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THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



CLASS MEETING. 



The meeting was called on Tuesday, January 8 

 J^. by the death of our classmate, Mr. B. C. 

 Meaney. Amotion wasmadethatwe send flow- 

 ers to his late home, which was amended so as 

 to include the drawing up of resolutions of con- 

 dolence, and sending a copy of them to his 

 parents. Carried. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



F. H. Finney, Sec. 



MEDICINE AND PHARMACY. 



BEFORE vacation it was rumored that our friend 

 and professor, Dr. Jelliffe, was about to become 

 a benedict, and as the rumor has become veri- 

 fied, we, the Class of '96, send to him our hearty 

 congratulations and best wishes for a long and 

 happy life. 



There is one thing the Juniors should pay 

 more attention to, that is class meetings. If 

 each one who could would come, the difference 

 would quickly be seen. Try it. 



The Juniors in pharmacognosy commenced 

 work with the compound microscope at the be- 

 ginning of the term. 



On exhibition every Tuesday afternoon, from 

 4.30 to 5, in Quiz, T.'s hand. 



WE are sorry to hear our friend and classmate, 

 Mr. Quickburger, has been hurt, and hope it is 

 nothing serious. He was thrown from a cable 

 car against a post on Tuesday, and was picked 

 up insensible. The car was just making the 

 turn, which it does in a rapid manner, and it is 

 supposed he had no hold. 



A GREAT many cases of mustaches have broken 

 out among the Juniors. In most cases, how- 

 ever, it is only a light attack, and not at all se- 

 rious. 



They say the back part of the Botany Quiz 

 room was very warm the other day ; in fact, 

 some of the boys were nearly roasted. 



Did I hand in that joke I heard in Quiz the 

 other day ? If not, why not ? It would have 

 helped to make the page interesting this month. 

 Two weeks no college. Reporter with one 

 week. He will do the best he caii; but every 

 little helps. 



Remember, this page is for the Class, not in- 

 dividuals, and every time you help make the 

 Junior page interesting you are doing 'the Class 

 a favor as well as the reporter. 



Au, communications for Junior notes should 

 he addressed to J. Y. CanTwetx, 



261 West 42d street. 



by n. h. martin, f. l. s., f. r. m. s., / 



President of the British Pharmaceutical Conference. 

 {Continued f <om December issue.) 



Doctor's dispensing is stated by many 

 to be one of the chief if not the chief 

 cause of the ills from which pharmacy is 

 a sufferer, and demands in more or less 

 dignified terms are made that this in- 

 iquity shall cease. I make no apology 

 for the existence of this condition of 

 things. Theoretically it is undoubtedly 

 better that dispensing shall be done by 

 the pharmacist, and prescribing' by the 

 medical man, but when we pharmacists 

 claim this as a right, and accuse medi- 

 cine of unjustly usurping our functions, 

 it is well for us to remind ourselves that 

 medical men, although they may not 

 now as frequently as of old take the de- 

 gree of L,- S. A., are the direct and legi- 

 timate successors of the old apothecary 

 and that the dispensing of medicine was 

 their legitimate funtion. So much was 

 this the case that there being a doubt as 

 to whether it was traversed by our own 

 Act of 1868, the short Act of 1869 was 

 passed to preserve the right. Then again 

 it is deep rooted in the habits of the Eng- 

 lish people to expect the doctor to sup- 

 ply the medicine he has prescribed, and 

 any change can only come about by the 

 slow process of educating the patients 

 and by the exhibition of good will and 

 feeling between medicine and pharmacy. 

 Before it can happen universally there is 

 no doubt that pharmacy must have ac- 

 quired such a professional standing and 

 education as will enable it to perform its 

 delicate and confidential function with 

 the tact and reserve which is the outcome 

 of prolonged training. The mistake (a 

 very common one) which pharmacy is 

 making, is that it wants the reward be- 

 ' fore it has made the effort and suitably 

 equipped itself for the service. I exhort 

 the pharmacist of the future to be un- 



