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REPORT OF THE 
an independent association. This took the name of College 
cf Apothecaries. 
From the preamble to the resolution to establish this as- 
sociation, it appears that the objects proposed to be ac- 
complished were, to obviate a " departure from the correct 
customs and established principles of the Drug and Apothe- 
cary business," to direct attention to the " qualities of arti- 
cles brought into the drug market f to secure " the discus- 
sion of subjects relating to the business," and " communi- 
cate information beneficial and interesting to the trade," and 
to create a u school of Pharmacy," in which lectures should 
be delivered i( expressly for the information and instruction 
of Druggists and Apothecaries." 
The organization of the college being completed by the 
election of the proper officers, the draft of a constitution, 
and the adoption of bye-laws ; in the following year, March 
21st, 1822, it was resolved to change the title of the institu- 
tion to that of College of Pharmacy, and an act of the 
legislature of Pennsylvania was obtained, bestowing upon 
it the powers and privileges of an incorporated body. The 
charter thus obtained dates March 30th, 1822. 
One of the first special acts of the college, in conformity 
with the design for which it was established, was the for- 
mation of a school of Pharmacy. The first courses of lec- 
tures were delivered in 1821, and they have been continued 
annually until the present time. From the period when 
instituted until the spring of the present year, 1846, two 
professorships only existed ; one embracing Materia Medica 
and Pharmacy,the other,Generaland Pharmaceutic Chemist- 
try. From the success of the school, however, and the obvi- 
ous desire for increased advantages of education, it has been 
deemed proper to separate pharmacy from materia medica, 
and to erect a new chair devoted to instruction in " Phar- 
macy." During the ensuing season therefore three courses 
of lectures will be delivered. The degree of Graduate in 
Pharmacy is the distinction conferred on those who have 
