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COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCE.

THIRD YEAR.

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First Term.—Organic chemistry. Principles and practice of organic synthesis. Preparation of organic compounds. Second Term.—Organic chemistry. Organic preparations. Third Term.—Organic chemistry. Ultimate organic analysis. Determinations of vapor densities, etc.

FOURTH YEAR.

First Term —Detection of poisons, organic and inorganic. Gas analysis. Second Term.—Theoretical chemistry. Investigations for thesis. Third Term.—Theoretical chemistry. Thesis work completed.

PHARMACEUTICAL COURSE.

FIRST YEAR.

Same as 'in chemical course throughout the year.

SECOND YEAR.

First Term.—Same as in chemical course. Second Term.—Quantitative analysis of commercial drugs, bismuth subnitrate, tartar emetic, sodium bicarbonate, potassium iodide, sodium bromide, cream of tartar, ammonium carbonate, potassium nitrate. Volumetric determinations. Third Term.—Same as in chemical course, substituting materia medica for agricultural chemistry.

THIRD YEAR.

First Term.—Same as in chemical course. Second Term.—Isolation and quantitative estimation of active proximate principles of vegetable drugs—-oils, resins, gums, alkaloids, glucoses, etc. Third Term.—Practice of Pharmacy. Reading and compounding prescriptions. Preparation and valuation of tinctures, extracts, syrups, etc. Examination of commercial organic drugs.

FOURTH YEAR.

First Term.—Analysis of urine, normal and pathological. Examination of waters, mineral and potable. Alcoholic liquors, proprietary articles, etc. Second Term.—Toxicology. Micro-chemistry of poisons. Separation of poisons from organic mixtures. Third Term.—Original research. Thesis.