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Notes  on  British  Pharmacy. 
(Am.  Jour.  Pliarm. 
I  September,  1905. 
but  by  such  revival  we  learn  from  the  recital  of  past  conditions  the 
steps  by  which  advancement  has  been  attained  through  the  labor  of 
those  who  have  helped  to  make  it. 
The  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  the  pioneer  in  pharma- 
ceutical education,  is  well  worthy  of  our  civic  pride,  and  the  old  drug 
house,  with  its  half-century  of  active  life,  has  been  intimately  con- 
nected with  its  early  years. 
The  Troth  scholarship  is  a  fitting  tribute  to  the  work  of  its  pro- 
prietors, and  a  continuous  memorial  of  their  fidelity  to  the  college 
and  the  profession  they  honored. 
Almost  a  century  has  passed  since  the  druggists  of  Philadelphia, 
believing  that  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  was  attempting  inter- 
ference with  their  rightful  position  in  the  business  world,  inaugurated 
the  movement  that  culminated  in  the  establishment  of  an  institution 
devoted  solely  to  the  furtherance  of  their  own  profession,  and  right 
well  has  the  promise  of  the  founders  been  fulfilled  in  the  result  ot 
eighty  odd  years  of  resourceful  activity. 
To  meet  and  keep  pace  with  this  progressive  action,  the  college 
must  face  the  necessity  of  increased  zeal  on  the  part  of  its  friends, 
involving  an  expenditure  beyond  any  heretofore  contemplated. 
May  the  spirit  of  its  founders  actuate  its  governors  to  hold  the 
prestige  already  gained,  and  keep  their  alma  mater  in  the  forefront 
of  the  profession,  is  the  hope  of  the  writer. 
NOTES  ON  BRITISH  PHARMACY. 
By  F.  A.  Upsher  Smith,  Pharmaceutical  Chemist. 
The  forty-second  annual  meeting  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical 
Conference  was  held  at  Brighton  from  July  24th  to  27th.  The  con- 
ference has  for  its  objects  the  encouragement  of  pharmaceutical 
research  and  the  promotion  of  social  intercourse  among  pharmacists. 
The  mornings  and  afternoons  of  two  days  are  devoted  to  the  reading 
and  discussion  of  papers,  and  the  remainder  of  the  time  is  given  up 
to  enjoyment.  On  the  occasion  of  the  recent  conference  nearly 
300  pharmacists  and  many  ladies  from  various  parts  of  the  kingdom 
and  the  Colonies  were  entertained  in  lavish  fashion  by  their  con- 
freres of  Brighton  and  the  neighboring  sea-coast  town  of  East- 
bourne.   A  mayoral  reception  in  the  beautiful  Royal  Pavilion, 
