The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-23

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"This nleaslpg duty at an end, the GSrmania
orehestfa rendered some choice selections OF
music after which Professor John ID. Matsch
delivered the valedictoTy address, BE satd:-
NV Friends:-The Philadelphia q Jllege OF
Pharmacy, through one Cf It's presiding Off.
GERS has lust conferred upon you The highest
honor Which, in conformity with the lava OF
our Commonwealth, It is capable TO oestow;
Pharmacy you formally enter this day the
ranks OF an ancient and honorable profession,
and are recognized as members thereof. Hence
forth the standing of the vocation OF your
choice, be it in regard TO Its position in civil
life or in It's strictly scientific relations, WI
personally upon each OF you; indi.
Vidually you Will feel more or less the veal In
which your profession may rejoice, or the woe
under which it may suffer. You have been
trained by a protracted apprenticeship to mas.
ter the mechanical duties OF your business;
you have acquired proficiency in compound.
ing the medicines needed Dy the sIoK; you
have learned TO regard the NSti9na III h
ceutical preparations must be made; theoreti-
cslly and practically you nave been lnstruo ted
- IN your profession and in the sciences upon
which it has been built up; your experience
and your studies have made you familiar with
the wants OF the public; your intercourse with
customers and with physicians has taught you
the necessity Of reliability aud of unceasing
Watchfulnesk; and by oil this combined You
have acquired a knowledge OF the Importance
Of pharmacy, and of its Office cSrrelative to
that OF the medical profession In combating
The speaker, after referring at length to the
history of pharmacy. couttnuea:-
There are no laws regulating tne practlce or
pharmacy now in force in the United States;
indeed, there are none on the entire North
American continent. A few sporadic attempts
nave be- n made. but nom various causes the
laws have been iuefficient or have become obs
soete: The absence OF aii eneotiye i@egisatii1n @
ignorant PERSONS, who perhaps have never de.
Vo,ed an hours time Of t2eir previous life to
the study of medicine or pharmacy, to assume
the responsible position of physicien, to open
stores for the sale of medicines and the COM
pounding of prescriptions to confer upon suf-
feripg humanity the intense gratfcation Of
paying their money as an equivalent for mar
vellou apeeitics or cure-alls usually misnamed
pateu medicines; even the sale of the most
potep tpoisons has not been legally surrounded
by such safeguards which the public might ex.
pect from the Slate. nor has the adulteratton OF
drugs. or even OF dietetic articles in daily use,
received that attention which 1t demands.
The first and most important step to secure
a rt form of these crying evils is undoubtedly
proper education-R scientific and practical
training in all that pertains to pharmacy. We
and the entire public owe lasting debt of gra-
titude TO those men who, almost half a century
ago, founded this College-the first of its kind
debted TO those teachers who preceded u.s. and
who labored so faithfully in conquering indIf-
ference, in raising the status of pharmacy ia
the United States in general and OF this lnsti-
tuition in particular.
The fear has been expressed, and hints have
been thrown ont, that the educated pharmacist
Is Infinitely more dangerous than the one pos
sessing o less thorough knowledge and fewer
accomplishments in all that pertains to his
vocation. 1t is true the pharmacist of higher
attainments could practice sophistioations, be
could make substitutions, he could doctor up
inferior and inert drugs, and Galenical prepa-
rStlons made from the ssme in such a manner
that the detection Of these misdoings might
cal men; yet would he do 1T simply because he
History tells us that since the existence of the
human race the intellectual struggle Of hu-
manity has been for eradicating errors, for
ascertaining truth, and for securing and In
creasing accurate knowledge, not to the scien-
tlfo Investigators alone, but to the largest pos
for the right and the tn, true and the good. phar.
macy has ever taken an active part aud hai
always advocated that & IS ana n mea
nnless they are securely based upon thorough
In conciusion, Profession Maisch addressed
his remarks to the graduates, saying:-Tht
large assemblage which greets you here or
OF the Interest OF the public in our profession
and ofthe high regard In which the educated
tion is not completed, but your probationary
term behind the counter. in the laboratory anc
In the lecture-room, has been attended with
such succes, that In the opinion OF your teach
ers and of this College you may be safely en-
trusted with all the duties OF the pharmacies
without being subjected TO that unabatinG
supervision which was requisite during youi
apprenticeship. Exel else unceasing care anG
practise unwearied accuracy In the perform
ance OF your duties; let the quality of youl
and the correctness OF your medicines speal
for themselves. Never allow your ethical obli
cations to vanish from your eyes; discounte
wilful departure from the pharmacopoela, be i
in the unwarrantabfe attempt to treat cases O
sickness or be it in the still more reprehensibl,
nndertaking of Iavishing upon the unwary so
called patent medicines Remember that you
profession has claims upon you, that your pro
1essional life must be OF scrupulous integrit
and reliability. la your Intercourse with III
physician, respect In him tue representative c
that noble profession which devotes all energie
70 the healing OF the sick ana to the preventio
of the loss OF health. We claim the same re
gard for our profession.
The Yaledictory was attentively listened I
throughout. and highly appreciated by th
large audience present.
Then followed the presentation, on Dehalf
the class q portrait Of M ths s iass Dr. Tba nTt
sentation speech was made by II. b. Weyme
Esq, and the gift was received on behalf OF Tia
college by Dr. II. Bridges, In a neat and apprt
Music by the orchestra concluded the pre-
ceedings of the Forty eighth Annual Com
menoement OF the philadelphia College
Pharmacy.
RoBBERIEs.--On Sunday night the stable {
Mr.. John Hudson, at Davis street wharf. o
the 8ohuylkill. was entered and robbed OF q lo