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

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Jonathan Percira T EW WORKERS in the held of Materia Medica have possessed the ■ ■ outstanding quaHties of Dr. Jonathan Pereira. His precise investi- gations, untiring energy, and engaging personal qualities earned for him the respect and admiration of his contemporaries and a lasting place in the annals of pharmaceutical history. Born in London on May 22, 1804, Pereira obtained a meager early education; but by dint of earnest application to his studies, he was awarded the post of Apothecary to the Aldersgate Street Dispensary at the age of nineteen. Although medical practice was his ultimate object, he was much engaged in teaching chemistry and Materia Medica, hold- ing the positions of Professor of Materia Medica to the British Phar- maceutical Society and Lecturer in Chemistry at the Aldersgate Street Dispensary. He undertook the study of medicine at St. Bartholomew ' s Hospital, and in 1840 he became a licentiate of the College of Physicians. His subsequent rapid rise in medical circles was in no small part due to his popularity as a lecturer. He was a prolific writer, producing innumer- able papers and volumes on botanical and chemical subjects; but his greatest work was The Elements of Muteiia Medica, which appeared in i8 q. The high quality of his work was not without recognition, and in 1845 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He was also an honorary member of the Pharmaceutical Societies of Great Britain, St. Petersburg, and Portugal; Corresponding Member of the Society of Pharmacy of Paris; and Examiner in Materia Medica and Pharmacy to the University of London. He died in 1853, and it is for his unexcelled efforts in the study and classification of the agents employed in the treatment of disease that he will be remembered alike by pharmacists and physicians.

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TERRA 1 9 M A R I A E 3 8 History of the School of Pharmacy THE need of an institution where apprentices in pharmacy could be given systematic 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 num- ber, and among whom were Messers. George M. 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. Frederick A. Cockrane, Alpheus P. Sharp, William S. Thompson, Samuel Rodgers, ]. 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. In 1856 at the request of the graduates and a number of Baltimore pharmacists, the president, Mr. George W. Andrews, called a meeting which resulted in the election of thirty- one new members and a thorough reorganiza- tion of the College. The new Board of Trustees established three professorships: Dr. Lewis Steiner was elected professor of Chemistry; Dr. Charles 1876— 1886 P. Frick, Professor of Materia Medica: and Israel Grahame, Pro- fessor of Pharmacy. A course of lectures was given during the season 1 857- 1 858 to a class of intelligent and apprecia- tive students, and the College took a new lease of life, which has since been maintained. Dr. David Stewart gave the lectures in pharmacy during the jjeriod 1841-1846. Fol- lowing the reorganization, the chair of Pharmacy was filled by Professor Israel ]. Gra- hame, 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 consistent and zealous worker in behalf of his Alma Mater and in the interest of pharmacy, until his death. He continued in the chair of pharmacy for nineteen years, when, on 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 Pharmacy was elected Pro- fessor of Pharmacy, which chair he continued to fill until his death on October 13, 1917. He was succeeded by Dr. Evander F. Kelly, class of 1902, who held the professorship until Jaunary, 1926. when it was taken over by Dr. John C. Krantz, Jr., class of 1919, who held it for one year. Andrew G. DuMez, Ph.G., B.S., M.S., Ph.D., the present Dean, now holds the professorship. Mr. William E. A. Aiken was lecturer in chemistry from 1841-1846. From 1856 the professorship of chemistry was filled for a number of years by Dr. Louis Steiner. On his departure from the city he was succeeded by Professor Alfred Mayer, who after- 14