Cbe Journal of Pharmacology, 



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



Materia Medica. 



Vol. V. JUNE, 1898. No. 6 



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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. H. B. Ferguson, Phar. D. 



EDITORIAL. 



THE FUTURE OF MATERIA MEDICA. 



The writer, acting as examiner for one of our State institutions, was 

 deeply impressed with the methods employed in training young pharmacists 

 to become useful and practical members of the profession. While the 

 prescribed course of pharmaceutical education embraced a thorough knowl- 

 edge of pharmacy — materia medica, chemistry, and allied sciences — both 

 theoretically and practically, and the students were brought to a high de- 

 greee of perfection in these branches, yet he discovered a new branch of 

 pharmaceutical science, whch up to this time no other has seen fit to 

 father or to foster. 



In a room set aside for the purpose, could be seen a full line of special- 

 ties, semi-proprietary remedies, patent nostrums and combinations of all 

 kinds in the shape of syrups, elixirs, wines, cordials, extracts, pills, pow- 

 ders, ointments, suppositories, synthetical products, etc., etc., all especially 

 prepared to meet the present demands from the busy, careless or ignorant 

 physician. 



While the writer appreciates the effort of this institution to impart a 

 practical knowledge of later day pharmacy to its graduates, he deplores 



