THE 
AMERICAN JOURNAL 
OF 
PHARMACY. 
JU^Y, 1835. 
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ART. XXIII. — ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE GRADUATES 
OF THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, APRIL 27, 
1835. By Franklin - Bache, M. D., Professor of Chemistry in the College. 
GrENTLEMEN, GRADUATES ELECT OF THE COLLEGE OF PHAR- 
MACY — I have been invited by the Committee of Arrangement, 
to address you on this interesting occasion. I regret that their 
choice did not fall on one more competent than myself, and 
whose leisure might afford the necessary time to do ample 
* justice to the topics which may be appropriately presented 
for your consideration. 
You are now about to commence a most arduous and re- 
sponsible profession, after regular studies and due prepara- 
tion. The knowledge which you have gained in this institu- 
tion, and under your private preceptors, is now to be brought 
practically into play. You are about to undertake new and 
important duties, having relation both to yourselves and your 
fellow men, and to claim, in a new sphere of action, the en- 
joyment of certain professional rights. A few cursory obser- 
vations on the nature of these duties, and the extent of those 
rights, may properly engage our attention on the present oc- 
casion. 
The duties of the members of the pharmaceutical profession, 
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