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

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Reprinted by Courtesy of Abbott Laboratorie

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Together We fight

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Curt P. Wimmer, Ph.G. Phar.D., A.M., Ph.M. Chairman t With an impressive list of ten syllable Greek names, we were formally launched into the throes and woes of our majestic profes- sion. Professor Wimmer sincerely attempted to teach us a bit of ancient history, the purpose being to provide us with Stfhjt ground, and we really appreciated Ins attempts. Purely no phar- macist could possibly survive witiSOut the know ledge that Claudius Galenus of Pergamum and Pedecious Dioscorides Phocas prom- inently influenced the advancement of pharmacy.) As if we didn ' t have enough Math to plague us. Pharmaceutical Arithmetic was injected into our program. Mr. Amsterdam (Mess his little heart) very patienth explained all the intricacies of-;; type of probIcm--e en worked out several examples. L-o and he hold — came the exam — every problem was an exception; each had a catch to it, and usually even the catch had a catch. Professor Carter did yeoman-like work-in getting us accustomed to pharmaceutical manipulations. After a thorough first year prac- tical course in U.S. P. and .I ' preparations, we took Miuurfactur- ing Pharmacy, where we learned the commercial -methods ot extraction, i.e., percolation, maceration, etc., on a small scale. .Vs an extra added attrac- tion, we were all assigned a topic and gave a talk on it before the class. (The idea was to get us used to public speaking, as well as to do a little research.) As expected, some delivered excellent speeches while others merely delivered. In our Junior year we were given our first taste of Dispensing Pharmacy: Every type of preparation that smelled to high heaven, that was hard to clean, especially hard to make, or that had some other peculiar characteristic attached to it was ftiirewn at us. (Some of our results appeared as though they were thrown right back..) -It was in dispensing pharmacy that we learned to our edification that a counter-irritant must be life s£ Professor Broun, I don ' t think this vertically split emulsion is typical of our hoys ' u ' ork : and as for these gooey suppositories — oohey! Prof. C. P. Wimmer, Dr. L. N. Brown, Mr. J. P. Miale