Cbe lournal of Pbarmacoiogy- 



A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Advances Made in the Various Departments of 



Materia Medica, Pharmacy and Chemistry. 



Vol,. VII. MAY, 1900. No. 5. 



SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, INCLUDING POSTAGE: 

 Per Annum = = = $1.00. — Single Copies = = = 15 Cents 



Subscriptions and Business Communications should be sent to The Journal of Phar=- 

 macology, 41 North Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa., or to the Business Manager, Charles 

 S. Erb, 121 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City. 



Original Contributions, Exchanges, Books for Review and Editorial Communications: 

 Address HARRY B. FERGUSON, Phar.D., 115 West 68th Street, New York City. 



Edited by HARRY B. FERGUSON. Phar.D., 



WITH THE collaboration OF 



Chas Rice, Ph.D. H. H. Rusby, M.D. V. Coblentz. Ph.D. Geo A. Ferguson, Ph. B. 

 Geo. C. Diekman, M D. John Oehler, Ph.G. Smith Ely Jelliffe, M.D., Ph D. 



The Pre^requisite Clause. 



We note with a great deal of 'pleasure that the agitation for the prere- 

 quisite clause has borne good fruit since the last meeting of the State As- 

 sociation. Much has been said and written on the subject, and we do not 

 see but what it has all been for the benefit of the clause. 



One great mistake which many make is that they compare the poorest 

 graduate with the best licentiate ; when we say poor we do not mean poor 

 as far as worldly goods are concerned, but rather insofar as pharmaceutical 

 knowledge comes into play. The graduate who perhaps has barely 

 squeezed through is compared with the bright man who has passed a 

 board examination. 



Now this is unwarranted — it is not fair. The "poor" licentiate is prob- 

 ably never heard from, he simply drops out of existence, but the " poor " 

 graduate at least keeps in the maelstrom and eventually becomes a good 

 clerk. Take, for instance, the leaders in pharmaceutical affairs, the 

 greater number of them are graduates and many of the remainder regret 

 that they are not. L,et us look at the other side of the question, that of 

 the employer ; we venture to say that most all employers would rather 

 have a graduate than a licentiate as clerk, unless perchance the latter has 

 "grown up" in the store; or, if the matter of wages, is the question, 

 then, of course, the licentiate is often preferred. 



Another excuse, or rather objection v/hich has been offered, that of pre- 

 venting the bright young man without means from acquiring an educa- 

 tion, falls flat when we stop to think that the college student is usually 

 obliged to "workout" his way through college just as much as "the 

 other fellow " is obliged to work, but having higher ambitions feels that 



