University of Maryland School of Pharmacy - Terra Mariae Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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DAVID M. R. CULBRETH, A. M.. PHAR. G.. M. D. 86016

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TERRA MARL 1 QM A. ' l Lj ' Vh. Q.J m. ' U. scr c(l. ' RIX(i the earlier centuries, when the scope of medicine and ])harniac)- was re- strictive and not overtaxing to the average practitioner, there seemed Httle need for two separate pursuits, hut later, as recorded experience accumulated, scientific investigation increased, and general intelligence grew more critical and exacting, such a division of labor between the coinl oiindcr and the prcscriber became absolutely imperative, in order that humanity ' s best interest might be Although at first the physicians and surgeons discouraged this segregation, thev were not long in admitting its wisdom, and today unreservedly acknowledge their utter weakness in combatting successfully certain diseases and conditions without the efticient remedies and agents prepared b)- well-educated pharmacists. Even though conscious of this dual interdependence, and the |)reponderating higher train- ing found (in the side of medicine, there always have been in every generation and land some who — perchance from individual preference and sympathy — espoused the cause and uiilift if ]iharmac -. Among those in Baltimore city, whose energies and attainments have been directed jjraclicallv throughout their entire lives towards such an end, is Professor Culbreih, who was born December 4, i! 55, at the Reynolds homestead, ( ' .olden Ridge, nine miles west of Dover, Kent County, Delaware. 1 lis parents, striking examples of English. Scotch and l)utch .-uicestrv, regarded industry, intelligence and truthfuhu ' ss .a most desir- able inheritruice — a creed, fortunately, they lived Imig tn exemplify ;ind to imjiress upiin their unly offspring. While for them the (|uiet, rnr.al jilanter ' s existence seemed beyond es- cape, it was not to be so for their son, toward whose educational .and soci.al lietterment they gave much thought and concern, as weli as willing self-abnegation and deni.il. . fter passing the various grades of ])ublic school he spent two years at I ' elton Semin.iry, Hela- ware, whence he entered tiie L ' niversity of ' irgiir,a, iSjj, gradu.ating therefrom in 1S77. Coiuing direct to this city, he accepted a jiosbimi in the retail drug store of Trof. J. h ' arts Moore, which was relin(|uished ;i few niontlis Later for ,a nmrc lucr.ative ine in l..aro(|ue ' s riiarmacv, ,and in the autumn m.atricul.ated at the Maryland College of rii.irmacy, gradu-