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

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The introduction of chemical remedies into thera- peutics is largely due to Phflippus Theophrastus Bom- bastus of Hohcnheim, knoivn as Paracelsus. He believed God had ordained that man should be guided by the outzvard forms and physical impressions of objects in nature in applying remedies in disease ; and he accord- ingly chose his remedies, not on the principle of their action, but on their resemblance or sympathetic relations to the patient and his disease. On the strength of these and similar earlier notions the doctrines of simile siiiii- libus curantur ivere, at a later day, adopted by Hahne- mann as a fundamental principle in homeopathy. After the death of Paracelsus, his adherents rapidly multiplied.

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SCHOOL

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•••••••••••• TERRA MARIAE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY THE need of an institution in Baltimore where apprentices in pharmacy could be given sys- tematic instruction in the sciences underlying their profession had long been felt by leading pharmacists and physicians, when in 1841 a charter was obtained from the General Assembly for the Maryland College of Pharmacy. The incorporators, seventeen in number, and among whom were Messrs. George W. Andrews, Thomas G. McKenzie, R. Rush Roberts, Robert Coleman and Dr. David Stewart, immediately organized and established courses of instruction in chemistry, pharmacy and materia medica. These men carried on the work of the college until 1847, when, owing to the death of some members and change of business of others, they were compelled to suspend all lectures. During the period of operation, however, they graduated a number of eminent pharmacists, to whose efforts in resuscitating and reorganizing the College in 1856 much is due. Among the older graduates appear the names of Messrs. Fred A. Cochrane, Alpheus P. Sharp, William S. Thompson, Samuel Rodgers, J. Paris Moore, John W. Read and Christian Steinhofer. Of these, Messrs. Alpheus P. Sharp and William S. Thompson were not only earnest and active supporters of the College, but were adornments to the profession they represented, as well as graduates of whom their Alma Mater might well be proud. ees, established three pro fessorships. Dr. Louis Steiner was elected Pro- fessor of Chemistry; Dr. Charles P. Friclc, Profes- sor of Materia Medica; and Israel J. Grahame, Professor of Pharmacy. A course of lectures was given during the season of 1857-1858 to a inenewi uaruux ..u..- class of intelligent and appreciative students, and the college took a new lease of life, which it has since maintained. Dr. David Stewart gave the lectures in pharmacy during the period 1841-1846. Following the reorganization, the chair of pharmacy was filled by Professor Israel J. Grahame, who was succeeded by Mr. L. Phillips, an earnest and interesting instructor. The sudden death of Professor Phillips caused the election of J. Faris Moore to the vacancy. Professor Moore was one of the oldest graduates of the college, and was a continued and zealous worker in behalf of his Alma Mater, and in the interest of pharmacy, until his death. Fie continued in the chair of Pharmacy for nineteen years, when, on the resignation of the chair of Materia Medica by Prof. Baxley, he was chosen Professor of Matina Medica. Then, on March 8, 1879, Dr. Charles C. Caspari, Jr., who was later to play such an important part in the history of the Maryland College of Pharmacy, was elected Professor of Pharmacy, which chair he continued to fill until his death on October 13, 1917. He was succeeded by Dr. Evander Frank Kelly, class of 1902, who held the professorship until January, 1926, when it was taken over by Dr. John C. Krantz, Jr., class of 1919, who held it for one year. Dr. A. G. DuMez, the present Dean, now holds the professorship. In 1856 at the re quest of the graduates and a number of Balti- more pharmacists the president, Mr. George W. Andrews, called a meeting which tesulted in the election of thirty- one new members and a thorough reorganiza- tion of the College. The new Board of Trust 1876-1886 Thirteen ||« .. «»« »W «« »»■»«»•«••»■•»»• • •—• • •• • ♦— •