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

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MATERIA MEDICA The Materia Medica curriculum consists of a greater variety of seemingly unre- lated courses than any other at the College. Physiology. Pharmacology. Posology. Toxicology, Zoology, Bacteriology and Pharmacognosy, are but part of the array. Undoubtedly the entire department envies Dr. Redden who is in charge of a mere two syllable course, First Aid. Dr. Ballard, departmental head, no doubt has full rights of parity with prominent Washingtonians, what with his associations mA.Ph.A.,N.Y.S.Ph.A..EX.N.Y.M.b.. T.B.S., and D.V., to mention but a few. In order to better handle all those activities. Dr. Ballard engages in the sport o f using up lead pencils writing things, etc. To graduates, best suggestion is Be on Time. Associate of Dr. Ballard, and chosen liveliest faculty member by the graduating class, is Professor Harry Taub. A regular at the Faculty-Senior bowling tourna- ments. Prof. Taub will also try his hand at the chess-board with any comer, besides being ready to lecture on his hobby of Photomicrography at almost any time. Besides that, how have you been Philately? But those are only hobbies. He also finds time to hold executive offices in several professional organizations, not to speak of membership in the other organizations too numerous to mention. Yes, Prof. Taub also does an excellent leaching job. getting stuck on the Queensboro Bridge only about twice a year. Professor Franchon Hart, sole woman on the faculty, does not lei the men sur- pass her in amount of work accomplished. Prof. Hart engages in the year round hobby of music, and the warmer month activities of gardening and tennis. In pro- fessional organization work, we find listed six activities and an etc.; but knowing Prof. Hart (remember the agar stain and Gram ' s medium?) we somehow suspect the itemized etc. would result in totals of more n twelve. Dr. Halsey. amazing students by drawing diagrams equally well from left or right side, probably is expert at his sport of tennis, using the new two hand grip (one to a racquet). He also engages in fencing, fishing and rowing, if you call thai sport. Teaching his daughter (who knows what the H before Randolph means), science is his chief hobby, and teaching that subject to sludents is his chief diver- sion, if you call that a diversion. But he swims and fishes summers at Soulhold. (Good trick, doc.) Attend meetings and meet people is advanced by Mr. PoUrny as being very important for young graduates. He is himself a participating member ol Iwo C ol- legiate fraternities, besides several professional organizations to which he belongs. Fishing is the sport which probably helped Mr. Pokorny with those qualities which

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rrpTTT DEPARTMENT The Chemistry laboratory . . . samples and precipitates rest in relaxing. I I! wager that he takes some good pictures during these vacations also. How about shooting us. Harold? Hard to find Mr. Bell, Brother Alumnus now, spent a great deal of his time dur- ing our Quant course trying to tell us that it is rather difficult, and requires more experience than we have, to determine the weight, in three decimal places, of pre- cipitates on desk-top. Little does he know the intricate methods devised to neat his little record book— the one that told of the distribution of samples in the class. Or maybe he does know? Or doesn t he? With his work for advanced degrees, and activities in various organizations, it is small wonder that we find athletic Mr. Bell hard-to-find. For hours we thought. How are we going to insert that paragraph the Iinotyper ingnored, without upsetting the entire format? How can we tell of Mr. Liberman s insatiable scientific curiosity? His constant study and intensive research which has earned him the admiration and respect of all the students? We did not know, so we decided to leave the entire matter out. Dr. Arthur W. Thomas is titular head of the Department of Chemistry. His lectures are delivered in a highly active, almost nervous, manner. His main interest is in colloidal chemistry, and often have we been intrigued by his lectures in that subject, wherein he would advance the very latest in colloidal theories in such a manner that even chemistry beginners would leave the lecture feeling that he knew all about it. and there is no question but that he did. The chemistry department, gentlemen, is a good department. Croup Picture on Faculty Divider. Top: Standing: Mr. Baer. Mr. Bell: Sealed: Mr. Anzeimi. Prof. A. Tauh. Mr. Givens. Mr. Liberman

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led to his being chosen I lie graduates most patient faculty member. Getting out ol sand-hills in go I ring would also help, except that his score is in the low eighties (one hundred and . . .?) Our bowling champion, Mr. Blumberg, also engages in four other sports and an etc. Evenings, he indulges in the four S —movies, dates, shows and cards. Mr. Blumberg is affectionately known as is not listening) . Barney to the boys, but always! (when he Pedacius Dioscorides, a Greek army surgeon, studied and described, during his extensive travels with Nero s army, more than six hundred varieties of plants, some of which are being widely used in the present day. Materia Medica is the collective name given to the study of drugs used to cure or alleviate the numerous diseases of the human body. The study of these drugs at the college is intensive, and provides the basis for the Materia Medica courses. ' While the knowledge of Pharmacy and Chemistry is essential for thorough understanding of Materia Medica, this department performs the initial task of famil- iarizing the student with the drugs in their crude state, and then goes on to discuss their uses and modes of administration. The complete information is very essential, in that many drugs are as deadly as a sharp razor, and knowledge of the exact therapeutic dose— from a poison like acenitine which is given in infinitesimal doses, to a galenical like Citrate of Mag- nesia which is given in doses of several ounces. — is absolutely required, ' ' The Materia Medica department, gentlemen, is a good department. Group Picture on Faculty Divider, Upper Center: Standing: Mr. Blumberg. Mr. Pokorny: Seated: Dr. Halsey. Dr. Ballard. Pn Hart The Bacteriology laboratory . . . bugs and stains