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Obituaries, 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
July.  1904. 
The  officers  of  the  Section  on  Materia  Medica,  Pharmacy  and 
Therapeutics  for  1904-1905  are:  Heinrich  Stern,  New  York,  chair- 
man ;  William  J.  Robinson,  New  York,  vice-chairman ;  C.  S.  N. 
Hallberg,  Chicago,  secretary ;  J.  W.  Foss,  Phenix,  Ariz.,  delegate. 
M.  I.  W. 
OBITUARIES. 
William  Henry  Webb,  M.D.,  was  born  on  the  16th  day  of  Janu- 
ary, 1835,  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  spent  all  his  early  life.  At  the 
commencement  of  the  Civil  War  he  was  in  the  drug  business  with 
his  cousin,  Mr.  John  E.  Grove,  on  Vine  Street,  below  Thirteenth, 
and  belonged  to  a  company  of  Home  Guards  called  "  The  Keystone 
Artillery."  Early  in  1862  he  went  to  Washington,  where  he  received 
an  appointment  as  Chief  Druggist  at  the  Armory  Square  Hospital. 
Here  he  made  the  acquaintance  of  and  became  very  intimate  with 
the  celebrated  surgeon,  Dr.  Bliss,  who  was  then  in  charge  of  the 
hospital.  He  was  located  here  for  some  time,  ranking  as  Hospital 
Steward,  but  on  the  completion  of  the  Government  Laboratory  in 
Philadelphia,  he  was  transferred  to  it  by  the  department  as  an 
assistant  to  Chief  Chemist  Maisch. 
In  1866,  he  took  his  degree  from  the  Jefferson  Medical  College  ; 
his  thesis  on  typhoid  fever  being  considered  very  remarkable  on 
account  of  its  containing  some  original  discoveries  made  by  him 
relating  to  the  disease.  After  graduation  he  had  a  quizz  class  at 
the  college  and  was  an  assistant  in  clinic  to  Dr.  DaCosta  and  others, 
among  whom  was  the  celebrated  surgeon,  Dr.  Gross. 
He  also  graduated  from  the  Army  and  Navy  College  and  the 
College  of  Pharmacy  in  1868,  becoming  a  member  of  the  latter  in 
the  same  year.  Dr.  Webb  was  also  a  member  of  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  of  Post  2,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of  which 
he  was  surgeon  for  twenty-three  years.  For  some  years  he  was 
medical  examiner  for  the  New  England  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany and  the  John  Hancock  Life  Insurance  Company.  He  belonged 
to  Franklin  Lodge,  No.  134,  F.  and  A.  M. ;  Corinthian  Chasseur 
Commandery,  No.  53,  Knights  Templar,  and  the  Lulu  Temple, 
Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine. 
He  was  in  practice  in  the  northern  section  of  the  city  since  1868, 
and  at  No.  556  North  Sixteenth  Street  since  1880.  He  died  De- 
cember 20,  1903.  C.  A.  Weidemann. 
