Excerpt from American Journal of Pharmacy, Vol. 73: September, 1901 Edward Robinson Squibb was born in Wilmington, Del., July 4, 1819. His parents were James R. Squibb and Catherine H., his wife. His early education was received in Wilmington, and at the age of eighteen he was apprenticed to Warder Morris, a druggist in Philadelphia, and from 1837 to 1842 he learned the drug business with the houses of Warder Morris and J. H. Sprague. He had long desired to acquire a medical degree, and he rightly judged that there could be no better preparation for his work than experience in the drug business. In addition to this, as his parents' means were slender, he could earn something, and, at least, be self supporting during these early years of study. As is so often the case with distinguished men, these early years were not marked by any especial aptitude for medicine or pharmacy, as he was himself frequently heard to declare. In 1842, at the age of twenty-three, he matriculated in Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, and received the degree of Doctor from that College on March 20, 1845. His steadiness and ability were at once recognized by his Alma Mater, and he was elected Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy, Curator of the Museum and Clerk of the Clinic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.