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of  pharmacy  in  the  United  States,  and  he  was  the  first  to  visualize 
the  importance  and  necessity  of  teaching  commercial  pharmacy  in 
schools  of  pharmacy  and  to  establish  such  a  course. 
As  an  author  of  pharmaceutical  textbooks,  he  had  a  national 
and  international  reputation.  He  was  the  author  of  the  '  Practice 
of  Pharmacy,'  first  issued  in  1885,  used  in  every  college  of  pharmacy 
in  this  country,  and  widely  known  abroad,  the  associate  editor  of 
the  United  States  Dispensatory  since  1879,  the  fifteenth  edition  of 
which  was  published  in  1883.  This  edition  and  the  later  ones 
have  proved  to  be  the  most  successful  ever  issued.  Prior  to  1883, 
the  work  was  edited  entirely  by  physicians ;  since  then  American 
pharmacy  has  been  honored  by  having  placed  upon  the  title  page 
of  this  book  the  name  of  a  pharmacist  as  one  of  its  editors  and  has 
been  properly  recognized  in  its  relation  to  medicine. 
As  a  member  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  he 
was  most  active.  Joining  in  1867,  he  served  the  Association  in 
many  capacities,  being  a  regular  attendant  at  the  annual  meetings, 
taking  a  leading  part  in  the  discussions  and  presenting  papers  on 
many  important  subjects,  as  the  volumes  of  the  Proceedings  and 
Journal  since  1868  bear  ample  testimony.  His  good  judgment  and 
safe  advice  were  constantly  in  demand.  He  was  chairman  of  many 
important  committees.  He  proposed  the  plan  which  was  adopted 
for  the  establishment  of  the  council  in  1880  and  was  its  chairman 
for  seven  years.  In  1887,  ne  elaborated  a  plan  for  the  reorganiza- 
tion of  the  Association,  dividing  the  scientific  work  into  sections,  and 
secured  its  adoption.  He  was  president  in  1892-93  and  permanent 
secretary  in  1893-94. 
In  1887,  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  appointed 
him  as  a  delegate  to  visit  the  American  Medical  Association,  and 
he  induced  that  Association  to  establish  a  section  of  materia  medica 
and  pharmacy,  which  has  since  become  the  Section  of  Pharmacology 
and  Therapeutics.  He  was  chairman  of  delegations  subsequently 
sent  to  this  Association,  and  on  such  occasions  rendered  valuable 
service  in  bringing  the  professions  of  medicine  and  pharmacy  into 
closer  relationship. 
Not  only  in  national  pharmaceutical  affairs  was  he  active,  but 
he  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  growth  and  development  of  state  asso- 
ciations, frequently  attending  their  annual  meetings,  making  ad- 
dresses and  presenting  papers.    He  was  one  of  the  charter  members 
