:X\lgX  mf M'}        Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc.  391 
A  resolution  offered  by  William  B.  Webb,  that  the  Treasurer  be  authorized 
lto  collect  the  interest  on  the  loans  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia  due  the  College, 
fwas  unanimously  adopted. 
•Then  on  motion  adjourned. 
William  J.  Jenks,  Secretary. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  following  document  explains 
dtself : 
To  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy . 
Your  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  subject  of  granting  the  title  of 
"  Doctor  in  Pharmacy"  to  the  graduates  of  this  College,  respectfully  report  : 
That  they  have  reviewed  the  discussion  of  this  subject  at  the  convention  of 
the  Teaching  Colleges  of  Pharmacy,  held  in  Richmond,  Ya.,  in  September, 
:1873,  as  also  the  answer  of  the  National  College  of  Pharmacy  of  Washington, 
D.  C,  to  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  said  convention  (requesting  the  "  Na- 
tional College,''  to  reconsider  its  determination  to  grant  the  above-mentioned 
title). 
Your  Committee  are  unanimous  in  the  opinion  that,  however  expedient  a 
change  in  the  title  conferred  by  this  College  upon  its  graduates  may  become, 
by  reason  of  the  advancement  of  Pharmaceutical  Science,  they  see  cause  to 
•deprecate  the  adoption  of  the  title  of  "  Doctor." 
First. — On  account  of  the  branches  of  Pharmacy  and  practice  of  medicine 
'  being  so  closely  connected  with  each  other,  that  the  title  would  tend  to  confusion. 
A  pharmacist  engaged  in  dispensing  medicines  with  the  title  of  "Doctor"  would 
naturally  impress  the  public  with  the  idea  that  his  "title"  authorized  him  to 
^prescribe  as  well  as  dispense.  And  notwithstanding  all  argument  to  the  effect 
of  educating  the  public  to  an  understanding  of  the  title,  many  would  constantly 
apply  to  the  Pharmaceutical  Doctor  when  the  experienced  practitioner  in  med- 
icine was  really  the  person  whose  services  they  desired  and  required. 
Second. — It  should  be  the  aim  of  all  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  to  guard  the 
^public  in  the  important  matter  of  "  remedies,"  against  the  evils  attendant  upon 
ignorance  and  presumption  without  qualification;  to  this  end  we  should  exer 
cise  great  caution  not  to-confound  the  kindred  professions  of  Pharmacy  and 
Medicine,  and  so  lay  ourselves  open  to  the  charge  of  promoting  empiricism  by 
:grantinga  title  which  could  be  used  by  persons  lax  in  moral  responsibiliiy  and 
professional  ethics,  to  the  detriment  of  the  public,  in  the  important  matters  of 
health  and  disease. 
Your  Committee  are  impressed  with  the  view  that  our  time-honored  title  of 
• "  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  "  should  be  adhered  to,  as  the  primary  honor  con- 
ferred upon  the  recipient  of  the  Diploma  of  this  College.  Much  mightbe  said 
on  both  sides  of  an  argument  in  regard  to  the  lexicographic  terms  "Graduate" 
and  "  Doctor."  Into  this  discussion  we  do  not  propose  entering.  It  has  been 
the  aim  of  this  College  so  to  instruct  its  pupils  that  they  could  practice  their 
profession  with  safety  to  the  public  and  with  honor  to  themselves,  and  when 
the  academic  honor  of  the  Diploma  of  ihe  College  is  granted,  it  expresses  the 
■  simple  fact  that  the  recipient  has  graduated  or  taken  a  degree  or  rank  in  the 
branches  in  which  he  has  been  instructed. 
If  by  industry,  study,  and  the  cultivation  of  habits  of  close  observation,  or 
$bj  reason  of  peculiar  aptitude  for  any  of  the  branches  of  natural  science,  a 
