Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
Aug.  1,  1874.  J 
Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc. 
39  a 
versally  used  article  of  latter  years,  was  hardly  ever  seen  when  I  was  learning 
the  business  ;  I  think  the  first  we  had  in  our  store,  was  purchased  from  Farr 
&  Kunzie  at  $1.25  per  pound,  in  1821,  when  we  paid  them  the  same  price  for 
tartaric  acid. 
I  attended  the  first  and  second  courses  of  lectures  of  this  Institution,  and 
should  have  applied  for  the  diploma  had  there  been  any  such  prize  to  have- 
been  obtained,  but  the  College  did  not  even  decide  upon  the  form  of  a  diploma,, 
until  I  had  been  in  business  for  myself  between  three  and  four  years. 
Forty  years  ago,  all  the  calcined  magnesia  we  sold  was  burned  in  Abram 
Miller's  pottery,  opposite  this  building,  where  the  public  school  now  stands;, 
we  used  to  take  a  case  of  English  carb.  magnesia,  pick  out  some  of  the  nicest 
and  hardest  lumps,  and  pack  the  balance  in  earthen  crocks  procured  from  the 
pottery,  and  send  them  round  to  be  put  in  the  kiln  when  Miller  burned  his- 
ware. 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  Board  of  Pharmacy  appointed  by 
this  College  consists  at  present  of  the  following  members  :  Wm.  Neergaard,  M.D_ 
President ;  Theobald  Frohwein,  Secretary;  Paul  Balluf,  Benj.  E.  Hays,  M.D.,, 
and  W.  DeF.  Day,  M.D.  We  have  been  favored  with  a  copy  of  the  second 
annual  statistical  report  of  this  Board,  up  to  June  21st,  1874,  from  which  we 
make  the  following  extracts  :  At  six  examination  meetings,  extending  over 
eighteen  days,  the  Board  examined  104  candidates,  of  whom  71  passed  and  33 
failed  ;  82  candidates  were  examined  for  the  first,  11  for  the  second,  2  for  the 
the  third,  and  1  for  the  fourth  time.  19  candidates  were  proprietors,  3  of 
whom  failed  ;  while  of  the  85  assistants  22  failed  to  pass.  The  total  number 
examined  since  the  organization  of  the  board  is  279,  and  the  total  rejected  63.. 
Of  the  proprietors,  passing  the  examination,  7  were  natives  of  the  United 
States,  4  each  of  Germany  and  Ireland,  and  1  of  England.  Of  the  assistants- 
38  came  from  the  United  States,  9  from  Germany,  6  from  England,  2  each 
from  Canada  and  Ireland,  3  from  Russia,  and  1  each  from  Scotland,  France,. 
Poland,  Norway,  Cuba  and  Costa  Rica. 
During  the  past  year  62  proprietors  and  101  assistants  were  registered: 
making  the  total  registrations  517  proprietors  and  546  assistants.  The  propri- 
etors registered  were  born  in  the  United  States  24,  Germany  19,  England  4, 
Ireland  9,  Canada  3,  and  1  each  in  Austria,  Russia  and  Cuba;  they  presented 
the  following  certificates  of  competency:  from  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  26, 
from  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  2,  from  Medical  Colleges  14,  from  Commissioners, 
of  Pharmacy  13,  from  foreign  examining  boards  6.  and  1  from  a  German, 
university.  Of  the  assistants  37  were  born  in  the  United  States,  32  in 
Germany,  8  in  England,  5  in  Ireland,  3  in  Canada,  4  in  France,  3  in  Russia, 
and  Poland,  2  each  in  Scotland,  Austria  and  Sweden,  and  1  each  in  Norway, 
Cuba  and  Costa  Rica  ;  their  credentials  came  from  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  48, 
from  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  17,  from  Medical  Colleges  4,  from  Commissioners 
of  Pharmacy  4,  from  foreign  examining  boards  23,  from  German  universities 
3,  and  from  French  Schools  of  Pharmacy  2. 
The  receipts  of  the  Board  during  the  year  amounted  to  $635,  the  expenses, 
to  $403.76,  leaving  a  surplus  of  $231.24. 
Philadelphia,  9th  month,  1864. 
SAMUEL  F.  TROTH. 
