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selfish  in  rendering  practical  assistance  to  carry  them  out.  I  will 
never  forget  how,  on  the  pier  at  Atlantic  City,  when  I  found  it  im- 
possible to  get  the  services  of  a  carpenter,  Dr.  Wilbert  took  off  his 
coat  and  hat,  collar  and  tie,  and  handling  a  saw  and  hammer  like  one 
born  to  it,  erected  the  stand  on  which  we  arranged  our  exhibit.  As 
we  had  been  friends  for  twenty-six  years  and  for  a  period  of  eleven 
years  I  had  been  his  assistant  at  the  German  Hospital,  I  feel  that  I 
am  in  a  position  to  say  that  it  was  typical  of  the  man.  He  was  es- 
sentially a  worker  and  absolutely  honest.  There  was  nothing  of  the 
poser  about  him.  And  thanks  to  his  whole-souled  assistance  and 
self-sacrifice,  the  American  Medical  Association  conferred  on  the 
Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  a 
certificate  of  honor  for  this  splendid  exhibition. 
On  October  the  first,  1908,  Dr.  Wilbert  left  the  German  Hospital, 
which,  in  a  measure,  was  his  home,  to  accept  a  position  in  the  fed- 
eral government,  as  assistant  in  the  Division  of  Pharmacology  of 
the  Hygienic  Laboratory,  United  States  Public  Health  Service. 
The  severing  of  his  relations  with  the  "  dear  old  German,"  as 
those  who  love  the  institution  so  fondly  refer  to  it,  was  to  him  one 
of  the  saddest  moments  of  his  life.  He  had  formed  associations 
and  friendships  here  which  were  very  dear  to  a  man  of  his  largeness 
of  heart,  and  we  on  our  part  must  acknowledge  that  he  had  entered 
very  deeply  into  our  affections. 
Dr.  Wilbert  was  a  well-read,  many-sided  man  who  took  a  deep 
interest  in  affairs  and  was  particularly  active  in  the  advancement 
and  betterment  of  his  profession.  He  believed  with  his  whole  heart 
that  man  was  put  here  by  the  Almighty  to  be  of  service  to  humanity, 
and  to  that  end  he  gave  himself  gladly  and  unreservedly  to  many 
activities.  Many  of  the  members  of  the  many  scientific  societies 
that  he  was  a  member  of  can  testify  to  this !  He  was  active  in  the 
affairs  of  the  Franklin  Institute,  the  American  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation, the  American  Roentgen  Ray  Society,  and  the  American 
Medical  Association.  He  was  a  member  of  theXommittee  on  Re- 
vision of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  the  Committee  on  Re- 
vision of  the  National  Formulary,  the  Committee  on  Recipe  Book  of 
the  A.  Ph.  A.,  and  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy. For  many  years  he  had  been  a  member  of  the  Publication 
Committee  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  published  by 
the  College.  He  contributed  many  articles  to  this  journal,  the  oldest 
and  best  in  this  country.    To  attempt  to  enumerate  and  mention  all 
