A scientific training program meant laboratory experience. In this case the pharmacognosy laboratory included a large collection “of nearly 5,000 specimens, both dry and in liquid. The commercial samples are of especial value to students, since all grades of drugs are shown, as well as adulterations and substitutions.” The education of pharmacists in the early twentieth century meant keeping up with the new drugs of the time. “At the time of the World’s Fair, two valuable additions of foreign drugs were made; one a collection of over one hundred Malay drugs, the other a collection of drugs from the island of Ceylon. Worthy of mention are also a collection of choice drugs from Messrs. Leyn and Fink, a materia medica cabinet from Parke, Davis & Co., a collection of official drugs from Schieffelin & Co., another from Gilpin, Langdon & Co., and collections of powdered drugs from Gilpin, Langdon & Co., and from Eli, Lilly & Co.” The materia medica cabinet mentioned in the 1902 UW catalog is the same as the one housed now in the Kremers Reference Files. Modern pharmacy students could try their hand at identifying drug products from these speci-mens kept in their original containers since the early twentieth century. Join the AIHP As “America’s only historical organization devot-ed to advancing the knowledge and understand-ing of pharmacy’s place in world civilization,” the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy serves the broad field through publishing the journal, Pharmacy in History, maintaining an inventory of books and pamphlets on the history of pharmacy, and supporting pharmacy educa-tion. Anyone interested in exploring the heritage of pharmacy can join the AIHP. Membership ($50 for an individual, which includes a sub-scription to Pharmacy in History) entitles mem-bers to a discount on AIHP publications and access to the historical resources of the AIHP offices. Elaine C. Stroud, Ph.D. is the Assistant Director at the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy. For more information, visit www.AIHP.org. When Accuracy matters • Accurate • Patented design • Various sizes and dosing For more infomation, visit www.topipump.com
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