Obituary. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
March,  1897. 
graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1855,  was  elected  a 
member  in  1868,  and  in  1878  became  a  member  of  its  Board  of  Trustees. 
After  graduation  he  was  engaged  for  the  most  part  as  a  drug  clerk  until  the 
close  of  the  Civil  War,  when  he  engaged  in  the  retail  drug  business  for  himself 
at  Eleventh  and  Vine  Streets,  this  city,  where  he  remained  until  his  death. 
Mr.  Robbins  took  an  interest  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  pharmacy,  and  was 
an  occasional  contributor  to  this  Journal.  He  did  considerable  work  in  con. 
nection  with  the  formation  of  the  pharmaceutical  laws  of  this  State,  and  when 
the  Board  of  Pharmacy  was  appointed,  became,  on  June  23,  1887,  its  first  presi- 
dent.   This  position  he  held  until  May,  1895,  when  he  resigned. 
No  small  share  of  credit  was  due  him  for  his  efforts  in  helping  to  found  the 
Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association,  of  which  he  was  a  member.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy for  carrying  on  work  for  the  Revision  Committee  of  the  1880  Pharma- 
copoeia. His  subject  was  fluid  extracts,  and  he  performed  a  large  number  of 
experiments  for  determining  the  most  satisfactory  formulae  for  these  prepa- 
rations. 
Theodore  George  Wormley,  M.D.,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  a  member  of  the  Faculty 
of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  died  at  his  home,  in  this  city,  January  3d, 
1897,  after  an  illness  of  about  two  months. 
Prof.  Wormley  was  born  at  Wormleysburg,  Pa.,  in  1826.  His  collegiate 
training  began  at  Dickinson  College,  Carlisle,  Pa.,  where  he  spent  several 
years,  but  left  before  the  completion  of  his  course  in  order  to  enter  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Medicine,  from  which  institution  he  graduated  in  1849. 
After  graduation  Dr.  Wormley  was  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
first  in  Carlisle  and  then  in  Columbus,  O.,  until  1852,  when  he  was  appointed 
professor  of  chemistry  and  the  natural  sciences  in  Capital  University  of  that 
city,  which  position  he  held  until  July,  1865.  In  1854  he  received  the  appoint- 
ment of  professor  of  chemistry  and  toxicology  in  Starling  Medical  College,  of 
the  same  city,  and  retained  the  position  until  1877,  when,  in  June  of  the  latter 
year,  he  was  chosen  successor  of  Dr.  Robert  E.  Rogers  as  professor  of  chemis- 
try and  toxicology,  in  the  department  of  medicine  of  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, which  position  he  held  until  his  decease. 
During  his  professional  career  Dr.  Wormley  held  many  other  positions  of 
honor  and  trust,  calling  into  account  his  abilities  as  a  chemist  and  scientist. 
He  was  a  member  of  a  number  of  scientific  bodies  in  this  country  and  a  Fellow 
of  the  Chemical  Society  of  London. 
His  scientific  papers  were  numerous,  and  quite  a  number  of  these  were  pub- 
lished in  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy.  As  long  ago  as  1870  a  very 
valuable  article  of  his,  entitled  "A  Contribution  to  Our  Knowledge  of  the 
Chemical  Composition  of  Gelsemium  Sempervirens,"  appeared  in  its  columns. 
His  last  contribution  to  its  pages  was  in  1894,  on  the  subject  of  "Some  Tests 
for  Quinine." 
His  most  notable  work  was  his  book,  "  Micro-Chemistry  of  Poisons,"  which 
was  extensively  reviewed  by  Professor  Maisch  in  the  September,  1867,  number  of 
this  Journal,  and  needs  no  comment  here,  other  than  to  say  that  its  value 
as  a  standard  authority  is  recognized  throughout  the  world. 
