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

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AESCULAPIUS Acsciilaf ' iiis. the oldest of all physicians and pharmacists, is siipposcil to have been the son of Apollo and Chiron. He hecauie so skilful in Iiis zi ' ork th-at Castor and Pollux insisted on his ac- companying the Argonauts on their fabled expe- dition to find the Golden fleece, in the twelfth century B. C. His deeds of valor and medical skill are told by Homer. He i . ' as deified as the founder of Greek medi- cine, and his staff, ' icith the encircling serpent, is still one of its traditional insignia. Most authori- ties hold that Aesculapius nvs hut a mythical character, but still another group state emphati- cally thai he lived and that lie practiced the arts of medicine and pharmacy.

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1934 TERRA MARIAE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY T HE need of an institulinn where apprentices in pliannacy could l)e given sys- tematic instruction in tlie sciences underlying their profession had long been felt hy leading ])harniacists and i)hysiclans, when in 1841 a charter was obtained from the General Assembly for Maryland College of Pharniacy. The incorporators, sev- enteen in number, and among whom were .Messrs. ( ieorge M. Andrews, Thomas (•. McKenzie. K. Rush Rcjberts, Robert Coleman and Dr. David Stewart, immedi- ately organized and established courses of instruction in chemistry, jjharmacy and materia nicdica. These men carried on the work of the college until 1847. when, owing to the death of some members and cliange of business of others, they were compelled to suspend all lectures. During the i)eriod of operation, however, they graduated a number of eminent iiharniacists, to whose efforts in resuscitating and reorganizing the College in 1850 much is clue. Among the older graduates ap- ])ear the names of Messrs. Frederick A. Cochrane. .Mjjheus 1 . . harp, William .S. Thompson. Samuel Rixlgers. J. Paris Moore, John V. Read and Christian Steinhofer. Of these, Messrs. . li)heus P. Shar]) and William S. ThomiJson were not only earnest and active su])porters of the College, but were adornments to the profession they reji- . the election of thirty- resented, as well as :-. ' ' ?SI ;Sf - S- ' ' ' ' cnibers and graduates of whom - C- S S. ■ ' - ' thorough reorgan- their Alma Mater V igp L— ?•■ ization of the College, might well be in-oud. miljS ' - ' r , r- ' ' ' ' ' ' - ' •■■ ' ' ' ' i ' ' ' ! ' In 1856 at the re- llIflfMi I I 1 1 ll ' I ' I ! ' Trustees established quest of the graduates RilMri JIL ' ' ' ' ' •■ ' professorships, and of a number of AH i fflEC %i S ' Dr. Louis Steincr was Mr. George W. An- Charles P. Frick. Pro- drews. called a meet- 1876 - 1886 fessor of Materia ing which resulted in Medica ; and Israel Grahame. Professor of Pharmacy. .A course of lectures was given during the season 1857-1858 to a class of intelligent and ai)preciative students, and the Col- lege took a new lease of life, which it has since niaintained. Dr. David Stewart ga e the lectures in i)harniacy during the i)eriod 1841- 1846. Following the reorganization, the chair of Pharmacy w as filled by Profes- sor Israel J. Grahame. who was succeeded by Mr. L. Philli])s. an earnest and interesting instructor. The sudden death of Professor Phillips cau.sed the election of J. Paris Moore to the vacancy. Professor Moore was one of the oldest grad- uates 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. He continued in the chair of Pharniacy for nineteen years, when, on the resignation of the chair of Materia Medica by Professor Baxley, he was chosen Professor of Materia 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 Pharniacy. was elected Professor of Pharmacy, which chair he continued to fill until his death on thirteen