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DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY.

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

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

W. M. FONTAINE, M. A., Acting Professor of Botany.

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

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

COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.

The following classes constitute the complete course in Pharmacy.
The work of each will be found described in detail elsewhere in this
catalogue, on the pages referred to.

General Chemistry:—This coincides with the class in General Chemistry
described at page 32.

Analytical Chemistry:—This coincides with the work of the First
Course in Analytical Chemistry (page 33) substituting practice in the
Preparation of Medicines and the Detection of Adulterations for Fire
Assaying and Determinative Mineralogy. Candidates for the degree in
Pharmacy are also required to take the Special Courses in Medical
Chemistry and Practical Pharmacy. For these no additional charge is
made.

Botany:—This coincides with the class in Botany described at p. 36.

Materia Medica:—This coincides with the class in Materia Medica
described at page 48.

The method of instruction is by systematic lectures, daily oral and
periodical written examinations. With this is combined the study of
assigned portions of suitable text-books, and in the laboratory courses
a large amount of practical work performed under the supervision of
the professor.

EQUIPMENT.

The equipment consists in a very complete collection of chemical
and apparatus for illustrating the lectures on General Chemistry;
large and well arranged chemical laboratory with all the necessary fittings
and apparatus; a museum of Botany and an extensive herbarium;
and a full set of specimens of Materia Medica.

DEGREE.

Candidates for the degree of Graduate in Pharmacy are required to
complete the work of all of the above classes. A well-trained and
laborious student will be able to do this in a single session of nine
months. But it is generally advisable to devote two sessions to the
work, in order to secure additional practice in the laboratory courses.

EXPENSES.

The necessary expenses of a student in the Department of Pharmacy
are for the session of nine months as follows (page 69):

                     

University Fees—
Matriculation,	$ 25
Infirmary Fee,	7
Dormitory Rent [two in a room],	15
Tuition,	115
Total of Fees,	$162
Living Expenses—
Fuel, Lights and Washing,	25
Board at $12 a Month,	108
Total necessary expenses (board at $12)	$295
Payable on entrance,	$215

The sum payable on entrance includes a contingent deposit of $10
which is credited in final settlement, and hence forms no part of the
necessary expenses. This deposit is assessed for damage to property,
violation of Library rules, and so on.

Virginians save $40 in tuition.

To the above total must be added the cost of books and stationery,
and of the degree if taken.

The board at $12 is plain but wholesome and abundant. Better
board can be had at $14, $16, $18 a month.