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PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT.

JOHN W. MALLET, M. D., Ph., D., F. R. S. . . . Professor of General Chemistry.

FRANCIS P. DUNNINGTON, B. S. Professor of Analytical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

ALBERT H. TUTTLE, M. S. . . . . . Professor of Botany.

WILLIAM B. TOWLES, M. D. . . . . . Professor of Materia Medica.

This Department is designed to furnish thorough and practical instruction
in Pharmacy and in the sciences on which its principles rest. For this purpose
ample facilities are provided in the Scientific and Medical Department, both
in the way of teaching and in material equipment.

COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.

The Course of Instruction comprehends the classes of General Chemis
try (page 36), Analytical Chemistry (First Course, page 38), Botany (page
41), and Materia Medica (page 47). In the course in Analytical Chemistry
the Preparation of Medicines and the Detection of Adulterations in Drugs
are substituted for Fire Assaying and Determinative Mineralogy.

EQUIPMENT.

The Equipment consists in a very complete collection of chemical apparatus
for illustrating the lectures on General Chemistry; a large and well-arranged
Chemical Laboratory with all the necessary fittings and apparatus; a
similar Botanical Laboratory; a museum of Botany and an extensive Herbarium;
and a full set of specimens of Materia Medica.

DEGREE.

The degree of Graduate in Pharmacy is conferred on one who has passed
examination in all the above prescribed subjects of instruction. A well-trained
and laborious student will be able to accomplish the work in a single session
of nine months, as the course in Analytical Chemistry is completed before
the laboratory work in Botany begins.

EXPENSES.

The necessary Expenses of a student in the Department of Pharmacy,
with board at the lowest rate ($13), will be about $310, of which $220 must
be paid on entrance. This is exclusive of the cost of books, stationery and
chemical apparatus; and of the degree, which costs, if taken, $10.