their detection, with the difference between genuine and spurious articles, 
will be introduced whenever deemed interesting or important. 
The Professors of the College, being desirous of conforming as far as cir- 
cumstances will permit with the often expressed desire both of the Medical 
and Pharmaceutical professions for raising the standard of education, have 
determined to renew a prominent feature in the plan of instruction adopted 
in the early history of the Institution — by the delivery of a course of prelim- 
inary lectures by one of their number on Medical Botany. This course 
(notice below) is so arranged as neither to interfere with the regular courses, 
nor to add to the expenses of the student. 
Extract from the By-Laws. 
{£ Qualifications for Graduation. — Every person upon whom a diploma 
of this College shall be conferred, must be of good moral character, must 
have arrived at the age of twenty one years, have attended two courses of 
each of the lectures delivered in the college, or one course in the college, 
and one course in some other respectable school of pharmacy, and have 
served out an apprenticeship of at least four years, with a person or persons 
qualified to conduct the Drug and Apothecary business; of -which circum- 
stance he must produce sufficient evidence to the Board of Examiners. 
■■ He shall also be required to produce an original dissertation, or thesis, 
upon some subject of the materia medica, pharmacy, chemistry, or one of 
the branches of science immediately connected therewith, which shall be 
written with neatness and accuracy, and with the evidence of apprentice- 
ship, be deposited with the senior professor of the school, on or before the 
twentieth of February, of the session in which the application shall be made. 
He must also be recommended in writing by the Committee of Examination 
and the Professors jointly, and if his application be finally approved of by 
the Board of Trustees, he shall, upon payment of five dollars to the treasu- 
rer, receive the diploma of the college." 
Fees. — The matriculation fee is two dollars, payable to the Secretary of 
the Board of Trustees, and the price of tickets is eight dollars for each course, 
payable to the professors respectively. The fee for the Diploma is five 
dollars. Students who have previously matriculated, and all who are ap- 
prenticed to members of the college, are exempt from the matriculation fee, 
but they must invariably obtain the matriculation ticket before the com- 
mencement of each course. Graduates and members of the college, and all 
students who have paid for two full courses of instruction in the college 
are admitted to the lectures gratuitously. 
PRELIMINARY LECTURES ON MEDICAL BOTANY. 
The professor of Materia Medica will deliver a course of eight prelimin- 
ary lectures on , Medical Botany on Tuesday and Saturday evenings cf each 
week in the Hall of the College, commencing on Tuesday, September 28th 
at 8 o'clock. 
As the object of this course is to lay a foundation for the better appreciation 
of the terras necessarily employed in describing medical plants, as well as 
for a more satisfactory comprehension of the whole subject of Materia Medica, 
the Lectures will be practical and demonstrative throughout. + 
Every student who produces the matriculating ticket for the session of 
1852-53 will be entitled to attend this course without any charge. 
To medical students and others the fee will be Five dollars. 
ALFRED B. TAYLOR, 
Secretary of the Board of Trustees, 
Corner Walnut and Eleventh Sts. 
