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established, and the theses which have been offered, have 
generally been creditable productions, evincing an acquaint- 
ance with analytical chemistry, scarcely to have been expected 
from those whose constant occupation in a laborious and en- 
grossing pursuit, leaves them but little time to devote to the 
study and practice of this most intricate and delicate scientific 
research. 
Another important aid in this work of reform, has been the 
establishment of a Journal by the Philadelphia College of 
Pharmacy, devoted to the publication of original papers and 
selections on pharmaceutic subjects, and the collateral branches 
of physical science. This Journal was commenced in 1S29. 
It is published quarterly, and has been well sustained, if a 
constantly increasing subscription list be any evidence of ap- 
proval by the public. At the period of its establishment, it 
was called the " Journal of the Philadelphia College of Phar- 
macy/' but with the commencement of the seventh volume, 
its scope was enlarged, and the title changed to that of (i The 
American Journal of Pharmacy." It is still published by the 
Philadelphia College, but a National character is given to it, 
by the appointment of special collaborators in the chief cities 
of the Union, from whom many communications of interest 
have been received. The pages of the Journal, devoted ex- 
pressly to the use and instruction of the profession, have been 
constantly filled with original essays and selections, by which 
the honest apothecary has been aided in his labours, and the 
devices of the designing sophisticator been detected and ex- 
posed. A highly complimentary notice has already been 
contained in " The British and Foreign Medical Review," 
and several communications have been transferred from among 
its contents, to the pages of an able contemporary, the " Jour- 
nal de Chemie Medicale." It is received in exchange by 
most, if not all, of the French and German journals, devoted to 
kindred objects. The most marked and beneficial effects have 
followed its publication, and important results are anticipated 
in the improvement of the practice of Pharmacy in this coun- 
try. This Journal is very generally read and esteemed by 
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