. American journal of pharmacy. 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 Collegeas professor for one year only, and later was elected Professorof Chemistry, Geology and Mineralogy in the University of Nash-ville, and his valuable reports as a State Geologist of Tennesseeare considered the best works of his life. On July 22,
. American journal of pharmacy. 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 Collegeas professor for one year only, and later was elected Professorof Chemistry, Geology and Mineralogy in the University of Nash-ville, and his valuable reports as a State Geologist of Tennesseeare considered the best works of his life. On July 22, 1822, Dr. George B. Wood was elected Professorof Chemistry to fill the place made vacant by the resignation ofProf. Gerard Troost, and served the College in this capacity until1831, when he was transferred to the chair of Materia ]\Iedica andPharmacy, made vacant by the decease of Dr. P>enjamin Ellis. The following copy of the letter written by Dr. Wood to hismother soon after his apjKMntment to the chair of Chemistry, the. DR. GERARD TROOST Am. Jour. iM|a>i. / Cciili-iuiry of Jliuriiuiccitticul lidllidtioil. 99 original of ;^ letter is jjieserved in the College of rh\ andSurgeons. riiilada., Stli mo. U). dear Motlicr, Thcc wislios to know suinc-tliiiig al)out my TlicApothecaries of the city, the mostrespectable of them at least,have united to establish an insti-tution for the instruction of theirapprentices in the principles oftheir business and have obtained acharter from the state legislature,under the name of the College ofIhaniiacy. In this College thereare two professorships, one ofMateria Medica, the other ofChemistry—to the last of which Iwas chosen on the 23rd of lastmonth by a vote of 11 out of 15Directors. 1 shall deliver a coursenext winter to commence on the1st of November and expect tohave about 30 apprentices to at-tend, with, perhaps, some calculate that the place will beWOrth to me at least 2(K) dol-lar
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