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College of Pharmacy of the City of New York
A detailed history of one of America’s earliest pharmacy schools, this work traces how a small New York institution grew into an important part of pharmaceutical education. It offers a window into the people, training, and professional standards that shaped pharmacy in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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New York Journal of Pharmacy, Volume 1 (of 3), 1852 Published by Authority of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York.
by College of Pharmacy of the City of New York
About the author
Written by Curt P. Wimmer, this book chronicles the story of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York, a school founded in 1829 and later incorporated into Columbia University in 1904. The history was published in 1929 and was created as a record of the college’s development, mission, and influence on pharmacy education.
The book follows the institution from its early years in lower Manhattan through its growth into a leading center for training pharmacists. It highlights the college’s role in professionalizing pharmacy, supporting scientific instruction, and helping define standards for the field in New York and beyond.
Because reliable biographical information about Wimmer himself was limited in the sources reviewed, the focus here remains on the work he is known for: preserving the institutional memory of a pioneering pharmacy college and the community that built it.