THE 
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
NOVEMBER, 1847. 
ART. LXViri.— LECTURE, INTRODUCTORY TO THE COURSE ON 
PRACTICAL PHARMACY, DELIVERED AT THE HALL OF 
THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, OCTOBER 
25th, 1847.* By William Procter, Jr. 
Gentlemen : — We have assembled this evening to com- 
mence the course of Lectures on Practical Pharmacy, and 
I take advantage of the occasion to proffer you a friendly 
greeting. 
You have already listened to the introductory addresses 
of my colleagues, the Professors of Materia Medica and of 
Chemistry, who have exposed the importance of two great 
branches of pharmaceutical education, and in complying 
with this time-sanctioned custom, I know not in what way 
to better employ the opportunity afforded, than by asking 
your attention to some general, though, perhaps, not unim- 
portant remarks, on the profession of Pharmacy. 
The business you have adopted is an honorable one ; it is 
a pursuit in which any mind may engage without contra- 
vening the best principles of his nature, because it is neces- 
sary and useful. Its skilful conduction calls for an extensive 
range of knowledge, and few vocations tend more to ex- 
cite scientific investigation and mental activity. A great 
* Published at the request of the Officers of the College. 
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