Am.  Jour.  Pherm. 
June,  1894. 
Obituary. 
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(19)  The  limits  of  sensibility  in  the  more  important  reactions  as  prescribed 
in  various  pharmacopoeias. 
(20)  The  determination  of  all  the  active  parts  of  the  more  important  tinc- 
tures and  extracts. 
(21)  Color  blindness  amongst  druggists  and  apothecaries. 
The  Oklahoma  Board  of  Pharmacy  — The  Oklahoma  Board  of  Pharmacy 
held  its  regular  quarterly  meeting  for  the  second  quarter  of  1894,  on  April  3d, 
at  Perry,  and  the  following  were  successful  in  acquiring  the  required  75  per 
cent. ,  and  were  registered  : 
Edith  Ford,  Chandler  ;  John  H.  Smith,  New  Ponca  ;  A.  B.  Webber,  Pawnee  ; 
Thos.  L.  Neal,  Edmond  ;  Eugene  Watrons,  Enid. 
Also  three  others  were  registered  by  virtue  of  being  graduates  of  recognized 
schools  of  pharmacy  : 
Wm.  L.  Rowland,  Langston  ;  Wm.  R.  McGeorge,  Stillwater  ;  C.  B.  High- 
hargin,  Enid. 
There  were  thirty  in  attendance  for  examination  ;  but,  as  will  be  noticed 
by  the  number  who  passed  satisfactorily,  a  large  percentage  of  those  taking 
the  examination  seemed  to  forget  that  to  register  as  a  pharmacist  that 
there  would,  in  fact,  be  an  examination  as  to  proficiency,  and  have  not  been 
brushing  up.  It  is  our  purpose  to  raise  the  standard  of  pharmacy  in  Okla- 
homa, and  as  the  law  is  intended,  place  a  safeguard  around  the  people  from 
the  uncertain  and  unintelligent  dispensing  of  medicine. 
The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Enid,  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  July,  1S94. 
C.  P.  Wickmh,t_er,  Secretary. 
Kingfisher,  April  9,  1894. 
The  Georgia  Board  of  Pharmacy  met  in  Americus,  May  7th,  to  examine 
candidates  for  druggist,  apothecary  and  pharmacist's  license.  The  percent- 
ages required  were,  respectively,  65,  75  and  85.  At  this  meeting  the  Board 
also  awarded  the  prize  memberships  in  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion. The  Board  held  over  and  attended  the  meeting  of  the  Georgia  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  which  assembled  there  on  the  8th  and  9th  of  May. 
Dr.  Henry  R.  Slack,  Secretary,  Lagrange. 
OBITUARY. 
Professor  Robert  Bentley,  of  London,  died  on  December  24,  1893.  He  was 
Ijorn  in  1821.  He  was  associated  with  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great 
Britain,  from  the  time  of  its  foundation,  first  as  student,  and  then  as  Professor 
of  Botany  until  1887,  when  he  was  elected  Emeritus  Professor.  In  1866  he 
was  elected  President  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Conference  at  Nottingham.  For 
many  years  he  acted  as  chairman  on  the  Garden  Committee  of  the  Royal 
Britannic  Society,  Regent's  Park,  and  annually  gave  the  fellows  a  course  of  lec- 
tures on  botany.  Outside  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society,  Professor  Bentley 
occupied  the  Chair  of  Botany  and  Dean  of  the  Medical  School  at  King's  Col- 
lege, and  the  Chair  of  Botany  at  the  London  Institution.  His  "Manual  of 
Botany  "  passed  through  several  editions,  the  last,  in  1S87,  being  the  most  com- 
plete. 
