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Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1905. 
zens  is,  after  all,  a  matter  of  considerable  importance,  and  is  not  to 
be  entrusted,  haphazardly,  to  ignorant  or  irresponsible  individuals 
or  to  charlatans  and  quacks. 
That  the  part  that  is  to  be  taken  by  future  pharmacists,  in  this 
connection,  is  admittedly  an  important  one  is  evidenced  by  the 
nature  of  the  attempted,  or  enacted,  legislation,  and  also  by  the 
trend  and  the  tone  of  the  discussions  relating  to  the  advanced 
standing  and  requirements  of  the  future  pharmacist. 
Prerequisite  Law  in  Pennsylvania. — This  law,  recently  signed  by 
Governor  Pennypacker  (see  A.  J.  P.,  1905,  page  182),  probably  con- 
stitutes the  most  important  piece  of  legislation,  from  a  pharmaceuti- 
cal point  of  view,  that  has  been  enacted  since  the  passage  of  the 
first  prerequisite  law,  in  New  York  State,  a  little  more  than  a  year 
ago.  The  law  itself,  while  not  all  that  could  or  should  be  desired, 
certainly  constitutes  a  step  in  the  right  direction,  and  will  do  much 
toward  giving  to  pharmacists  in  this  State  the  recognition  they 
rightfully  deserve  as  being  possessed  of  duties  and  attainments 
apart  from  those  as  shopkeepers.  On  the  other  hand,  this  law  also 
imposes  on  present-day  pharmacists  added  obligations  to  justify  the 
enactment  of  the  law,  and  to  warrant  its  being  continued  on  the 
statute  book  of  the  Commonwealth. 
The  evident  shortcomings  of  the  Pennsylvania  law  are  to  be  found 
in  the  fact  that  it  does  not  include  provisions  for  some  tangible 
evidence  of  the  necessary  preliminary  education,  and  does  not  de- 
fine what  is  meant  by  "  some  reputable  and  properly  chartered 
college  of  pharmacy."  It  is  possible,  of  course,  that  these  additional 
points  may  safely  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  members  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  but  it  would  nevertheless  be  more  satis- 
factory if  they  could  be  clearly  defined,  and,  at  some  subsequent 
time,  be  embodied  in  the  law  itself. 
Pharmaceutical  Education  in  Great  Britain  is  still  attracting  con- 
siderable attention,  and  is  a  favorite-  subject  for  discussion  in 
pharmaceutical  circles.  At  a  recent  dinner  of  past  and  present 
students  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society 
of  Great  Britain,  Mr.  Walter  Hills,  the  treasurer  of  the  society,  said 
that,  with  the  increase  in  the  number  of  universities  willing  to  in. 
elude  a  course  in  pharmacy,  it  was  quite  probable  that  the  School 
of  Pharmacy,  so  long  and  so  well  conducted  by  the  Pharmaceutical 
Society,  would  not  be  able  to  continue.    He  himself  thought  it 
