698  A  Dream  of  the  Future  { Am'oc°tLtri^ilarm* 
branch  schools  and  supply  them  with  diagrams,  lantern-slides,  and 
specimens  of  drugs,  so  as  to  humanize  and  render  more  practical  the 
courses  of  instruction  in  the  technical  subjects.  The  teachers  of 
pharmacy  in  these  schools  are,  for  the  most  part,  enthusiastic,  capa- 
ble, and  efficient,  and  endeavor  to  instil  into  the  students  a  high  ideal 
of  pharmacy  as  a  calling.  In  many  of  the  schools  the  students  have 
all  the  advantages  of  the  corporate  life  of  the  college,  and  the  com- 
radeship of  students  working  for  the  qualifications  of  other  profes- 
sions. This  is  in  itself  a  great  gain,  and  one  which,  indirectly,  will 
do  much  to  increase  the  prestige  of  pharmacy  in  the  public  estimation. 
Endeavors  should  be  made  to  maintain  in  the  mind  of  the  student 
such  ideals  that  in  post-graduate  life  he  may  be  the  better  able  to  take 
a  leading  part  in  the  public  life  of  pharmacy  and  of  the  country  gen- 
erally. The  words  of  Sir  Clifford  Allbutt  in  his  Presidential  address 
to  the  British  Medical  Association  last  July  can  equally  be  applied 
to  pharmacy.  "He  (the  medical  student)  may  leave  his  hospital 
school  full  of  ardor  and  in  rapid  growth,  but  in  practice  his  ardor 
cools  and  he  drops  into  routine ;  or,  at  any  rate,  such  is  his  peril,  and 
so  less  and  less  may  the  doctor  feel  himself  a  member  of  a  great 
profession;  he  may  drift  out  of  public  affairs,  his  outlook  and  sym- 
pathies may  shrink,  his  work  become  a  trade,  and  his  medical  neigh- 
bor his  'opponent.'  "  It  should  be  the  aim  of  the  reorganized  local 
associations  to  encourage  and  stimulate  among  their  junior  mem- 
bers a  continuance  of  the  scientific  spirit  which  they  have  acquired, 
at  least  to  some  extent  at  their  college  or  school. 
Then,  lastly,  there  is  the  improved  and  modified  Major  exami- 
nation, which  I  trust  the  Council  of  the  Society  will  proceed  with  at 
an  early  date. 
May  I  offer  one  suggestion?  With  a  view  to  creating  the 
qualification  of  clinical  pharmacist  it  might  be  advisable  to  include 
practical  physiological  chemistry,  and  bacteriology  (including  clinical 
microscopy)  among  the  compulsory  subjects.  If  certificates  of 
training  and  examination  in  these  subjects  from  lecturers  and 
examiners  at  a  medical  school  similar  to  those  required  for  the  di- 
ploma of  Public  Health  were  accepted  in  lieu  of  the  Society's 
examination  in  these  subjects  it  would  not  only  make  for  economy, 
but  the  final  qualification  would  carry  more  weight  with  the  Minis- 
try of  Health  and  medical  practitioners. 
