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Martin  I.  Wilbert. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
February,  19 17. 
tallized  itself  into  the  formation  of  a  Committee  of  Unofficial  Stand- 
ards for  this  specific  purpose,  Dr.  Wilbert's  qualifications  and 
special  fitness  for  a  place  on  this  important  committee  were  not 
overlooked.  Whenever  and  wherever  there  was  work  to  be  done, 
there  you  found  Dr.  Wilbert.  Always  in  the  forefront,  ready 
and  willing  for  service. 
The  constructive  work  that  he  has  done  as  a  member  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  perhaps  never  be  sur- 
passed. He  was  an  original  thinker,  and,  as  previously  mentioned, 
brimful  of  ideas !  And  his  ideas,  combined  with  the  suggestions  of 
others  and  the  willing  cooperation  on  his  part  with  others  to  carry 
them  out  for  the  general  good,  were  ever  at  the  service  of  this  asso- 
ciation, whose  history  is  the  history  of  American  pharmacy. 
Dr.  Wilbert  was  a  voluminous  writer  on  pharmaceutical  and 
pharmacological  subjects.  His  literary  output  was  notable  not  only 
for  its  quantity  and  clearness  of  style,  but  likewise  for  its  originality 
and  high  order  of  thought.  The  great  diversity  of  thought  and 
topics  touched  upon  by  him  clearly  reveal  his  wonderful  versatility. 
He  touched  upon  many  subjects  connected  and  allied  with  pharmacy 
and  handled  them  all  with  that  thoroughness  and  attention  to  detail 
that  he  was  noted  for.  The  efforts  of  the  early  leaders  to  develop 
pharmacy,  and  place  it  on  the  same  plane  with  the  other  learned  pro- 
fessions, were  ever  in  his  thoughts,  and  he  endeavored  always,  with 
voice  and  with  pen,  to  carry  forward  the  work  to  the  end  for  which 
they  had  so  earnestly  labored  in  the  past.  He  was  a  most  earnest 
worker  in  the  cause  for  better  and  brighter  things  in  pharmacy,  and 
I  am  sure  that  I  voice  the  thoughts  of  many  when  I  say  that  he  has 
left  an  impression  not  only  on  pharmacy,  but  likewise  on  certain 
medical  interests,  that  will  endure  for  a  long  time.  To  the  younger 
men  in  pharmacy  his  name  will  ever  be  an  inspiration  and  his  life  an 
illustration  as  to  what  industry  and  perseverance  can  lead  to. 
In  the  field  of  medicine  his  name  shines  most  brightly  as  one  of 
the  ablest  workers  on  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of 
the  American  Medical  Association.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  this  Council  whose  aims  are  the  development  of  a  more  rational 
therapeusis ;  to  offer  some  measure  of  protection  to  the  medical  pro- 
fession and  the  public  against  the  fraudulent  advertising  of  pro- 
prietary medicinal  articles ;  and  to  develop  a  propaganda  against  the 
spread  of  quackery  and  harmful  self-medication  and  indulgence  by 
the  laity  in  nostrums.    To  this  end  he  performed  a  tremendous 
