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Is  it  any  wonder  that  he  was  a  great  energizing  force,  a 
catalytic  agent,  who  stimulated  his  students  to  study  and  to  work, 
not  only  during  their  college  days,  but  for  life  ?  And  to-day,  thou- 
sands of  his  graduates  throughout  this  broad  land  are  performing 
worth  while  work  in  this  work-a-day  world,  dispensing,  compound- 
ing, manufacturing,  inventing,  writing,  teaching. 
What  Huxley  did  for  biology  and  Tyndal  for  physical  science, 
Professor  Remington  did  for  pharmaceutical  science ;  he  popularized 
it,  gave  it  a  human  interest,  gave  it  life. 
His  activities  have  now  ceased;  he  has  laid  away  the  crayon 
and  the  pointer  of  the  class  room  and  folded  his  hands  for  the  long, 
mysterious  rest.  But  the  fruits  of  his  labors  will  grow  through  the 
years.  As  long  as  illness  and  pain  are  the  common  portion  of  the 
sons  of  men,  there  will  be  need  for  the  makers  of  medicine. 
Pharmacy  therefore,  will  endure,  and  so  will  also  the  fame  of  its 
great  teacher — Professor  Joseph  Price  Remington. 
Dr.  Harvey  W.  Wiley,  President  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopceial 
Convention  spoke  as  follows : 
Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  I  am  here  in  two  capaci- 
ties to-day.  I  am  here  to  represent,  first  of  all,  the  Pharmacopoeial 
Convention  and  the  board  of  trustees  thereof,  and  secondly,  in  my 
private  capacity.  I  want  to  speak  first  of  Professor  Remington's 
work  in  a  professional  way.  I  think  very  few  of  you  realize,  except 
those  who  have  worked  with  him,  the  magnitude  of  the  work  which 
he  undertook.  Fortunately,  he  came  to  the  Ninth  Revision  with  a 
very  valuable  experience  which  he  gained  in  the  Eighth  Revision, 
so  that  he  was  the  ideal  person  to  head  the  great  revision  committee, 
both  in  professional  ability  and  experience.  I  learned  a  great  deal 
of  the  magnitude  of  the  work  during  the  past  eight  years,  and  I 
have  often  wondered  how  he  could  physically  and  mentally  endure 
the  great  strain  that  was  placed  upon  him.  He  did  not.  I  doubt 
not  at  all  that  his  death  was  very  much  hastened  by  his  labor  on  the 
Ninth  Decennial  Revision.  But  he  would  not  withhold  his  hand  in 
fear  of  death,  although  I  have  asked  him  to  do  so,  because,  in  my 
opinion,  he  considered  the  one  place  to  die,  of  all  others,  is  in 
harness,  and  if  Professor  Remington  had  known  that  he  could  have 
prolonged  his  life  by  declining  the  burden.  I  am  sure  he  would  not 
have  done  so.    As  I  look  back  upon  the  last  eight  years,  I  have  more 
