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PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT.

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

FRANCIS P. DUNNINGTON, B. S., . . . Professor of Analytical 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 Academical and
Medical Department, both in the way of teaching and material equipment.

COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.

The Course of Instruction comprehends the classes of Medical
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.

EQUIPMENT.

The Equipment consists of a very complete collection of chemical
apparatus for illustrating the lectures on 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 ($11), 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 $15 in tuition.