The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
COURSE IN PHARMACY
EARNESTLY DESIRED
Department Could Be Established at
University of Alabama With
Little Trouble.

Tuscaloosa. June 7.-(speeial.) There is
an earnest movement on foot for the
establishment of a department of phar-
macy at the University of Alabama and
the Times-Gazette prints the following
interesting communication on the sub
ject:
The demand for scientific drngmen Is
increasing daily A school of pharmacy
should be established at the university
proper The University of Alabama.
recognizing the desirabiity of affording
acquire this useful art and knowing the
great advantages already possessed by
this institution for such instruction, has
adopted the school of pharmacy as the
department of pharmacy of the Univer-
sity of Alabama, and has located this
department at Mobile. This institution
and the one at Auburn are the only two
in the state There is great demand
for drug men and it seems that Auburn
and Mobile are not supplying the demand.
Pharmacy should be taught at the uni
verslty proper for many reasons. A
course of pharmaceutical instruction in
cludes general physics, inorganic and
organic chemistry, botany, MICROSCOPY.
biology, pharmacy, toxieology, materia
medica and medical Jurisprudence.
In order that a student may compre
bend these several courses 1t is neces-
sary for him to understand English
Latin and some Greek. Now six of the
prescribed courses of pharmacy enumer-
ated above are already taught at the
university proper, namely physics, NOR
ganie and organic chemistry, botany,
biology and MICROSCOPY. The remaining
four could be added with very little ex-
pense to the university, thereby saving
our young men unnecessary expense and
time; for instance, the young man with
limited means and time could then come
to the university and combine his aea-
demie and pharmaceutical courses. As it
is he either goes to Auburn, where this
advantage is offered him, or he goes to
Mobile and takes a pharmaceutical course
and neglects his English and Latin,
which is essential to pharmaceutical
education.
1t is true a young man can graduate
at the university and take a pharmaceu-
teal course in one year at Mobile, but
he loses one years time, so to speak,
whereas he could save that time If it was
so he could combine the academic and
pharmaceutical courses.
There is not an institution in the south
better fitted for the teaching of phar-
macy than the university proper. 1t is
unnecessary to go into details as to the
high standard of the allied branches of
pharmacy now taught in the university,
to say nothing of the excellent equipment
of laboratories. 1t is an injustice to the
university to be handicapped in this way,
especially when the defect can be RENEE
died in such an inexpensive way.
The university is almost equipped for
pharmacy; this department could be put
on a self-sustaining bases, and 1t will be
decided drawing card for the university,
putting it on an equal footing with Au-
burn. and not detraeting from the al
ready established branch at Mobile.
1t is not intended that this article re-
fleet on the Mobile department, but in
stead it advocates the upbuildng of this
department, and urges all university med
zeal students especially to take advan-
tage of this department, as pharmaceu-
teal training is. almost indispensable in
the practice of medicine.
The establishment of a second depart
ment of pharmacy would not conflict
with the Mobile department, but would
materially strengthen the university,
Young men would come to the university
and combine the two courses that would
not go to Mobile, but to some other col
lege, where this great advantage is Of
fered.