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he withdrew after a single course of lectures. His death 
which ensued a short time afterwards, was cause of deep 
regret to numerous members of the college, to whom he 
was endeared by long and well tried friendship. 
Dr. Robert Bridges, the present professor of Chemistry, 
succeeded Professor Fisher in 1842. 
Soon after the establishment of the school, Solomon W. 
Conrad was appointed to lecture upon Botany and Mine- 
ralogy, in connection with its course of instruction, but it was 
not found expedient in the then existing state of the col- 
lege to continue his lectures as a part of the regular course. 
The establishment of a separate course on Pharmacy, as 
before stated, is of recent origin. It is under the charge of 
a graduate of our college, and a practical apothecary of 
considerable experience, who is already widely known as a 
writer on chemical and pharmaceutical subjects. 
During the changes we have noticed, the class has fluc- 
tuated in numbers according to circumstances, though 
recently with a steady increase, which warrants the hope 
that it may at no distant period attain a size better pro- 
portioned to the numbers engaged in the exercise of our 
profession, and the advantages to be derived from a 
thorough and systematic education in the sciences, which 
are necessary to form the accomplished apothecary. 
Another object which claimed the attention of the col- 
lege soon after its establishment was the formation of a 
Library. To attain this object much outlay was made at 
the commencement, and a respectable collection of books 
was the result, which, through the subsequent liberality of 
the members and friends of the institution, both in dona- 
tions of money and works from their own collections, now 
numbers 600 vols. This comprehends works not only on 
Pharmacy and the sciences which are allied to it, but ex- 
tends to science generally, the arts and other subjects of in- 
terest and importance. The library is accessible both to 
the members and students of the college. 
