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cupy the sixth and seventh years in the dispensary, to obtain 
a knowledge of the practical part of his profession. In 
Buchner's Repertorium fur die Pharmacie quite a contrary 
view is taken, and the German system of commencing with 
the practical part is defended. The writer in the Reperto- 
rium thinks that, the student of pharmacy, after five years 
studies at the university, will scarcely be induced to accom- 
modate himself to the dry and often disagreeable duties of 
the shop. We consider that the two departments of the 
pharmaceutical education ought to be continued together. 
The neglect of either the theoretical or practical portion, 
must of necessity detract from the efficiency of the pharma- 
ceutical Chemist. 
All students should attend a regular course of lectures, 
as well as of practical chemistry in proper laboratories, at 
the same time keeping in view the necessity of unremitted 
attention to the ordinary duties of the profession from which 
they are to derive a subsistence. 
At the expiration of each year the student in Madrid is 
examined by two professors and one agrege, as to his pro- 
gress during the year. At the licentiate examination at the 
end of the seventh year the candidate is examined orally, 
in writing, and also practically in chemical analysis. The 
examination is quite as severe as that for the corresponding 
degree of licentiate in medicine. The examination for the 
degree of Doctor in Pharmacy is passed by comparatively 
few persons, the ordeal being very severe, and the vacancies 
at the faculty occurring at rare intervals. The pharmaceuti- 
cal faculty in Madrid consists of the above-mentioned six 
professors and three agreges, or assistant professors. Of the 
latter, one acts as secretary to the faculty, another as libra- 
rian, and the third as director to the laboratory. In 1842, 
the number of students of pharmacy registered by the faculty 
was 650, in 1843 it had increased to 7S0. 
