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V.—SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY.

PROFESSOR S. MAUPIN.

In this school there are three regular meetings of the class
weekly, of one hour and a half in duration. One hour is
usually devoted to the lecture, and half an hour to the examination
of the class on the preceding lecture.

The course of lectures commences with the consideration of
the imponderable agents: Heat, Light and Electricity. These
agents play an important part in chemical changes, and due
space is given to their consideration.

The subject of inorganic Chemistry is then taken up. The
nomenclature, and chemical symbols and notation are explained.
The non-metallic elements, together with their combinations
with oxygen and with each other are considered. The general
principles of Chemical Philosophy then pass in review, including
Affinity, the Lau's of Combination, the Atomic Theory and
Theory of Volumes, Electro-chemical Decomposition, &c.

The consideration of the Metals comes next in order. After
noticing their general properties, the general characters of their
salts, Haloid and Amphide, the Binary Theory of salts, the
doctrine of Crystallization, Isomorphism, &c. , they are taken
up individually. Their history and properties are given, and
their combinations with oxygen and other non-metallic elements,
together with their saline combinations, are considered.

The concluding part of the course is devoted to Organic
Chemistry, including a notice of the more important products of
vegetable and animal life, the modifications of organic compounds
by artificial processes, their transformations by the action
of ferments and other agencies, the doctrine of compound radicals,
&c. , &c. Throughout the course, the applications of the
facts and principles of the science to Medicine, to Agriculture
and other arts, are noticed and illustrated.

Text-books recommended—Fownes and Rogers' Turner.

The course of instruction in Pharmacy, designed for the benefit
of the students of Medicine attending this school, commences
about the first of April, and occupies the time devoted to
one of the regular meetings of the class weekly, until the close of
the session.