, 1859-11-08

We hare already announced the organization
Of College Of Pharmacy in Chicago, Ill. 4
delegate from that body was present Mt the an
uual meeting Of the Pharmaceutical Association
in Boston. correspondent in that flourishng
city Of the West informs US that the best spirit
prevails among the fraternity there, and that,
during the coming winter, lectures will be de-
hvered to tho apprentices and employees Of the
druggists snd apothecasieS Of that city. The
Chemical and Materia. Medica courses will be
delivered by Professors in the Rush Medical
Collrye, and the Pharmaceutical lectures are
prepared BY gentleman Of experience, whose
zeal in the cause is guarantee that he will
make useful course Of instruction.
The establishment Of such en- institution is
no light matter. Il must be founded with
reference to educating the younger members
Of the profession 10 Be better pha1maceutists
than their elders, and hence requires par
tial sacrifice on the part ot their elders of the
pref 'emluenee which properly belongs to those
who have wrought out their own fortunes and
won position. 1t will require not a little
labor 10 keep this college up; the teachers will
be but poorly paid, unless the class can be
taught at the same time with that Of the Meai-
cal College, and then the course will be but
imperfectly adapted to the wants Of pharmaceu-
sicaa students. Every cn,ployer will have to
prentices, Tor attendance on lectures, for er-
perjmen,*, and for reading, and may have.
At times. TO take The laboriue oar for what
appears, at first sight, an advantage only to
the apprentice. Yet, against these apparent
disadvantages. We may get the great
gain whicn follows the diffusion Of posi-
tire kno~ledge-ag gain which Is shared By many
who are not its direct recipients fact, by the
whole profession, directly. and by the commu-
nifty at large, Indirectly. The master who has
no scientific knowledge himself, has the bene6t
Of the a.tsinments Of his boy, willie that boy
becomes modest as lie is penetrated By the true
spirit OF science, and instead Of assuming upon
bis superior knowledge. cheerfully acknowl-
edges The liberality that has granted him boon
SO iuestimabIe.
The expefiencc Of those cities which have car
ricd the system Of instruction ia pharmacy to
the greatest perfection, fully illustrates th:.
Instead Of being dependent upon others, they
become centres themselves: they proiuof, and
in this greatly augment the profits Of the drug
business. IN proportion Us pharmaceutists are
educated, they assume relations 10 the medical
profession full Of mutual advantages. Asempi~
ncisn yanishes before the light Of science, an
enlarged sphere Of honorable and profitable
employment is opened, and the profession be-
comes comparatively respectable and useful.
We sh1!l look upon The experiment at ChicA-
go with solictude, desiring its complete success:
and would encourage the pha1maceu!ists there
to persererr, and in afier years they will not
only attain the advantages Of their enterprise.
but will stimnlate the Profession in other places
to similar eforts.-.4'atricdn Druggists Circu-
lar.
The of >eturss I'll be entirely independent Of the
Ru4h Medical College c-usse o=y oac nf The profeois
coenedei ~i.h that instiu&i1n.