AFebiuaryP?9i81 "J  Memorial  Meeting  to  Professor  Remington.  95 
Mr.  Samuel  L.  Hilton  of  Washington,  D.  C,  treasurer  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopceial  Convention : 
Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  It  was  my  privilege 
some  thirty  years  ago  to  become  acquainted  with  Professor  Rem- 
ington. I  now  consider  it  a  privilege  to  have  the  opportunity  to  pay 
tribute  to  his  memory.  The  acquaintance  of  such  a  man  was  an 
inspiration  to  me.  It  led  me  to  follow  his  advice,  his  counsel,  and 
to  look  upon  many  subjects  from  the  point  of  view  of  what  is 
right  and  what  is  wrong,  so  that  I  feel  I  made  few  mistakes  in  con- 
sidering questions  pertaining  to  pharmaceutical  subjects  when  I 
looked  upon  them  from  the  viewpoint  of  Remington. 
I  have  been  associated  with  him  in  various  kinds  of  work  for 
years;  We  frequently  called  on  each  other  and  I  have  learned  to 
love  him.  In  the  loss  of  Professor  Remington,  American  pharmacy 
has  lost  its  brightest  light.  It  has  lost  a  man  who  has  done  more 
for  the  advancement  of  pharmacy  than  any  other  man  for  the  past 
twenty-five  years.  My  heart  is  full;  I  do  not  possess  the  words 
that  are  necessary.  There  is  no  one  in  American  pharmacy  for 
whom  I  had  greater  respect. 
On  many  occasions  I  have  called  at  this  institution  to  seek  his 
advice  and  I  have  always  found  him  correct  and  wise  in  his  judg- 
ment. I  have  differed  with  him  and  he  has  always  taken  it  in  the 
proper  spirit.  This  is  an  occasion  when  every  one  connected  with 
pharmacy  feels  his  loss.  In  U.  S.  P.  work  during  the  last  two 
decades,  Professor  Remington  has  been  the  man  upon  whom  every- 
one in  connection  with  that  work  has  depended.  Dr.  Wiley  has  said 
that  he  had  the  faculty  of  bringing  divergent  views  together  in  a 
way  that  was  best  for  medicine  and  pharmacy.  Is  there  any  higher 
tribute  that  can  be  paid  to  the  memory  of  Professor  Remington? 
His  name  will  go  down  in  history  with  that  of  Procter  and  Maisch. 
Mr.  Caswell  A.  Mayo,  editor  of  the  American  Druggist,  New 
York : 
For  many  years  it  has  been  my  great  privilege  to  have  known 
Professor" Remington.  I  knew  him  first  as  a  teacher.  I  came  here, 
a  callow  youth,  from  the  state  of  Mississippi,  with  a  little  knowledge 
of  pharmacy  and  science,  called  here  by  the  great  reputation  my 
alma  mater  enjoyed  as  a  teacher  of  men.  I  think  that  Professor 
Remington  had,  to  an  extent  which  I  have  never  seen  equaled, 
the  peculiar  capacity  which  is  required  of  a  successful  teacher. 
