THE  AMERICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY. 
JANUABY,  1885. 
ADVANCES  IN  THE  INSTRUCTION  AND  REQUIRE- 
MENTS AT  THE  PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE 
OE  PHARMACY. 
By  Joseph  P.  Remington. 
A  very  general  desire,  on  the  part  of  the  friends  of  jDharmaceutical 
progress  and  the  graduates  of  this  College,  to  be  made  acquainted  with 
the  details  of  the  recent  changes  made  in  the  requirements  for  pursu- 
ing the  courses  of  instruction,  and  on  the  part  of  the  students  to  know 
something  of  the  earlier  history  of  the  College,  has  resulted  in  the 
preparation  of  the  following  brief  records  of  progress;  which,  wliilst 
not  attempting  to  thoroughly  cover  all  of  matters  of  interest  occurring 
within  the  times  treated  of,  will  probably  serve  to  throw  some  light 
upon  the  interesting  period  embraced  in  the  last  two  decades  of  the 
history  of  the  first  institution  established  in  America  for  dissemi- 
nating a  knowledge  of  Pharmacy. The  early  years  of  the  College 
were  marked  by  trials  and  difficulties,  common  to  the  career  of  all 
similar  efforts  to  elevate  an  art  or  profession,  into  which  many  abuses 
had  crept. 
Apathy  and  indifference,  or  downright  opposition,  on  the  part  of 
the  majority  of  the  druggists  of  the  city,  was  then  the  rule ;  but  the 
self-sacrificing  efforts  of  such  men  as  Charles  Marshall,  Daniel  B. 
Smith,  Henry  Troth,  Peter  Lehman,  Charles  Ellis,  Stephen  North, 
Peter  Williamson,  Samuel  F.  Troth,  our  President,  Dillwyn  Parrish, 
and  others  saved  the  life  of  the  young  College. 
As  years  rolled  on,  the  institution  gained  strength,  the  greatest 
improvement  being  shown,  however,  during  the  last  twenty  years. 
The  appreciation  of  the  opportunities  extended  for  pharmaceutical 
advancement  by  the  pharmacists  of  the  United  States  may  be  shown 
by  the  number  of  matriculants  who  have  enrolled  their  names  during 
this  time ;  and,  with  the  view  of  showing  the  record  as  condensed  as 
possible,  the  tabular  form  has  been  adopted. 
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