An Act for regulating the Qualifications of Pharmaceutical Chemists (The Pharmacy Act 1852)
WHEREAS it is expedient for the Safety of the Public that Persons exercising the Business or Calling of Pharmaceutical Chemists in Great Britain should possess competent practical Knowledge of Pharmaceutical and General Chemistry and other Branches of useful Knowledge: And whereas certain Persons desirous of advancing Chemistry and Pharmacy, and of promoting an uniform System of educating those who should practise the same, formed themselves into a Society, called "The Pharmaceutical Society ...