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

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ating therefrom in 1879 — receiving in the junior ear the only prize for proficiency in all branches, and in the senior year two prizes, as well as the presidency of the class. He was placed that spring in charge of the Chemical Laboratory during Professor Simon ' s three months absence in Eurojie, and since then has been in continuous service, in one or another department, of the institution. In 1880 he es ' :ablished himself in the retail drug business, which, in spite of becoming remunerative, was disposed of after fifteen years, owing to its many exactions, responsibilities and professional demand ui)on time. lie entered the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, this city, in 1881, graduating therefrom in 1883, and de- voted nnich of the subsequent five years to sjiecial study in botany and vegetable histology under the guidance of Profs. Martin and Lotze, of the Johns Hopkins University, and I ' rof. George L. Smith, of the State Normal School. Me inaugurated at the Maryland College of Pharmacy the quiz classes in 1S84, conducting them for several years, and was appointed professor of microscopy and practical botany in i8(%, to which duties the follow- ing year, upon the death of Prof. J. Paris Moore, were added those of the chair of botany, materia medica and pharmacognosy, which latter he has continued to hold ever since, that of microscopy and practical botany, after a few years, passing to other hands. He accepted in 1897, in addition to college professorship the chair of materia medica and pharmacognosy in the Medical and Dental Schools of the University of Maryland, v.iiich he retained for nine ' ears. Professor Culbreth published Pharmaceutic Botany in 1892, with revisions in 1905, 1910, 1915; Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy ' in 1896, with revisions in 1900, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1917; The University of Virgin-a — Memories of Tier Student-Life and Professors in i(;o8; Materia Medica Compend in 1905, also many articles, essays, etc., in technical journals. He served several terms as Commissioner of Pharmacy and Practical Chemistry, being appointed consecutively by ( lovernors Jackson, Brown and Lowndes. He is affiliated with the . merican .Academy of Medicine, the . merican Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, the American Pharmaceutical Association, the Maryland Pharma- ceutical Association, the National Geographic Society, the Zeta Psi Fraternity, the Nu Sigma Nu Fraternity, the University Club, the Margaret J. Bennett Home, etc. He mar- ried Miss Elizabeth Gardner, April 26, 1894, is hapi y in his doemstic relations, genial in disposition, and includes many friends among his actiuaintances. He resides at 1307 N. Calvert street. The Class of 1917 has gained much from the thoroughness with which he treats his subjects and we all feel that we have been greatly benefited by having him as our professor. 9

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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-

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