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1884.] 437 {Ruschenberger, 
but the degree of “graduate of pharmacy” was not conferred 
till the spring of 1826, when there were three graduates. 
The lectures were delivered in a building on the west side of 
seventh, between Market and Chestnut streets, the site of which 
is now occupied by the Gas Office of the city. 
In 1882 the society erected for its use a building on the 
south side of Zane, now Filbert street, west of Seventh, and 
occupied it until the college was established in its present well 
adapted quarters, No. 145 North Tenth street, September, 1868. 
Under the authority of the Society, the American Journal 
of Pharmacy, which is devoted to the advancement of pharma- 
ceutical knowledge, and the advocacy of thorough education 
of pharmacists, was established in 1825. Tt was issued quar- 
terly, till 1853, then bi-monthly till 1871, since that date 
monthly, and continues to be a prosperous periodical. 
Dr. Bridges was assistant editor of this journal about six 
years, from 1839 till 1845, and contributed several original 
papers to it. 
The college grew very slowly. But the strict probity ob- 
served in its management and the great care taken to select 
only the most competent and conscientious teachers, have 
enabled it to surmount all impediments in the way of its pro- 
press, 
Now, graded courses of instruction are given on materia 
medica, botany, the theory and practice of pharmacy, chem- 
istry (practical and analytical), and pharmaceutical manipula- 
tion, by a faculty consisting of four professors and three assist- 
ants. The teaching is very thorough. Since the establish- 
ment of the school 7109 students have matriculated ; upon 
2049 of whom, 28.82 per cent. the degree of graduate in 
pharmacy has been conferred.* 
Dr. Bridges entered the college, May, 1831, as private assist- 
ant of the professor of chemistry, Dr. Franklin Bache, and 
was elected an active member of the society December 18, 
1888, and, March 25, 1839, a member of the Board of Trus- 
*Sixty-third Annual Announcemen tof the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 
1888, 
