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been  ready  to  give  what  he  had  to  others,  to  whom  ostentation 
was  repugnant,  whose  life  was  a  life  of  work,  should  have  a  monu- 
ment befitting  his  character. 
"A  more  enduring  monument  than  a  granite  or  marble  shaft 
should  be  raised,  but  not  at  Woodlawn  Cemetery.  A  pharmaceu 
tical  research  laboratory,  such  as  would  have  delighted  Dr.  Rice, 
the  scientist,  had  he  been  able  to  work  in  it  for  the  past  twenty-one 
years  and  direct  from  it  the  revision  of  three  editions  of  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia,  is  the  most  fitting  monument  that  American 
pharmacy  can  erect  to  his  memory.  But  while  such  a  larger  mon- 
ument is  under  contemplation,  let  us  not  entirely  forget  the  resting 
place  of  Dr.  Rice  and  mark  the  spot  in  a  manner  befitting  the 
character  and  temper  of  the  man." 
It  should  be  said  in  this  connection  that  Dr.  Rice  so  conducted 
his  life  that  his  own  personal  interests  were  always  subservient  to 
those  of  his  fellows,  and  there  is  good  reason  to  believe  that  he- so 
disposed  of  his  personal  effects  that  they  went  to  those  whom  he 
intended  they  should  benefit. 
As  to  courting  honors  and  favors  which  did  not  come  from  the 
heart,  he  had  too  fine  an  appreciation  of  truth  and  goodness  ever 
to  desire  these.  So,  whatever  we  do  in  honor  ot  this  truly  great 
man,  let  it  be  done  in  a  spirit  of  fraternity  and  reverence.  His 
memory  is  our  inheritance,  and  I  am  sure  he  would  not  reproach  us 
if  we  did  something  to  mark  his  grave  (see  this  Journal,  June,  1901, 
p.  305)  providing  we  did  it  quietly  and  unostentatiously.  When  the 
plans  are  developed  no  doubt  all  who  desire  to  share  in  this  tribute 
will  be  given  a  chance  to  do  so. 
As  we  have  already  said  :  "  One  ventures  to  believe  that  an  ade- 
quate memorial  of  him  will  some  day  be  undertaken." 
THE  GERMAN  PHARMACOPOEIA. 
H.  G.  Greenish  has  given  a  critical  review  [Pharm.  Jour.y  Sept., 
1901,  p.  315)  of  the  descriptions  of  the  vegetable  drugs  of  the  Ger- 
man Pharmacopoeia,  and  concludes  "  that  the  compilers  of  the  Ger- 
man Pharmacopoeia  had  no  pre-arranged  systematic  plan  for  dealing 
with  this  part  of  the  materia  medica.  They  have  admitted  the 
desirability  of  dealing  with  powdered  drugs,  but  they  have  not,  in 
my  opinion,  dealt  with  them  in  a  very  satisfactory  manner.  Impor- 
tant toxic^as  well  as  non-toxic  drugs  have  been  left  with  insufficient 
