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Eighth  Lecture.  Thursday  evening,  February  2,  1922.  " Standardized 
Remedies"  (How  they  conserve  life  and  what  the  public  should 
know  about  them,  including  the  newer  serums  and  vaccines). 
By  Prof.  Paul  S.  Pittenger,  B.  Sc.,  Lecturer  on  Physiological 
Assaying,  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and  Science. 
How  drugs  are  tested  for  strength  and  value  by  modern  scien- 
tific methods,  including  a  brief  description  of  some  of  the  newer 
biological  remedies,  such  as  serums,  vaccines,  etc. 
Ninth  Lecture.  Thursday  evening,  February  16,  1922.  "How  Chem-  ' 
istry  Develops  the  Industries"  (Of  particular  appeal  to  men 
and  women  who  wish  to  apply  chemistry  in  manufacturing) .  By 
Prof.  Frank  X.  Moerk,  Ph.  M.,  Director  of  the  Chemical  La- 
boratory, Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and  Science. 
Examination  of  raw  materials  and  final  products;  increased 
production;  utilization  of   waste  products.     Rapid  methods  of 
examination. 
Tenth  Lecture.  Thursday  evening,  March  2,  1922.  "One  Drop  of 
Blood"  (The  story  of  health  and  sickness  told  in  a  most  fasci- 
nating way).  By  Ivor  Griffith,  P.  D.,  Ph.  M.,  Serologist  and 
Clinical  Chemist,  Stetson  Hospital,  Philadelphia,  Editor  Ameri- 
can Journal  of  Pharmacy ;  Instructor  in  Pharmacy,  Philadel- 
phia College  of  Pharmacy  and  Science. 
Its  constituents,  its  role  in  health  and  sickness.  The  mechanism 
of  coagulation.  Its  changes  in  disease.  Its  constant  defensive  war- 
fare. Invasion  of  bacterial  hordes.  The  summoning  of  the  great 
white  hosts,  their  mode  and  instruments  of  warfare,  the  hidden 
hormones,  the  unknown  enzymes,  and  the  subtle  platelets.  The  bac- 
teria are  overcome  and  cannibalized  and  the  disease  conquered,  the 
day  is  won  and  life  persists. 
Eleventh  Lecture.  Thursday  evening,  March  16,  1922.  "The  Foods 
of  the  Next  Century."  By  Prof.  Chas.  H.  LaWall,  Ph.  M., 
Sc.  D.,  Chemist  to  Food  Bureau,  Pennsylvania  Department  of 
Agriculture;  Professor  of  Pharmacy,  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  and  Science. 
A  brief  historical  survey  of  foods  with  particular  reference  to 
new  and  interesting  foods  of  the  present  and  the  probable  develop- 
ment of  the  future  in  this  interesting  and  important  field. 
