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

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'N5 W 'f: W f - D W Y Y Ns -- ,,mv - iixxiee as as iiifn fljtta ifoxost 53-5 7 Q-Q 'sk 4 , r Physiology and Toxicology N -Ulillrfll to come to a. more complete realization of the effect ot drugs and poisons upon the human system, it is necessary to understand that system. in ancient times and instances of - H - - s- . - R- . ti easily found. lo combat the etlect-s not poisons, the body functions must be understood. and in the Junior year the general principles of physiol- ogy and the main organs and systems of the body, of interest to the pharmacist. are considered. - . Linder the able guidance of Doctor Frederick Schroeder, head ol this department. such topics as the skeleton, the blood circulation, respiration.. food absorption, the nervous system, the special senses, common injuries and general hygienic topics are made clear. lflach lecture is illustrated by suitable dissections, charts, models, laboratory exercises and demonstrations. The latter are ably con- ducted by Mr. Joseph A.. Ortolan and serve as a means of emphasizing points made in Doctor Schroeder's lectures. With this background, Doctor Schroeder proceeds in the Senior year to take up in detail the kinds of poisons, the classes of antidotes, the general emergency treatment of poisoning, with the detailed methods used and the results aimed at, the various body conditions which modify the effects of poisons, and the various channels by which they may be introduced into the body. Later, each poison is taken up in detail, its effects upon the various organs of the body are pointed out, and the symptoms and treat- ment of poisoning by each are thoroughly and definitely explained, the suitable chemical, mechanical and physiological antidotes being emphasized in each case. Throughout the course, practical examples taken from .years of experience in Doctor Schroeder's extensive medical practice, help to fix symptoms and treatment in the student's minds and so tends toward the attainment of greater practical knowledge in this field. Since there are safety limits on practically all drugs, Posology plays a large part in the course and the doses of all official drugs and those of the veryactive or poisonous drugs are given special emphasis. . The student is thus properly fitted to cope With any emergency that may arise due to mistaken dose of a poisonous drug, and many instances are on record Where prompt action, on the Daft Of 3' Phill'- macist, before the arrival of a physician, saved 3 life- N J Page 63 1 I J P04 s Y ' ' soak! fQIsJ'

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J, MQ 3Q-,,...,i.5.,t... ..,,. ' ,N ,MM ,,, A-Aww ,X t 1 .5 X 9 5 A Pharmaceutical Latin I-Itlzhllxlllm liotiltlilwt-S111 tVxl'll1ll0ll years ago, in the time.of the K x . .4 ll nu. . t u tlllglltlgit used would have been Latin instead ol lunghsh. ln those days the educated man wrote in Latin and llll',!:X'l'l'j'll2lj' tongue ot tliopcople was considered vulgar. L loilay l.:1t1n vxists lllllllllj' 111 scientific Works due to the fact that it is the one language that can be considered universal. This WHS l'1'1 '!111z1-il hy the gat-liering together of scientific men from all on-1' thc worhl to a conference in order to come to a basic under- stannling of thc terms used in the scientific world. Sine-1' all doctor's prescriptions are Written in Latin, it is therefore :Di inattcr of prime iinportance for the pharmacist to be familiar with it. If a pliarinacist is unable to decipher the prescription, which is written in Latin. all his pharmaceutical skill is unavailable. The patient would not get the medicine the doctor ordered. Since ll thorough course in Latin would add too great a burden upon the student. both from the standpoint of material and the time iicctlcd to master it, only that part of the language that bears upon Pliariiiacy is considered. ll I1 v Doctor Weygandt, who is in charge of this department, teaches l the students only such essentials of .inflection and syntax, as Will serve the practical purpose of enabling the students to read pre- scriptions with ease. and intelligence. D U V In addition to th1sDoctorWeygandt,Who has succeeded in malging t of this dead language a live and vital part of.our pharmaceutical it training, drills tl1e students in translating Latin into English and vice-veiiisa. The grammatical constructions of the Latin. titles of H the Pharmacopoeia are carefully 9XPl3iHQd, QS are all Latin abbre' i l viations a pharmacist IS hkely to meet With in his practice. . h The result is that, at the end of his course, the graduate 111 P 31 macv is able to decipher With ease anY.PTeSCT1PJU1011 that he may be confronted With, and he loolgs backuvvith tileaillte til SIIOSG h0U1'S spent with Doctor Weygandt IH HCC1U11'1Ug l5 15 HOW 9 ge' L f fl l ntl' l 5 1 ff Page 65 g,W,,,,,,.-.. + o wi , 1 1 o'g-.:4.igg1gf 52 -7 T . .... 7'i744'1J'7TT,,.,.. M1 e