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and  it  is  known  that  certain  interests  closely  allied  to  this  country 
are  in  favor  of  using  the  name  aspirin. 
"  The  argument  is  made  that  aspirin  is  a  name,  and  not  a  trade- 
mark or  brand ;  that  the  product  was  introduced  as  aspirin,  and 
not  as  aspirin  brand  of  acetyl  salicylic  acid,  and  that  a  name  belongs 
to  the  object  and  not  to.  the  inventor  of  a  name.  If  a  battle 
comes  it  is  likely  to  be  fought  out  largely  on  this  point,  which  in- 
volves positions  denied  by  the  Bayer  Company."  {The  Philadelphia 
Public  Ledger,  Saturday,  Feb.  10,  1917,  p.  15.) 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
Prof.  Henry  Kraemer,  Editor, 
American  Journal  of  Pharmacy, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Dear  Professor  Kraemer:  The  following  has  been  unanimously 
adopted  by  the  members  of  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry. 
W.  A.  Puckner,  Secretary. 
The  death  of  Martin  Inventius  Wilbert,  a  member  of  the 
Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of  the  American  Medical  As- 
sociation since  its  organization,  removes  one  of  its  most  able  and 
loyal  members.  He  was  possessed  of  an  intellectuality  and  a  man- 
hood which  commanded  the  attention  and  respect  of  the  members  of 
both  the  medical  and  the  pharmaceutical  professions.  He  was  fear- 
less, honest  and  unselfish.  He  was  uncompromising  in  his  denun- 
ciation of  the  evils  which  beset  the  practice  of  medicine  and  phar- 
macy, but  was  never  ungracious  either  with  his  pen  or  in  his  speech. 
If  after  due  deliberation  he  was  sure  that  a  definite  policy  should  be 
promulgated  to  improve  the  conditions  of  these  professions,  he  pro- 
claimed his  view  and  conducted  a  campaign  that  inevitably  received 
the  support  and  recognition  of  those  best  informed.  He  gave  a  life 
of  service  with  never  a  thought  of  reward  and  earned  every  honor 
which  was  bestowed  on  him.  His  knowledge  of  pharmacy  was 
such  that  he  could  have  obtained  prominence  in  the  manufacturing 
field  and  with  it  would  have  come  a  large  measure  of  financial  re- 
ward. But  he  chose  to  devote  his  thoughts  and  energies  to  the 
general  good  rather  than  to  his  own  profit.  His  influence  on  medi- 
cine and  pharmacy  was  unique.    The  forcefulness  of  his  personality 
