Columbia University College of Pharmacy - Apothekan Yearbook (New York, NY)

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CHEMISTRY A knowledge of chemistry is indispensible to trie practicing pharmacist. For one thing, it enables him to understand the reac- tions that take place in the manufacture of official preparations and in the testing of these preparations according to the methods of the U. S. P. and N. r. Then again in dispensing prescriptions a knowl- edge of chemistry will enable the pharmacist to recognize and avert many of the incompatibilities which often confront him. In this College the theoretical lectures in inorganic and organic chemistry constitute an important part of the study. Supplementing PKOK A. TALB these lectures are the laboratory courses in qualitative and quanti- tative analysis, applied pharmaceutical analysis and organic synthesis. Qualitative chemi- cal analysis concerns itself with the identification of the constituents present in a mixture. Quantitative analysis provides for the determination of the amount of constituent present and is based upon a study of gravimetric and volumetric methods of procedure. The application of the above principles in the determination of the purity and quality of the official chemicals, drugs and preparations in the U. S. P. constitutes the work in applied pharmaceutical analysis. The synthesis of organic compounds in organic chemistry laboratory has a twofold purpose. First, to acquaint the students in general with the more important organic theories and reactions through the manufacture of certain compounds: second, to fam- iliarize those students whose interests extend beyond retail pharmacy with the equipment and technique of the modern research laboratory. Professor Abraham Taub . . . Til now give you the condensed formula. Alpha- hydroxy-ethyl Beta-methyl nonoic acid . . . You seniors ought to do a little more reading ' -I

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MATERIA MEDICA The Materia Medica Department endeavors to give the student a knowledge of the origins, compositions, properties and physiologi- cal actions of the medicinals employed in pharmacy. Since many of the medicinals are of plant origin and all are designed for the treatment of the various human or animal dis- orders, the department first offers preliminary courses in botany, physiology, zoology, and bacteriology. The direct work of the department commences in the student ' s DR C W R- II ARD l unior y ear wi ' n macroscopic pharmacognosy. In this course the student is given almost all of the 176 crude official drugs which he is required to identify at sight and in addition, several of the more important non- official drugs. Following is microscopic pharmacognosy which acquaints the student with the powdered form of the drugs which he has been given and many of their common adulterants. Materia Medica, offered in the final year, deals mainly with the action and uses of the many medicinals which the pharmacist may be called on to dispense. This subject is given together with courses in toxicology and posology. It can readily be seen that to the Materia Medica Department is entrusted the task of teaching the student to appreciate the importance and the responsibilities of a pharma- cist. Thus it is of the utmost necessity that the character and quality of this department both as regards faculty and equipment continue to be the very best attainable. Professors: Dr. Charles W. Ballard . . . our new dean . . . and one of our best