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Obituary. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1     May  1,  1874. 
James  S.  Aspinwall,  formerly  a  prominent  druggist  in  New  York,  died  April 
"23d,  at  Douglastown,  L.  I.,  in  his  67th  year;  he  had  been  a  member  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  since  1855,  and  served  as  its  treasurer 
in  1856-57. 
Henry  Deane,  F.L.S.,  died  suddenly  at  Dover,  April  4th,  in  the  67th  year  of 
his  age,  while  on  his  way  to  visit  his  son  in  Hungary.  He  was  born  at  Strat- 
ford, near  London,  on  the  11th  of  August,  1807.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he 
was  apprenticed,  for  three  years,  to  Joseph  Fardon,  at  Reading,  and  afterwards 
became  an  assistant  at  John  Bell  &  Co.'s,  and  attended  then  a  course  of  lec- 
tures, at  the  Royal  Institution,  by  Faraday  and  Brande.  In  1837  he  commenced 
business  at  Clapham,  and  on  the  formation  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society,  m 
1841,  became  one  of  its  first  members.  He  became  one  of  the  Board  of  Ex- 
aminers in  1844,  and  in  1851  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Council,  with  which 
he  was  connected  for  nearly  twenty  years,  serving  as  vice-president  from  1851 
to  1853,  and  as  president  for  the  two  years  following.  During  this  time  the 
publication  of  a  national  pharmacopoeia  assumed  a  more  definite  shape,  and 
Mr.  Deane  acted  as  chairman  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the  Pharmaceu- 
tical Society  until  the  Medical  Council  was  formed  for  the  purpose  indicated. 
In  1840  the  Microscopical  Society  was  formed,  and  Mr.  Deane  joined  it  on 
the  foundation.  The  observations  to  which  he  was  induced  thereby  led  to  a 
friendly  intercourse  with  many  of  the  most  talented  scientists  of  Great  Britain. 
At  the  formation  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference,  in  1863,  he  was 
elected  President,  and  this  position,  as  well  as  every  other  which  he  occupied, 
he  filled  to  the  satisfaction  of  all. 
He  possessed  by  nature  an  inherent  love  of  science,  and  in  youth  and  man- 
hood improved  every  opportunity  of  acquiring  sound  scientific  knowledge,  thus 
making  up  for  any  deficiencies  he  might  have  had  in  consequence  of  inability 
to  attend  higher  schools  earlier  in  life.  Simple  in  his  habits,  indomitable  in 
pursuit  of  knowledge,  thoroughly  practical  in  matters  of  business,  too  high- 
minded  to  stoop  to  anything  mean  or  dishonorable,  Mr.  Deane  was  possessed 
of  that  sound,  practical  sense  which  teaches  that  a  man  should  never  shirk  his 
duty,  that  it  would  never  be  the  duty  of  a  man  to  perform  a  dishonorable  act, 
and  that  consequently  there  is  never  any  excuse  for  neglecting  duty  ;  his  motto 
was:  "There  is  nothing  beneath  the  dignity  of  a  man  that  is  not  dishonorable." 
His  professional  attainments  and  moral  worth  were  well  known  throughout 
England,  and  recognized  in  this  country;  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation and  most  of  the  local  pharmaceutical  societies  in  this  country  have 
placed  his  name  upon  their  roll  of  honor,  and  in  him  lose  one  of  their  own 
members. 
The  remains  of  the  deceased  were  interred  in  the  village  of  Cheriton,  near 
ShorneclifFe,  many  friends,  and  officers  and  members  of  the  different  societies 
paying  their  last  tribute  of  respect  by  being  present  at  the  funeral. 
