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PHARMACY IN SPAIN. 
the great physical change induced on caoutchouc by vulcani- 
zation. He showed a screw, with its recipient, both made 
of this substance, as well as a form of letter-press (like a 
stereotyped page) for printing. He also noticed its useful- 
ness in making epithems for surgical purposes, gloves and 
boots for gouty persons, &c. — Chem. Gaz.from Proceedings 
of Royal Institution. 
ART. LX. — PHARMACY IN SPAIN. 
By M. Orfila. 
There are in Spain two pharmaceutical faculties, one in 
Madrid, the other in Barcelona ;^the title of Doctor in Phar- 
macy is, however, granted only in Madrid. For the faculty 
of Pharmacy, there is in Madrid a large and noble building, 
containing rooms for the different offices, lecture rooms, 
apartments for the meetings of the faculty, public concours, 
&c, as well as for the different mineralogical, zoological, 
chemical, and pharmacological collections. There are be- 
sides several laboratories, one of which, under the direction 
of Professor Camp, is especially intended for the use of the 
students of the pharmaceutical department during their 
course of studies. With regard to the botanical garden be- 
longing to the faculty, Orfila observes, that it is not suffi- 
ciently ample, and the students of Pharmacy are consequently 
under the necessity of proceeding to the Royal Botanical 
Garden, which is however at once the pride and ornament 
of the metropolis. 
The whole course of pharmaceutical studies occupies, like 
