STATE OF PHARMACY IN THE UNITED STATES. 275 
which are in a nourishing condition and contributing benefici- 
ally to the improvement of the Science. 
The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, established in 18,20 
by the voluntary association of the apothecaries of that city, 
numbers now about ninety resident, twenty-five associate, 
and thirty honorary members. Among the latter are em- 
braced, many of the most distinguished professors of medical 
and chemical science of the present age, and of all countries. 
Since the degree of Pharmacy was established in this College, 
fifty-five graduates have obtained its diploma. 
When it is considered that those who obtain this testimony 
of their competency to practise the profession are solely in- 
duced by an honest pride to possess the evidence of their 
qualifications, and that no interest is directly promoted by it, 
it must be conceded that at no distant day, this country will 
possess a corps of distinguished pharmaceutists, competitors 
for the highest honors of their profession, at present, alas! 
limited to the self consciousness of being qualified to perform 
with ability and propriety, what they are called upon by the 
wants of society to undertake. 
The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy is provided with an 
ample chemical apparatus for the illustration of lectures, a ca- 
binet of specimens cf the Materia Medica, and a well selected 
library of medical and chemical books, of the use of which, 
the pupils of the members are allowed to avail themselves. 
The only courses of lectures delivered in this institution, have 
been upon Pharmaceutic Chemistry and the Materia Medica. 
A chair of Botany was established, but I believe a class was 
never formed. It is much to be regretted that this science, of 
such vast importance to the practical pursuit of the profession 
of pharmacy, has not hitherto been cultivated to the same ex- 
tent, as the other sciences embraced in the education of a fi- 
nished pharmaceutist. 
To obtain the Diploma of this College it is necessary that 
the Candidate should have attended two courses of lectures; 
have written and defended a thesis; have passed an examina- 
tion by the Professors, and a committee of the Trustees; have 
