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Westcott.  Since  that  date  the  work  has  gone  through  ten  editions, 
increasing  in  value  and  usefulness,  so  that  to-day  there  are  few  stores 
in  the  British  Empire  in  which  the  "  Extra  Pharmacopoeia  "  is  not 
in  almost  daily  requirement.  Even  among  the  best  American 
pharmacists  the  book  is  held  in  high  esteem.  Another  little  work  on 
"  Coca  and  Cocaine,"  published  some  fifteen  years  ago,  ran  through 
severaLeditions,  and  was  of  great  value  to  pharmacists  at  the  time 
when  the  excitement  over  the  discovery  of  cocaine  was  at  its 
height. 
Mr.  Martindale,  personally,  was  a  man  of  high  character  and 
kindly  disposition.  He  was  a  tireless  worker,  and  while  at  times 
hasty,  he  was  nevertheless  always  prompt  to  make  amends.  To 
students  he  was  always  willing  to  impart  advice  and  imformation, 
and  many  a  candidate  during  the  trying  ordeal  of  the  examination- 
room  will  remember  the  kindly  manner  in  which  he  would  try  to 
set  him  at  ease.  While  not  a  fluent  speaker,  he  was  always  a  wel- 
come one,  and  generally  managed  to  leave  his  audience  with 
an  Oliver-Twist  desire  for  more.  His  successful  business  career  is  a 
striking  example  of  the  possibilities  of  devotion  to  the  art  of  phar- 
macy, and  his  untimely  end  leaves  a  gap  in  the  ranks  of  pharmacy 
which  will  not  soon  be  filled. 
EDITORIAL. 
THE  AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
As  the  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion, to  be  held  in  Philadelphia,  beginning  Monday,  September  8, 
1902,  will  be  the  semi-centennial  meeting  of  the  Association,  it  may 
be  of  interest  to  refer  to  some  of  the  features  connected  with  its 
organization,  at  this  time,  as  well  as  to  its  development,  and  the 
features  of  the  coming  meeting. 
At  the  second  session  of  the  convention  of  the  pharmaceutists 
and  druggists  of  New  York,  Philadelphia  and  Boston,  in  New  York 
City  on  October  16,  1851,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted. 
u  Resolved,  That  a  convention  be  called  consisting  of  three  dele- 
gates each  from  incorporated  and  unincorporated  pharmaceutical 
societies  to  meet  at  Philadelphia  on  the  first  Wednesday  of  October, 
1852,  when  all  the  important  questions  bearing  on  the  profession 
may  be  considered, =and  measures  adopted  for  the  organization  of  a 
National  Association  to  meet  every  year." 
