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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1914)
tmnniOyi.H n, , 'i ..,.., "-' -'-:-i---"ja-Ai--M ""-"" .l-..t-- ..I. - , m- ' ' II I . I I II I ...-- - --. - -- :V"."" ; " ----' ""'"'"w"'"'ii"'---'i'iMuujiitwj! ,- ,... -..,,. -,., .., .. Hnfi v --.- ,., , ii i ii nmi iimwm ipinw iMMiwilliiwlww"HwiwiiiijinBjMniMfHhamil imiuJmmmmm&m arwmaKwwnsxiaM THE DAILY NEBRASKAN a i - f a SI . f 111 l 'l. r'. d I 1 ff V w Is , I A t: fa i t t v -- . - . THE PHARMACEUTICAL GARDEN. Tho School of Pharmaoy haB bogun thlrf yoar an undertaking which 1b of groat Importanco not only to Its own BtudontB, and tho drugglstB of tho stato, but to othors as woll. Wo moan tho starting or a gardon of medicinal plants. Tho making of such a garden will of courBo requlro years to ro volop and In fact tho poBBlbllltloB of such a gardon aro almost unllmltod. 3!lnrrgMUMf-nw!dlclnaliirin tho Unltod States has rocontly ?ro celvod consldorablo attontlon. Many of our nativo plants aro bocomlng ,scarco as tho country become popu latod and moro and moro land is takon for farming. Tho cultivation of modf cinal plants is bound to bocomo of groator Importanco In tho futuro. Among tho sdhoolB whch havo flourlBhlng pharmaceutical gardona might bo mentioned tho tftilvorslty of Minnesota, tho Unlvorslty of Wiscon sin and tho Philadelphia Collogo of Pharmacy. Tho govornmont has also done work along this lino and pub lished several bulletins. A few phar maceutical houses also . havo gardens. Tho scarcity ot nledlcluul plunls-is-not, howovor, tho only roason for their cultivation. It is oxpocted that by cultivation and caro In collection, dry ing and preserving that a hotter prod uct may be obtained and ono of moro uniform quality. Our school should havo a part In collecting Information along thoso lines. Thero Is groat op portunity for work in. (lrug plant In vestigations. This our gardon will mako poBtilblo. Our garden will be locatod Just south of the Mechanical Englnooring building. Plants which roqulro shade will bo placed olsewhore. Our plan will bo to havo growing In tho gardon all the nativo NobraBka medicinal plants, both ofllclal and non-ofllclal, and as many other medicinal plants as win rcraw n pur cllmato as we can procuro from time to time. Wo havo many official plants growing wild In Nebraska, as sweot flag (Calamus), pokoborry (Phytolacca), May applo (Podo phyjlum), and bloodroot (San gulnarla). Our gardon will contain also many of tho commonly cultivated drug plants, as camomile, various mints as poppormlnt, spearmint, and the urn bolllfours plants, anlso, caraway, etc. Wo hopo also to havo some day a flno groonhouao drug garden. This garden has boon already started, and wo have at present tho following pTanls: camplfoT tree; tea, -cnsBiarcin' namon, calabar boana, jequlnty beans, coca, ginger, cardamon, golsomum, ill I cium, maranta, Arabian coffee and Llborian coffoo. Tho only'satlsfactory way to Btudy a drug Is to bogln with the growing plant instoad of tho drlod spoclmen. This our gardon will mako possible. ' Later wo will expect to have a placo for preserving drugs and ovens for drying. Then wo can take a plant and study it from, tho planting of tho seed to the final pharmaceutical prod uct. Then 'can wo expect to know what kind of a preparation wo aro dis pensing. ELSIE DAY. The Wrapping Paper for Druggists That make neat packages and please customers are our 'Square Brand DRUG BOND White and Colors CRACKER JACK White and Colors SILK PARCHMENT White and Colors MACHINE GLAZED Colors, Roman Key Design QUEER F0RMULA8. Tho celebrated Qaacolgno'B powder, sold as lato as tho middle of tho nine teenth century, In form of balls con taining oqual parts of crab's "oyeB," black tips of crab's claws, oriental bonzoar, oriental pearls and whlto coral, was administered in a Jolly made from hart's horn. , In oarly agos, superstition entorcd groatly Into tho cholco of compounds. Carious "parts of criminals woro used, as "tho thigh bone of a hanged man." Culpopor, of the seventeenth con- tury, recommended "tho usheB of tho head of a coal black cat as a specific, for such as 1iavo a skin growing ovor tho sight." BUFFALO HIDE KRAFT Carried in stock in Rolls in all the Standard Lengths for counter use. Your business card printed for a small additional cost with any special feature-you-like , Sample Book Sent on Request CARPENTER PAPER COMPANY OMAHA ..!! . ! JJ L -The I L "Hair getting a little thin. Evertrled-our-halr-tonic?- Customer: "No, I can't blame It on Druggist strT that." A NOVEL IDEA. In tasting matorials, such as potas sium, sodium, strontium, otc, by the llamo test, a substitute for platinum wlro can bo usod by removing the -wood from, an ordinary lead pencil. Thoso pencils aro cheap and tho car bon glows slightly, but does not color tho flame. It can be cooled ra'pldly by dipping It Into a liquid without breaking. It Is not necessary to clean tho rod as a fresh portion can be used. NATIONAL PHARMACOPOEIAS. National pharmacopoeitd now exTsq In Austria, Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Prance, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, 'Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Rus sia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Vene zuela and the Unltod States. Homeopaths and Eclectic practi-tioTrorST-aswell-Tiff-dentists.-havotheiE own special pharmacopoeias. School of Pharmacy of the University of Nebraska Offers a two year course leading to the degree Graduate in Pharmacy. Tfeggryeainc Chemist. A four year course leading to the degree Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. CJA f our year highscEooI thatouiLstudeiitsare well prepared and stand in a class by themselves. J The only school in Nebraska which holds membership in the American Conference of Phar maceutical Faculties. If you want to study Pharmacy you should think about these things. For information address DR. R. A. LYMAN, Director School of Pharmacy The University of Nebraska iJmJZ 't7mJZm'Viiitiu 'Ji4Uui'. V - immmmmmmm jt : iiMff w J - i. WW'ij