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came by rail to Philadelphia, and found employment in 

 the drug store of Ferdinand Roller, at the southeast corner 

 of Twelfth and Mt. Vernon Streets, and subsequently with 

 Henry 0. D. Banks, at Fourth and Callowhill Streets. Mr. 

 Miller graduated from the Philadelphia College of Phar- 

 macy in 1862, the age qualifications then not being rigidly 

 insisted upon. 



Immediately after graduating, and before being of age, 

 he was offered a partnership with his former employer, the 

 firm then being styled Henry 0. D. Banks & Company. 

 Some three years later, Mr. Banks retired, and the remaining 

 partners established the new firm of Aschenbach & Miller, 

 which has continued in business to the present time, 

 although its establishment was removed to the northwest 

 corner of Third and Callowhill Streets. 



Without any intention of changing his profession, Mr. 

 Miller resolved to study medicine, chiefly for the educational 

 advantages connected therewith. As every successive course 

 of lectures in the medical colleges, at that time, was an 

 exact repetition, he decided to have, at least, the benefit of 

 the different views entertained by the then most prominent 

 teachers. He therefore matriculated in 1869 at the Jefferson 

 Medical College, where he attended one full course of lectures. 

 His next regular course was taken at the University of 

 Pennsylvania, then occupying the site where the Phila- 

 delphia Post-Office is now located, from which he graduated 

 in medicine in 1871. He then continued a series of studies 

 in the Auxiliary Department of Medicine of the University, 

 receiving its diploma as Ph. D. in 1872. He has also 

 received the honorary title of D. 0. from the Mt. Vernon 

 Institute of Elocution and Languages of this city. 



