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400  and  500  F.,  inside  of  forty-five  minutes  after  milking.  It  is  then 
packed  in  glass  jars,  which  have  been  cleansed  and  sterilized,  and  is 
hermetically  sealed.  These  are  ready  for  shipment  and  are  deliv- 
ered before  the  milk  is  twenty-four  hours  old.  Montreal,  New  York, 
Philadelphia  and  other  cities  of  the  United  States  have  taken  this 
commission  for  a  model  and  now  produce  "  certified  milk  "  prepared 
upon  the  same  lines.  The  next  generation  will  be  able  to  look  back 
with  amazement  upon  the  methods  now  prevalent  for  the  destruc- 
tion of  the  bacteria  in  milk,  pasteurization  and  sterilization  of  the 
milk,  both  undoubtedly  harmful  procedures  which  will  have  become 
useless  by  the  progress  of  cleanliness  alone. — Phila.  Med.  J  oily., 
1902,  p.  992. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
Dear  Sir  : 
In  examining  some  old  certificates  of  membership  in  the  College 
of  Apothecaries,  which  have  lately  come  into  the  possession  of  the 
College,  two  of  them  issued  in  1 821,  the  year  when  the  College 
was  organized,  I  observed  above  the  sketch  of  a  laboratory  on  the 
certificate  a  legend  which  differs  somewhat  from  that  on  the  certifi- 
cate now  in  use  by  our  College.  It  reads  thus,  "  Quem  scit  liter  que 
exerceat  artem  " — the  translation  of  which  is,  "  Let  each  one  practise 
the  art  which  he  knows."  In  the  year  following,  1822,  the  title  of 
our  College  was  adopted  and  the  act  of  incorporation  secured.  The 
committee  who  were  charged  with  the  duty  of  having  the  certificate 
altered  to  correspond  with  the  corporate  name,  had  the  legend 
changed  to  a  quotation  from  one  of  Cicero's  writings,  and  it  reads, 
"  Quam  quisque  novit  artem  in  hac  se  exerceat" — the  translation  of 
which  is,  "  Let  each  one  exercise  himself  in  the  art  which  he  knows." 
It  is  to  be  regretted  that  some  one  did  not  take  up  this  subject 
before  all  of  those  earnest  busy  workers  for  the  good  of  humanity 
and  our  profession,  who  were  instrumental  in  securing  our  charter, 
revising  the  certificate  and  settling  the  principles  which  have  resulted 
in  so  great  a  success  as  our  present  condition  shows,  are  gone. 
One  other  fact  should  be  noted  in  connection  with  these  legends 
on  our  certificates — that  they  all  point  to  the  importance  which  the 
organizers  of  our  College  attached  to  the  educational  qualification  of 
those  who  should  become  members  of  the  profession  and  associates 
in  the  College  work. 
