. American journal of pharmacy. phar-macy at the time of thefounding of the College, andbecame one of its chartermembers. He was eminently fitted forthis professorship. His intro-ductory lecture on Condi-tions of ]\[edicine in theUnited States, and the ]\Ieans to Their Reform. evidenced the high ideals of the lecturer andforshadowed his future successful career as a medical practitionerand teacher. In 1827, Dr. Jackson resigned his professorship in the Col-lege in order to assume a chair in the Medical Department ofthe University of Pennsylvania, with which institution he was con-nected as a t
. American journal of pharmacy. phar-macy at the time of thefounding of the College, andbecame one of its chartermembers. He was eminently fitted forthis professorship. His intro-ductory lecture on Condi-tions of ]\[edicine in theUnited States, and the ]\Ieans to Their Reform. evidenced the high ideals of the lecturer andforshadowed his future successful career as a medical practitionerand teacher. In 1827, Dr. Jackson resigned his professorship in the Col-lege in order to assume a chair in the Medical Department ofthe University of Pennsylvania, with which institution he was con-nected as a teacher for thirty-six years. He played no insignficantpart in the development of medical education. After his with-drawal from the chair of ^Materia jMedica and Pharmacy, he didnot lose his interest in the College of Pharmacy. He served assecond Vice-President—1827-1829, and as first \ice-President—1829-1831. He died April 4, 1872, at the age of eighty-five Troost, ]\, the first Professor of Chemistry, was. DR. SAMUEL JACKSON 98 Centenary of Pharmaceutical Education. )^^£,°Zy^^\9n educated in Holland, both in medicine and pharmacy. Geologyand mineralogy were his favorite studies, but all of the natural sciences claimed his generalinterest. He was one of thefounders of the Academy ofNatural Sciences, and its firstPresident. He likewise heldthe position of Mineralogist toPeals ]\Iuseum, a famous col-lection of natural objects,paintings and curiosities ofmany kinds, at that time ex-hibited on the second floor ofthe State House, over Inde-pendence Hall, and after-wards in the Arcade o nChestnut Street, above Sixth,where it was for many yearsone of the places for sight-seers in Philadelphia. Theclass was small, and despiteh i s scientific Troost lacked ability asa teacher and failed to inter-est his students in his sub-jects. This was largely due to his foreign accent, which made itdifficult for the students to understand him. He served the C
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