
To indicate how general VAS the sympathy felt
by pharmacists in England, may state that on
The COMMITTEE sosv wssf the he GcsEs es 8an Rf the
and of the :. British Pharmaceutic3
Conference, including Members Of Council,
Professors, and Examiners; the Presidents OF
the eighteen Provincial Pharmaceutical Associa-
tions; most Of the wholesale and several Of the
chief retail druggists; and representatives from
Scotland and Ireland. "We are happy" wrote
DR.. Attfeld, g. the thought that re have been
successful in doing for others what We believe
others, had there been occasion, would have
done for Us. Accept present as an earnest
OF our sympathy and brothe1ly love-" The let
ter from Chicago IN reply hrs probably been
published 1s in yo1E city, me We eGsSeps Ga1;as.
:your munidcent gift as valued trust, to BE-
carefully and Bacredly administered for the bene-
fit Of all who shall seek Improvement within the
walls Of our college. We hope to hand it down
to our successors complete and uninpaired, e1-
1aY ina 317oo pha11 fhau1
decay; and, when the student seeks or follows
the inspiration Of knowledge, now dwelling upon
the page Of lettered science, or holding, with
unpractised hand, the instrument that shall un-
shall know that these aids to knowledge we're
placed within his recch by brother-pha1macists
Of Great Britain and ireland, and given in the
holy names OF sympathy and brqthe1ly love-"
GEORGE CRu1KsHANK-
The day before yesterday, while walking up q
street leading out Of the Strand, saw veteran
frame, somewhat bent, but sturdy, Ind. bearing
on the shoulders massive head. The eyes
were piercing and bright, and in these lnrked
BY the side Of the face, and the beard is iron
gray. It Was my old friend, George Cruikshank,
looking at some Of his OWL cuts displayed On a
book-stan I YVES glad to find the gallant old ar
LIST in such good health. Remember, he il
Saxon blood, who does not recall the delight
which he gained, when hoy, from the Crrik-
shank whose name was on every ones Ips2
F' Worthy OF Cruikshank" was & popular phrase
when people were trying to describe the tragic
or the grotesque. OF late years, aince his con-
version to teetotalism, Crnikshank's pencil has
not produced any notable works. The multiple
cation OF drunken fguresis q disagreeable sight,
4ud the school OF the sect is more evident
than the art But the admirable old man
has been as earnest in it all as any.convert ever
was. He is e1citab1e, eyen passionate in
and the teetotallers have often
found him wild elephant amongst them bu.
nobody eyer thought the WORSE Of Cruikshark
Tor his zeal. I wish something could be done
% show the respect which is felt for him. He
q not in sMuent circumstances, by any mears,
md tribute to him now would 10 much more
honorable than monument to his memory
Rhen he is dead. He has helped others
Ill his life. The last time eaW
lin before our encounter Of Tuesday, Was IN an
omnibus. where he was insisting upon paying the
w9 pooFF Old Ts %e%en con "hf II" sa
Irtst isl rank very high indeed. Ruskin says OF
1im :: "If you have some Of Cruikshank's etch-