Valedictory address to the graduates of the Maryland College of Pharmacy, delivered March 6th, 1857 / by Charles Frick ; with a list of the graduates ; published by the Trustees of the College.

  • Frick, Charles, 1823-1860.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Valedictory address to the graduates of the Maryland College of Pharmacy, delivered March 6th, 1857 / by Charles Frick ; with a list of the graduates ; published by the Trustees of the College. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    two such salts, as the chlorate of potassa, and the cya- nuret of potassium. Would a systematic education in these instances, have prevented such lamentable oc- currences? I think there can be but one reply, and the members of the profession owe it to themselves, and the community, to stand forward and show as far as may be, their qualifications to the confidence of the public. And how better can this be effected, than by credentials of competency obtained from those best able to judge, namely, their own associates and mem- bers of a common calling. But I must not lose sight of the immediate aim of this address, which was not merely to congratulate you, gentlemen, on the present occasion ; but also to warn you against impending dangers, and to guard you against some of the difficulties which you must be prepared to encounter in your progress through life. And I feel, that I would scarcely fulfil my duty to you, if I did not advert to a topic, which, though neces- sarily a hackneyed one, is still, in my opinion, of the greatest importance to you and your profession. I mean the relative position of apothecaries and physi- cians to each other, and to the community. To chem- istry, and almost to chemistry alone, and to the rapid strides it has made within the past few years, is owing the present high position, and honorable calling of the apothecary. And it is this science mainly that has elevated the occupation of pharmacy, from a mere trade into a scientific profession. Chemistry, which has so beautifully explained most of the varied and re- condite phenomena of nature, which surround us on all sides, has been, in a peculiar sense, the handmaid of medicine, and all that relates to it. Not only in the 3