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PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT.

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

FRANCIS P. DUNNINGTON, B. S. Pfr f Analytial 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 Chemistry,
Analytical Chemistry (First Course), Botany, and Materia Medica. In
the course of 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 of 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.

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 $215 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. Virginians
save $40 in tuition.