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was  thus  able  to  help  them  and  to  guide  many  over  troublesome  situations. 
His  genial,  kindly,  fatherly  advice  has  been  of  incalculable  value  to  many  who 
are  now  engaged  in  the  drug  business  and  by  their  example  his  influence  will 
continue  to  be  exerted  on  the  oncoming  generations  of  students. 
Professor  Remington's  literary  works  are  recognized  as  standard  au- 
thorities. His  editing  of  the  pharmacy  of  the  United  States  Dispensatory 
has  been  very  satisfactory  and  his  "  Practice  of  Pharmacy,"  of  which  the 
sixth  edition  has  recently  been  published,  is  deservedly  the  most  popular  text- 
book on  pharmacy. 
Possibly  the  most  valuable  public  service  of  Professor  Remington  has 
been  as  chairman  of  the  committee  of  revision  of  the  United  States  Pharma- 
copoeia. The  advances  made  in  the  Eighth  and  Ninth  Revisions  were  indeed 
marked,  and  a  large  portion  of  the  credit  for  this  is  due  to  his  indefatigable 
labors  as  the  chairman.  To  fill  this  responsible  position  was  no  easy  task 
and  the  trials  and  worriment  associated  therewith  have  doubtless  shortened 
the  life  of  the  chairman. 
He  possessed  to  a  remarkable  degree  the  faculty  of  judging  the  character 
and  ability  of  men  and  to  understand  their  peculiarities  and  preferences.  It 
was  this  ability  to  judge  men  and  his  study  of' his  associates  as  well  as  his 
students  that  was  in  a  measure  the  secret  of  his  influence.  It  enabled  him 
to  enthuse  his  colaborers  and  to  obtain  their  best  effort's  and  therein  was 
largely  his  success  as  chairman  of  the  revision  committee. 
It  was  my  privilege  to  enter  college  as  a  student  under  the  professor  in 
1878,  and  later,  as  a  trustee  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  I  be- 
came more  intimately  acquainted  with  his  work  as  a  teacher.  Later  as  a 
member  of  the  committee  of  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  in  numerous 
other  ways  we  were  thrown  much  together  and  so  I  became  even  better 
acquainted  with  the  work  and  spirit  back  of  the  man.  It  is  a  great  satisfaction 
to  know  that  he  lived  to  complete  these  great  life  works  and  to  learn  of  the 
appreciation  of  the  world  of  his  labors  thereon.  We  can  at  this  time  feel 
only  the  great  loss  that  we  have  all  sustained  in  the  decease  of  our  captain. 
"  My  Captain  does  not  answer,  his  lips  are  pale  and  still, 
My  father  does  not  feel  my  arm,  he  has  no  pulse  nor  will, 
The  ship  is  anchor'd  safe  and  sound,  its  voyage  closed  and  done. 
From  fearful  trip  the  victor  ship  comes  in  with  object  won; 
Exult  O  shores,  and  ring  O  bells  ! 
But  I  with  mournful  tread, 
Walk  the  deck  my  Captain  lies, 
Fallen  cold  and  dead." 
A  TRIBUTE  TO  CHARLES  HOLZHAUER. 
At  the  first  meeting  of  the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association  that 
I  attended,  it  was  my  pleasure  to  meet  Charles  Holzhauer.  His  forceful 
manner  and  the  logical  and  sound  arguments  that  he  presented  in  the  dis- 
