THE  AMERICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY 
Vol.  93. 
November,  19: 
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No.  11. 
EDITORIAL 
THE  DAWN  OF  A  NEW  ERA  IN  SCIENTIFIC  PHARMACY. 
The  article  published  in  this  issue  by  Dr.  Llewellys  Barker  oh 
therapeutic  measures ;  the  papers  read  at  the  last  meeting  of  the 
American  Medical  Association  in  the  section  devoted  to  Pharma- 
cology* and  Therapeutics  by  Rountree,  Young,  Crile  and  others ;  the 
last  presidential  "address  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Association  • 
the  address  of  the  President  of  the  American  Medical  Association 
calling  attention  to  a  renewed  interest  in  pharmacy  and  therapeutics  ; 
the  examples  of  the  close  union  of  schools  of  pharmacy  with  hos- 
pitals in  Germany  and  the  efforts  being  made  in  this  direction  in  this 
and  other  countries,  are  but  evidences  that  a  new  era  is  at  hand  in 
the  history  of  pharmacy  and  that  its  growth  in  usefulness  and  im- 
portance in  the  interests  of  humanity  and  medicine  is  so  well  ad- 
vanced and  determined  that  we  can  not  afford  to  fail  to  respond  to 
the  inspiration  of  the  great  work  planned  by  all  thinking  minds  for 
the  decade  to  follow. 
The  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and  Science,  for  the 
past  one  hundred  years  has  been  a  leader  in  all  that  pertains  to 
pharmacy  and  the  allied  sciences  and  the  progressive  element  in  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  the  Faculty  and  the  College  body  appreciate  fully 
the  importance  of  the  present  movement  and  desire  that  this  insti- 
tution shall  be  among  the  foremost  to  join  in  the  efforts  to  advance 
the  interests  of  this  great  profession  with  all  its  varied  interests  and 
ramifications  in  both  the  professional  and  business  world. 
With  this  end  in  view,  the  efficiency  of  the  College  has  been 
improved  and  enlarged,  made  possible  by  the  financial  assistance  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  and  a  few  friends  of  the  institution.  The 
College  has  been  renovated  and  repaired  to  try  to  provide  proper, 
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