An outline of the history of pharmacy in Ireland / by William D. Moore.

  • Moore, William Daniel, 1813-1871.
Date:
1848
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Credit: An outline of the history of pharmacy in Ireland / by William D. Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    tices of the peace he empowered to appoint an experienced surgeon or apothecary, at a stated salary, not exceeding £10 per annum, to attend each gaol or prison, who shall be directed to report to the justices by whom he is appointed, at each Quarter Sessions, the state of health of the prisoners under his care. By 26 Geo. III. c. 14, s. 13, any sum not exceeding £15 is allowed to the apothecary for his attending the prisoners and providing medicines for them. By 26 Geo. III. c. 27, s. 1, a clergyman, surgeon, physi- cian, or apothecary, may be appointed inspector of a gaol, bridewell, or house of correction. At a meeting held in March, 1783, a resolution was agreed to and signed by fifty-five(a) apothecaries practising in Dub- lin, whose names are given in the corporation book, not to employ any assistant who had not served live years. October 2, 1783. A memorial from the Pharmaceutic So- ciety^) to the corporation was presented, relative to the griev- ances under which the professional business of an apothecary laboured, particularly as to the inadequate remuneration for professional trouble and attendance in.country parts. A committee was appointed to take the memorial into their consideration, and to report on the next quarter-day, when a number of resolutions were passed, and a scale of charges fixed upon. In compliance with a request conveyed in a letter received from the College of Physicians, the corporation, in December, 1787, selected four of their members to act as assistants to the committee appointed by the College to prepare a Pharmaco- poeia Dublinensis(c). (а) There are at present about 120 practising apothecaries in Dublin. (б) I have not been able to discover the Annals of this Society. (c) The idea of preparing a Dispensatory for the use of this kingdom was first proposed to the College in 1717-18 by Dr. Cumyng, and several meet- ings were held on the subject; in 1721 a resolution was passed to recommend