Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1894-1895 [PAGE 67]

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PHARMACY,

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seven general and analytical courses from 1 to 5b inclusive. They may be further supplemented by special advanced work along some chosen line. For special description of courses see under Chemistry in the LIST OF SUBJECTS. Frequent visits are made to metallurgical and other works employing chemical processes. Seminary work along general and technical lines is conducted for two years of the course. The purpose of the course is to offer the largest possible opportunity for equipment as technical and manufacturing chemists, superintendents, etc., or as chemical engineers in the work of supervising or planning the installation of metallurgical or other chemical plants.

PHARMACY.

Two courses in pharmacy are offered, one covering two years and the other, which leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science, extending over four years. The former is designed particularly for those who intend engaging in pharmacy as a business. The four years course includes all the practical work of the shorter course, but extends farther, and furnishes a more complete training in the chemistry of pharmacy. The intention is to offer a thorough scientific training to students who desire to become pharmaceutical chemists, or chemists to the medical profession, to engage in manufacturing or to devote themselves to scientific investigation in pharmacy. The instruction is conducted by means of lectures,text books, and laboratory work. The laboratory practice consists in the compounding of the galenicals, in pharmaceutical assaying, and in prescription work. The requirements of the United States Pharmacopoeia are always kept in mind and the student must conform to its rules; he is, therefore, held responsible for the purity and strength of his preparations, and for the accuracy of his work.

EQUIPMENT.

The. department of pharmacy occupies a part of the chemical building, and is in direct connection with the chemical laboratories. It has the use of the very complete supply of apparatus belonging to the chemical department, and is also provided with apparatus for the special work in pharmacy. All the various forms of percolators, pill machines, suppository moulds, tablet moulds, etc., are at the disposal of the student.