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

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' , Hfbvbfi Cfsgjf PH A Pzrlfem CPN ig?-27 l l I Cl 3' l exe AQ Commercial Pharmacy HE PRACTICE of Pharmacy today involves not only a knowl edge of drugs and their compounding, but also a knowledge of the various rules and regulations relative to their sale. In addition to this, a knowledge of business principles is as essential in ekeing out a living as are the various principles involved in preparing drugs for internal or external medication. Competition has forced the Pharmacist to become a man of business as well and so we ind Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence and Business Principles included in our curriculum. r The course consists of a series of lectures by Dr. Anderson ex plaining the various provisions of the Harrison Narcotics Laws, the regulations relative to the sale of poisonous and non-poisonous drugs and the numerous pitfalls to be avoided in order to properly com ply with the rules laid down by the Department of Health and Prohibition. The significance of these laws, and the responsibilities that are placed upon- the Pharmacist's shoulders in the carrying on of his daily duties, are properly impressed upon the minds of the students. A r For the remainder of the year the procedure of buying and selling, care and display of stock, advertising, contracts, mortgages, bonds, insurance, banking and the keeping of the various records of all these transactions are expounded. So much for the theoretical aspect. What is done to bring these principles within the scope of the students' understanding so that he might be familiar with the application in a practical way of the principles he has had inculcated in him? Toward this end, every one is given the task of keeping a record of one month's business in an average drug store. A list of the transactions that have 'taken lace from the o enin , P p g of a store through one month's business is given him. The student is thus placed in the position of the proprietor, and his task is to properly enter these transactions in a Journal and Ledger, and at the end of the term of business given him to balance the various accounts and find out what his financial circumstances are in an intelligent and exact fashion. y In this way, upon the completion of his course the embryo phar macist has a knowledge of the rules and regulations governing his X? iff profession and is in a position to intelligently handle any business problem that might arise in his future practice. Page 56 as Qs 2352