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EDITORIAL. 
fully  by  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal  of  London,  is  well  worthy  of  Imita- 
tion where  this  feature  is  depended  upon  for  income. 
University  of  Michigan  School  of  Pharmacy. — This  school,  under 
the  direction  of  Prof.  Silas  H.  Douglass,  is  gradually  raising  itself  into 
notice.  We  cheerfully  give  place  to  the  following  note  and  list  as 
bearing  on  pharmaceutical  progress.  We  are  not  well  assured  of  the 
preliminary  requirements  of  this  school  as  regards  practical  training  in 
the  shop,  and  hence  do  not  Icnow  the  real  value  of  the  diploma  granted. 
In  this  country  the  words  "  pharmaceutical  chemist"  have  no  meaning 
beyond  the  other  terms  used  to  express  the  business  or  profession  of  a 
pharmaceutist.  But  in  England  they  apply  only  to  the  members  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  who  have  complied  with  the  Act  of  Parliament, 
and  can  be  used  by  no  others  under  penalty.  If  the  Michigan  students 
are  apothecaries  who  go  there  from  the  shop  to  get  their  laboratory  edu- 
cation it  is  all  well,  but  if  any  one  without  other  training  in  pharmacy 
than  is  obtainable  at  the  University  School  is  pronounced  a  qualified 
apothecary,  it  should  be  known  and  appreciated.  An  apothecary  without 
shop  experience  is  like  a  medical  graduate  without  hospital  or  other 
practice.    They  are  both  of  doubtful  reliability. 
University  of  Michigan,  ) 
Ann  Arbor,  July  5th,  1869.  J 
Editor  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy , 
Dear  Sir, — I  send  you  herewith  a  list  of  the  (23)  graduates  of  the 
Pharmacy  Department  of  this  University,  who  received  the  diploma  of 
"  Pharmaceutical  Chemist  "  at  the  annual  commencement,  June  30th. 
This  class  of  1869  is  the  first  of  its  kind  graduating,  and  receiving  this 
diploma,  at  this  Institution. 
The  course  of  study  required  of  candidates  for  the  diploma  comprises  : 
Lectures  in  Inor^zanic  and  Orjianic  Chemistry,  Materia  Medica,  and 
Principles  of  Pharmacy  ;  with  laboratory  courses  in  Qualitative  Analysis, 
Toxicology,  Analysis  of  Urine,  Volumetric  Analysis,  and  a  somewhat 
extended  course  in  Pharmaceutical  operations.  Also  class  exercise  in 
Botany.  Very  respectfully 
A.  B.  Prescott, 
Assistant  Prof,  and  Secretary, 
Christopher  F.  Arnold,  Yallejo,  Cal.  .  .  The  Atmosphere. 
Hale  Bliss,  Chicago.  Ills.       ....  Potassium. 
Edmund  M.  Bloomfield,  Eaton,  0.  .  .  Percolation. 
Eugene  Boise,  Oberlin,  O.      .       .  .  .  Glycerin. 
Marvin  T.  Case,  Attica,  Tnd.       .  .  .  Fluid  Extracts. 
Samuel  Covert,  Pontiac,  Mich.     .  .  .  Glycerin. 
Henry  D^  P.  Cushman,  Albion,  Mich.  .  .  Potassium. 
Asa  L.  Fox,  Marshall,  Mich.       .  .  .  Alcohol. 
James  M.  Ford,  Wabash,  Ind.      .  .  .  Cinchona. 
Edwin  L.  George,  Dover,  N.  J.     .  .  .  Iodine. 
Edgar  L.  Henning,  Piano,  Ills.     .  .  .  Distillation. 
LeGrand  H.  Hollon,  Sand  Bank,  N.  Y.  .  Hydrargyrum. 
Charles  H.  Hood,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  ,  .  Fluid  Extracts. 
