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Father  of  American  Pharmacy. 
1  Am.  Jour.  Pharaj 
1     October,  1902. 
have  been  greater  than  those  of  any  other  American ;  for  more  than 
a  score  of  years  he  was  editor  of  the  American  Journal  of  Phar- 
macy, and  the  breadth  of  his  researches  and  the  conscientious  accu- 
racy with  which  he  discharged  the  duties  of  that  position  are 
attested  by  the  volumes  of  the  Journal  which  appeared  during  the 
years  of  his  incumbency.  Professor  Procter  was  extremely  consci- 
entious in  his  giving  credit  to  every  writer  and  investigator  who 
had  contributed  to  the  advancement  of  pharmacy.  As  editor  he 
scrutinized  with  care  every  paper  submitted,  and  his  wide  knowledge 
of  everything  pertaining  to  the  profession  enabled  him  to  prevent 
errors  and  to  give  to  every  man  exact  credit  for  whatever  originality 
he  might  possess.  He  never  gave  willingly  to  one  man  credit  for 
work  that  belonged  to  another,  nor  did  he  allow  any  investigator  to 
claim  the  work  of  another  man  as  original  with  himself. 
Professor  Procter  was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  He 
was  a  man  of  unusually  pure  mind  and  character.  He  had  the  rare 
faculty  of  being  able  to  concentrate  his  mind  amid  the  pressure  of 
a  multitude  of  distracting  circumstances,  and  in  this  way  he  was 
able  to  accomplish  wonderful  results.  He  was  ever  genial,  even  of 
temper  and  unruffled  by  any  of  the  cares  of  his  college  or  profes- 
sional life.  He  was  a  man  of  truly  rare  and  excellent  heart,  with  a 
mind  so  great  and  so  richly  endowed  with  learning  that  such 
another  has  not  yet  been  born  to  fill  his  place. 
The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  the  offspring  of 
Professor  Procter's  able  and  versatile  mind.  Throughout  the  years 
of  his  life  which  followed  the  organization  of  that  body,  he  gave  to 
it  the  richest  treasures  of  an  intellect  fitted  beyond  all  others  for  the 
work  which  he  had  undertaken. 
It  was  in  October,  1 851,  that  Professor  Procter,  with  Charles  Ellis 
and  Alfred  B.  Taylor,  went  as  delegates  to  a  meeting  in  New  York 
called  by  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  to  consider  a  law  re- 
lating to  the  inspection  of  drugs  at  the  Custom  House.  At  this 
gathering  was  born  the  idea  of  a  national  association,  and  Professor 
Procter  was  the  first  to  grasp  the  true  scope  and  utility  of  the  idea. 
From  this  time  until  the  time  of  his  death,  by  voice  and  pen  he  con- 
tributed to  the  strength  of  the  association. 
His  contributions  to  the  annual  proceedings  of  the  association 
covered  a  wide  and  varied  range  of  topics  and  were  enriched  by  his 
large  researches  and  by  the  versatility  of  his  mind,  which  was  to  an 
