GENERAL INTRODUCTION. 3' 



would no .doubt do more harm than good should the average pharmacist 

 attempt to use them as a practical guide in the performance of his duties. 

 Bacteriology must not be made discouragingly difficult to the pharmacist, in 

 order that the best results may be attained. 



Wherever possible the college instruction in pharmaceutical bacteri- 

 ology should be supplemented by visits to biological laboratories for the 

 manufacture of sera and bacterial vaccines, to board of health laboratories, 

 quarantine stations, garbage reduction works, etc. Students should also be 

 assigned special reading. Journals and special treatises on bacteriology 

 and on public sanitation should be consulted. The reports on bacteriological 

 and related subjects issued from time to time by the United States Public 

 Health and Marine Hospital Service are of special interest. . 



The following references are given for the benefit of those students who 

 may desire further information regarding the earlier conceptions of phar- 

 maceutical bacteriology. It will be found that the opinions advanced by the 

 authors cited differ considerably. 



1. Bacteriology for Pharmacists. Pharm. Journ. Trans., 23 (III), 

 565, 865; 24 (III), loi, 1893. 



Largely a description of the apparatus employed in bacteriological work, 

 giving special attention to the value and use of the compound microscope in 

 such work. 



2. H. P. Campbell. Bacteria Dangerous to Medicines. Am. Journ. 

 Pharm., 72, 113— 118, 1890. 



3. R. G. Eccles. Pharmaceutical Bacteriology. Proc. A. Ph. A., 42, 

 225-230, 1894. 



A very interesting paper on the theoretical possibilities of pharmaceutical 

 bacteriology. 



4. J. L. Hatch. Bacteriology. Pharm. Journ. Trans., 22 (III), 271, 

 289, 330, 1891. 



A series of lectures delivered before the alumni association of the Phila- 

 delphia College of Pharmacy, devoting the major attention to the morph- 

 ology, physiology, and classification of bacteria. 



5. R. T. Hewlett. Bacteriology in its Practical Aspects. Pharm. 

 Journ. Trans., 25 (III), 819-820, 893-894, 1895. 



A general retrospect of bacteriology as a possible source of financial gain 

 to the pharmacist. 



6. Smith Ely Jeliffe. Moulds and Bacteria. Druggists Circular, 94-9S, 

 1897. 



A description of some of the more conlmon moulds and bacteria found 

 in medicinal solutions. Good illustrations. 



7. E. Klein. Bacteria, Their Nature and Function. Pharm. Journ. 

 Trans., 23 (III), 15, 35- 1893. 



