General Apothecaries Company's advertiser.

  • General Apothecaries Company (London, England)
Date:
[1856?]
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Credit: General Apothecaries Company's advertiser. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (General ^potgetartfg ©ompattg’s ^bbtrifeer. GENERAL APOTHECARIES COMPANY, (Etmthb.) CENTRAL DEPOT—49f BERNERS STREET, LONDON. THERE was perhaps no enterprise demanded by the circum¬ stances ot the times so desirable as one organized by Medical Men for the supply of unadulterated Drugs, pure Chemicals, and Remedial Agents of all kinds under their proper names. Accordingly, as soon as the Legislature had framed an Act to limit the liability of Shareholders in commercial undertakings to the amount they voluntarily subscribed, this Company was proposed, and found such ready acceptance, that the Shares were at once taken up, and a suitable Establish¬ ment formed. The GENERAL APOTHECARIES COMPANY (Limited) commenced their business in June last, announced the fact to the profession, and so great a measure of success has already crowned its first efforts, that no doubt exists of its becoming ultimately, not only a powerful means of improving the status of the profession, but a highly profitable commercial undertaking. The recent exposure before the Committee of the House of Commons and bv the public press of the almost universal practice of adulteration of Drugs and Chemicals, is calculated to inflict much injury on the Profession, to lower the estimation in which the science of Medicine is held, and to encourage every species of quackery, unless Medical Men reassure the public. The Directors of the GENERAL APOTHECARIES COMPANY (limited) propose to work out a remedy for this great social evil, and they respectfully request the aid of the Profession. Ending numerous channels for business of the character they profess to transact, it has just been determined by the original Shareholders to increase the Capital of the Company by the issue of a further number of Shares of £10 each, and to give the privilege exclusively to Medical Men of paying for such Shares by instal¬ ments at convenient intervals. If the question, therefore, be asked, “ On what ground can we rely on this Company to furnish pure Drugs and Chemicals, properly compounded Preparations, and faithfully to perform what it professes5, more than on private firms ?”—the answer is, every Medical Alan who regards the general interests of the science and practice of Medicine, or his own professional character, may, by becoming a Shareholder, and having some stake in the Company, be, as it were, behind the scenes, and may assure himself of the integrity of purpose with which its views are carried out. If the object of the Directors were merely to raise a large capital, this could at once and easily be done by suitable appeals to the public, and issuing the Shares on the Money Market. Rut whilst non-professional Shareholders are admitted, it is hoped that a large proportion will be Medical Men, and the Directors would prefer having applications for from two to five Shares from gentlemen in the Pro- : fession to selling the Shares to lay capitalists. The attention of the Profession is particularly called to the present publication —“ The Record of Pharmacy and Therapeutics/’ which it is hoped will be found practically useful for many purposes. The Price List will be found very moderate. II some items may appear somewhat higher than is charged by some houses, others are lower; and the Directors will always bear in mind the propriety of a judicious economy. John James Ridge, M.D., J.P., Chairman. John Gardner, Ma?iaging Director. 49, Berners Street, Oxford Street, London.