Brooklyn College of Pharmacy - Pharmakon Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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CCS? :IH-MCQJVIAKON 229529 A7 C' Qi, . fQ,. AQ 9165 Pharmacy W lf? HE STRUGGLE against death is an age old one and, from earliest times, the eleviation of suffering and the prolongation of life has been a problem whose solution has been and still is eagerly sought. , From the earliest known records, the Ebers Papyrus, some 3500 years ago, to the use of Insulin today, the history of this branch of medicine known as Pharmacy, has been a record of steady progress. As with other branches of sciences, the alchemists, who embodied the scientifically minded members of the world in their day, spent much time, thought and labor along lines that were later taken up in the study of Pharmacy. A This branch of medicine soon made its importance felt, and, in its growth, it has reached such proportions as to be recognized as a profession in itself, leading to the establishment of Colleges of Pharmacy similiar to our own throughout the civilized world. At the head of the most important division of Pharmacy, in fact, that Department which lends its name to our study, to wit, the Theory and Practice of Pharmacy, we find a man of whose record in Pharmacy both nationally and locally, we may be justly proud. Under the able guidance of our Dean, William C. Anderson, whose merits do not need reiterating here, so well known are they, we have been carefully lead through the intricacies of the various methods of preparing substances for the fight against disease. The making of these various substances, known as pharmaceutical preparations, involves the use of certain processes. As a thorough knowledge of these is essential before attempting to employ them, the Junior year is devoted to acquiring a mastery of the principles involved and the terminology employed. Terms such as Com- minution, Elutriation, Levigation, Specific Volume, Specific Gravity, Calcination, Torrefaction and etc., are explained and practice is given in making simple official preparations involving their use. Included in the Junior year is the preparation of such .preparations of the Pharmacopoeia as Infusions, Decoctions, Elixirs, Medicated Waters, etc, and the student enters the Senior year with a firm foundation for all future work in his chosen profession. During the Senior year all processes studied the preceding term are put into operation together with such advanced processes as those used in preparing Masses, Pills, Extracts, Suppositories, Tablet Triturates and preparations involving chemical changes, so that by graduation the student has prepared one or more preparations of each class in the Pharmacopoeia and the National Formulary, that are typical. Page 54 FQ! f A F4254 X132