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Charles  Bullock. 
f  A.m.  Jour.  Phar  n. 
I  September,  1900. 
A  brief  retrospection  will  serve  to  show  the  value  of  his  services 
to  pharmacy.  He  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  the  older  members  who 
were  instrumental  in  establishing  the  College.  He  was  the  cotem- 
porary  of  Parrish,  Procter  and  Maisch,  and,  bound  by  ties  of  close 
friendship,  these  eminent  pharmacists  were  frequently  associated  in 
the  study,  scientific  labors  and  literary  productions  that  have  ajdded 
such  lustre  to  American  pharmacy  and  renown  and  honor  to  this 
College.  He  always  assumed  his  full  share  of  the  responsibilities 
and  labor.  His  efforts,  though  made  in  his  usual  quiet  and  unob- 
trusive manner,  were  always  directed  toward  maintaining  the  highest 
standing  lor  the  College  and  upholding  the  dignity  and  scientific 
standard  of  her  publications. 
It  was  his  privilege,  as  President,  to  safely  guide  the  good  old  ship 
on  several  of  her  most  successful  and  progressive  voyages.  His 
contributions  to  pharmaceutical  literature,  exclusive  of  reports  and 
memoirs,  number  more  than  twenty-five  papers  published  in  the 
American  Journal  of  Pharmacy.  His  painstaking  investigations 
of  the  complex  principles  existing  in  Veratrum  viride  were  especially 
valuable  and  received  prominent  notice  in  foreign  scientific  publica- 
tions, and  he  was  elected  an  honorary  member  of  several  European 
societies. 
In  recognition  of  his  public  services  for  the  advancement  of 
pharmacy,  his  Alma  Mater  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Master 
in  Pharmacy,  honoris  causa.  He  was  thoroughly  acquainted  with 
the  various  processes  adopted  by  pharmacists  and  chemists,  and  was 
himself  a  skilled  manipulator.  He  prided  himself  upon  his  ability 
to  spread  plasters  by  hand,  and  considered  this  attainment  one  of 
the  lost  arts  of  pharmacy. 
Although  largely  self-taught  in  analytical  chemistry,  yet  by  study 
and  practice  he  became  accurate  in  his  results.  He  was  well  ac- 
quainted with  the  methods  ot  detecting  impurities  and  adulterations, 
and  had  at  his  command  the  methods  of  purifying  and  making  pure 
chemicals.  He  had  especially  worked  out  a  scheme  for  separating 
the  metals  of  the  platinum  group  and  producing  pure  salts  of  these; 
likewise,  the  production  of  pure  salts  of  manganese.  He  possessed 
considerable  mechanical  skill  and  ingenuity  in  metal  work  and  had 
fitted  up  at  his  home  a  small  machine  shop,  replete  with  lathe, 
turning  tools  and  all  necessary  accessories,  and  until  a  very  short 
time  before  his  decease  took  great  pleasure  in  this  work. 
