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and  towns  where  its  three  thousand  members  resided.  Mr.  Bell  re- 
tained the  copy -right  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal  till  a  short  period 
before  his  death,  when  he  took  measures  for  its  transfer  to  the  Society, 
and  its  18  volumes  will  ever  stand  as  a  lasting  monument  to  his  energy 
and  ability.  He  also  bequeathed  the  sum  of  $10,000  to  the  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Society  to  promote  the  efficiency  of  its  School  of  Pharmacy.  It  was  not 
only  by  his  exertions  in  London  and  through  his  "  Journal "  that  Jacob 
Bell  influenced  the  progress  of  pharmacy  in  Great  Britain.  He  was  con- 
stantly in  attendance  at  meetings  in  other  cities,  encouraging  them  to  carry 
out  the  principles  of  the  Society,  and  raise  their  status  by  educational  ex- 
ertions. Eminently  practical  in  his  views,  he  was  readily  understood  and 
appreciated  when  he  addressed  their  meetings,  and  no  member  of  the  Society 
was  listened  to  with  greater  respect. 
In  his  last  annual  address  in  May,  1859,  which,  owing  to  the  infirmities 
of  Mr.  Bell,  was  read  for  him,  he  explained  the  method  by  which  he  had 
been  able  to  succeed  in  accomplishing  so  much  in  the  early  up  hill  labors 
that  resulted  in  the  firm  establishment  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society. 
He  observed  the  following  rules :  First,  Never  to  take  offence  at  any  re- 
ception, however  cool,  abrupt,  or  even  rude.    Second,  Not  to  be  discour- 
aged at  a  cold  shoulder.    Third,  Not  to  look  down  on  a  man  because  he 
lives  in  a  small  shop  or  in  a  back  street.    Fourth,  Never  to  lose  sight  of 
the  main  object  from  a  mistaken  notion  of  dignity  or  self  respect.  Fifth, 
Never  be  goaded  into  a  quarrel  or  loss  of  temper.    These  rules  were  char- 
acteristic of  Mr.  Bell  under  all  circumstances.    We  have  watched  his 
career  from  1841  to  the  period  of  his  demise,  as  exhibited  in  the  progress 
of  Pharmacy  in  England,  especially  in  what  may  be  called  the  politics  of 
the  Society,  and  in  cases  where  jealousies  were  engendered  between  the  Lon- 
don and  provincial  members  regarding  important  measures,  by  the  unwise 
and  unprincipled  opposition  of  certain  parties.    These,  to  gain  their  ends  in 
opposing  and  destroying  the  standing  of  Mr.  Bell,  would  have  sacrificed 
the  Society,  and  for  three  years  they  supported  and  edited  a  periodical  and 
filled  its  pages  with  a  series  of  editorials  which  remain  a  lasting  stigma  on 
their  author.  To  these  biting  sarcasms  and  caustic  sneers,  Mr.  Bell  opposed 
a  steady  and  unruffled  pursuit  of  the  great  interests  of  the  Society.  In  a 
letter  received  from  him  in  January,  1853,  speaking  of  the  opposition  of 
those  parties  to  the  Pharmacy  Act,  he  says  :   "  We  take  no  heed  of 
such  attacks,  but  go  forward  endeavoring  not  to  deserve  them,  and  attribut- 
ing any  hostility  to  the  frailty  of  human  nature." 
In  1850,  with  the  interests  of  the  Society  fully  in  view  Mr.  Bell  aspired 
to  a  seat  in  Parliament,  and  successfully  contested  the  borough  of  St. 
Alban's  then  vacant  •  circumstances  occurred,  however,  during  the  canvass 
of  a  nature  highly  disgraceful  to  those  that  were  concerned  in  them,  and 
Mr.  Bell,  a  novice  in  political  wirepulling,  was  victimized,  by  having  to  bear 
much  of  the  odium  belonging  to  the  party  who  elected  him,  and  was  finally 
unseated. 
Whilst  in  Parliament  he  was  instrumental  in  obtaining  an  "Act"  to 
