Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1900. 
William  Procter,  Jr. 
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This  convention  assembled  in  the  old  College  building,  in  Zane 
Street  (now  Filbert  Street),  and  here  was  inaugurated  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  the  President  of  the  College,  Daniel  B. 
Smith,  acting  as  its  first  presiding  officer.  From  the  time  of  its 
inception,  William  Procter,  Jr.,  enlisted  all  his  activity  in  promoting 
its  welfare,  and  his  name  will  be  found  in  all  its  Proceedings  down* 
to  the  meeting  in  Richmond,  Va.,  1873.  In  1852  he  was  a  member 
of  its  first  executive  committee;  in  1853  was  chairman  of  a  com- 
mittee appointed  to  prepare  an  address  to  the  pharmaceutists  of  the 
United  States  on  the  subject  of  pharmaceutical  instruction. 
In  1853  he  was  a  member  of  the  committee  appointed  to  prepare 
a  paper  on  the  standard  of  quality  for  drugs,  together  with  appro- 
priate tests  for  detecting  adulteration.  This  committee  was  con- 
tinued until  the  year  1856. 
In  1856  he  was  chairman  of  the  first  Committee  on  the  Progress 
of  Pharmacy,  all  previous  reports  on  this  subject  having  been  made 
by  him  in  his  capacity  of  Corresponding  Secretary.  In  the  same 
year  he  was  appointed  chairman  of  a  committee  to  report  a  sylla- 
bus of  a  course  of  study  appropriate  to  students  in  pharmacy.  This 
committee  was  continued  until  the  year  1858,  when  he  made  the 
report  published  in  the  volume  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Associa- 
tion of  that  year.  He  was  Corresponding  Secretary  from  1852  to 
1857,  First  Vice-President  in  1859-60,  and  was  elected  President  at 
the  session  of  the  Association  which  convened  in  Philadelphia  in 
1862.  In  1866  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  delegates  to  represent 
the  Association  at  the  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress  to 
assemble  in  Paris  in  the  following  year. 
He  was  absent  from  the  annual  meetings  of  the  Association  but 
once  (while  in  Europe),  and  contributed  largely  to  the  interest  of  its 
Proceedings  by  answers  to  queries  which  he  had  accepted,  and  by 
his  volunteer  papers. 
The  papers  contributed  by  Professor  Procter  to  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  are  numerous,  and  marked  by  his  usual 
carefulness  and  accuracy  of  investigation.  Of  these,  his  essay  "  On 
Ergot"  (suggesting  the  use  of  acetic  acid  in  its  preparation),  "On 
Aconite  Root,"  "  Atropia  from  American  Belladonna,"  "  On 
Extract  of  Cannabis  Indica,"  "On  Sassafras  Officinale,"  may  be 
mentioned  as  not  included  in  the  preceding  review. 
In  the  Proceedings  of  the  Association  for  1873  will  be  found 
several  able  papers  from  his  pen.    One,  "  On  Suggestions  to  Begin- 
