80       Memorial  Meeting  to  Professor  Remington.  { February Pigi?' 
of  this  illustrious  friend  and  foremost  American  pharmacist,  my 
thoughts  revert  to  that  time,  nearly  forty  years  ago,  when  I  entered 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  as  a  student  and  came  under 
the  tuition  of  that  trio  of  master  teachers,  Professors  Maisch,  Rem- 
ington and  Sadtler.  Each  of  these,  by  a  personality  as  noteworthy 
as  their  ability,  won  the  esteem  and  affection  of  their  students. 
The  moral  influence  that  Professor  Remington  during  the  last 
fifty  years  has  exercised  in  molding  the  characters  and  lives  of  his 
numerous  students,  while  imparting  to  them  technical  and  pro- 
fessional instruction,  has  been  no  small  part  of  his  life's  work.  The 
value  of  this  preceptorship  can  be  attested  by  many  pharmacists 
and  by  their  example  this  influence  will  continue  to  extend  to  the 
oncoming  generations  of  pharmacists. 
In  later  years  as  a  member  of  the  college  and  as  a  trustee 
thereof  and  especially  as  the  chairman  of  the  committee  on  instruc- 
tion, it  was  my  privilege  to  become  more  closely  allied  with  him 
and  better  acquainted  with  his  work  as  a  teacher  and  his  services 
as  the  dean.  Likewise,  in  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion and  as  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Revision  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia of  the  United  States,  our  interviews  were  frequent  and  our 
correspondence  voluminous.  In  these  I  often  obtained  a  closer 
view  of  the  character  and  determination  of  Professor  Remington 
and  learned  of  his  remarkable  knowledge  of  men  and  their  mental 
peculiarities.  Above  all,  I  learned  of  his  ability  as  a  leader,  which 
enabled  him  to  enthuse  others  and  obtain  their  best  efforts. 
It  was  this  latter  qualification  that  made  him  so  successful  as 
chairman  of  the  committee  of  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia.  In 
the  Eighth  and  Ninth  Decennial  Revisions  of  the  U.  S.  P.,  we  have 
an  established  record  of  his  efficiency  as  chairman,  and  the  progress 
made  and  the  advanced  scientific  standing  of  these  revisions  can  be 
very  largely  attributed  to  the  ability  and  indefatigable  efforts  of  the 
chairman. 
Following  the  illustrious  examples  of  Procter  and  Parrish, 
Professor  Remington  nobly  carried  on  the  work  that  they  had  com- 
menced and  has  established  the  teaching  of  pharmacy  on  a  solid 
foundation.  His  monumental  literary  works,  "  The  Practice  of 
Pharmacy"  and  the  pharmacy  of  the  United  States  Dispensatory, 
mark  his  preeminent  position  as  an  author  in  this,  his  chosen  field. 
Professor  Remington  has  left  a  record  replete  with  accomplishments 
for  pharmacy. 
