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The  Professor. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
(   November,  1920. 
B.  Coli  in  lo  Cc.  portions.  Lactose  Bile  and  Lactose  Bouillon  were 
used  for  the  presumptive  test  for  B.  Coli.  Three  lo  Cc.  portions 
were  used.  In  all  of  the  six  reported  instances,  B.  Coli  were  isolated 
from  the  fermentation  tubes. 
One  gave  considerable  gas  with  all  three  lo  Cc.  portions.  No 
B.  Coli  were  found,  but  B.  Welchii,  another  sewage  bacterium,  was 
present. 
In  the  total  bacterial  counts  on  agar  at  37°  C.  after  48  hrs.  incu- 
bation, two  showed  counts  lower  than  100  per  Cc.  Three  samples 
showed  the  presence  of  less  than  300  bacteria  per  Cc.  Three  others 
had  a  bacterial  content  ranging  between  500  and  1000  per  Cc.  The 
other  7  had  a  count  of  over  1000  bacteria  per  Cc.  The  bacterial 
count  on  agar  at  20°  C.  in  most  all  of  the  foregoing  samples  was 
somewhat  higher  than  the  37°  C.  counts. 
Some  of  the  organisms  found  were  staphylococci ;  short  and  long, 
chain  streptococci;  B.  Coli;  B.  Welchii;  B.  Cloacae;  B.  Subtilis;  B. 
Mycoides;  B.  Mesentericus  Vulgatus;  diphtheroids;  strep  to  thrice  s 
and  molds. 
The  occurrence  of  some  of  the  foregoing  does  not  speak  well  as 
to  the  cleanliness  of  the  samples  or  of  the  desirability  of  indulging 
constantly  in  such  drinks. 
Facts  such  as  these  give  weight  to  the  opinion,  entertained  by 
the  writer,  that  more  attention  must  be  given  to  the  sanitary  aspect 
of  this  whole  problem. 
THE  PROFESSOR— AS  YET  UNSTANDARDIZED.* 
By  J.  W.  Sturmer,  Phar.  D., 
PhiladkIvPhia,  Pa. 
According  to  Garfield,  Dr.  Hopkins  seated  on  a  log,  constituted 
an  institution  of  higher  learning  adequately  equipped  to  afford  a 
liberal  education  to  the  student  fortunate  enough  to  occupy  a  seat 
on  the  same  log  with  this  learned  doctor. 
Higher  education  has  developed  marvelously  since  Garfield 
coined  his  famous  phrase  in  laudation  of  Dr.  Hopkins.  The  log  is 
now  represented  by  pretentious  buildings,  with  commodious  lecture 
rooms,  excellent  laboratories,  well-stocked  libraries,  and  the  various 
appurtenances  and  aids,  such  as  projection  apparatus,  charts, 
etc.,   which  the  modern  instructor  finds  helpful  in  transmitting 
*  Read  at  the  Washington  meeting  of  the  American  Conference  of  Phar- 
maceutical Faculties,  May,  1920. 
