564  Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc.        { ^"DeH;  im.^* 
skilled  in  pharmacy,  but  an  apothecary  does  not  study  medicine  ;  to  all  of  which 
we  reply  that  a  physician  does  not  study  pharmacy.  Those  who  have  devoted 
themselves  to  the  latter  profession  will  fail  to  see  how  the  study  of  medicine 
can  make  one  skilled  in  pharmacy. 
The  Father  of  the  New  York  Druggists'  Examining  Law. — We  clip  the  fol- 
lowing from  the  N.  Y.  Tribune  of  Nov.  10.  The  item  deserves  to  be  preserved 
in  our  joarnal,  as  illustrating  the  history  of  pharmaceutical  legislation,  Mr.  Ir- 
ving having  introduced  and  secured  the  passage  of  the  examining  law  with  which 
New  York  city  is  now  burdened  : 
The  spectacle  of  a  New  York  Assemblyman  in  irons  is  not  especially  edify- 
ing;  but  Mr.  James  Irving,  who  represented  Tammany  in  the  last  Legislature, 
and  was  defeated  for  re-election  last  Tuesday,  is  that  unhappy  object  of  the 
law's  severity.  Charged  with  being  one  of  a  party  which  attempted  to  rescue 
a  "repeater"  from  an  Assistant  U.  S.  Marshal,  he  was  arrested  and  discharge^ 
by  one  Commissioner  before  a  warrant  issued  by  another  Commissioner  could 
be  served.  He  could  not  escape  this  way,  however,  and  was  brought  before 
Commissioner  Davenport  and  put  in  irons,  as  he  chafed  like  a  tiger.  In  the 
meantime  the  officer  who  was  wounded  in  the  attempt  at  rescue  lies  at  the  point 
of  death.  We  hope  that  no  law's  delay,  nor  judicial  easy-going  will  permit  this 
ruffianly  attack  to  pass  without  due  exemplary  punishment. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — Three  students  of  the  Chicago  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  have  availed  themselves  of  the  invitation  extended  to  them 
by  a  resolution  to  which  we  alluded  in  our  last  number,  and  which  reads  as 
follows  : 
Whereas,  the  presumption  is  that  our  friends  of  the  Chicago  College  of  Phar- 
macy will  be  prevented  from  carrying  on  their  course  of  instruction,  during  the 
present  session,  by  reason  of  the  disastrous  fire  which  had  destroyed  so  large  a 
portion  of  their  city  ;  therefore 
Resolved,  That  all  students  matriculated  for  the  session,  1871 — 72,  in  the 
said  College,  are  hereby  invited  to  pursue  their  studies  in  connection  Ayith  the 
current  course  of  instruction  in  this  College,  and  that  to  facilitate  this,  we 
hereby  tender  to  them  all  the  necessary  tickets,  free  of  charge. 
Resolved,  That  the  President  and  Secretary  of  this  College  are  instructed  to 
communicate  a  copy  of  the  foregoing  resolutions  to  the  Chicago  College,  and 
to  inform  its  members  of  the  means  of  gratuitous  conveyance  from  Chicago  to 
this  City. 
Messrs.  James  T.  Shinn,  Chas.  Bullock  and  Edward  Parrish  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  receive  and  extend  aid  to  any  who  may  come  from  Chicago, 
in  accordance  with  the  above  resolutions. 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy. — A  special  meeting  was  held  on  the 
evening  of  November  21st,  to  hear  the  report  of  the  Committee  of  Conference, 
appointed  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  to  confer  with  the  Board  for  the  licensing 
and  the  examination  of  druggists  and  prescription  clerks.  No  particulars  h^yg- 
been  received. 
