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5  Am.  Jour  Phakm. 
I     Nov.  1, 1874. 
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OBITUARY. 
Dr.  William  Barker  Chapman  died  at  Cincinnati,  October  10th,  after  an 
illness  of  three  weeks,  of  dysentery.  The  deceased  was  born  at  Pennypack 
Hall,  near  Philadelphia,  June  5th,  1813,  graduated  at  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy,  March,  1834,  and  came  to  Cincinnati  April,  1835.  He  was  asso- 
ciated with  Dr.  Eberly  in  the  drug  business  until  1839,  when  he  started  in 
business  for  himself,  on  the  corner  of  Sixth  and  Walnut  streets,  and  afterwards 
moved  to  the  corner  of  Court  and  Vine  streets.  When  the  Mechanics'  Insti- 
tute was  finished,  he  opened  the  store  there,  which  was  long  identified  with  his 
name. 
In  the  spring  of  1839  he  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  Ohio  Medical 
College,  and  in  the  same  year  was  united  in  marriage  to  Margaret,  daughter 
of  AVilliam  Crossman.  He  was  elected  President  of  the  American  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association  at  their  Third  Annual  Meeting,  held  in  Cincinnati  in  1854. 
During  the  war  he  was  appointed  Surgeon  in  the  United  States  Army,  being 
stationed  at  Camp  Dennison.  He  was  at  the  time  of  his  death  the  oldest 
pharmaceutist  in  the  city,  and  held  a  high  rank  among  the  profession.  In 
1872  he  was  elected  Professor  of  Pharmacy  in  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Phar- 
macy, and  more  recently  was  appointed  by  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  one  of 
the  Pharmaceutical  Board  of  Examiners. 
Dr.  Chapman  was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  for  many  years 
held  the  position  of  Grand  Master  of  Odd  Fellows  of  the  State  of  Ohio. 
The  following  resolutions,  passed  by  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Cincin- 
nati College  of  Pharmacy,  give  evidence  of  the  high  esteem  in  which  the  de- 
ceased was  held  as  a  teacher  and  man  : 
"  Resolved,  That  we  who  have  listened  with  so  much  interest  to  his  able  and 
instructive  lectures,  and  who  feel  so  deeply  indebted  therefor,  shall  ever  cher- 
ish in  sacred  remembrance  his  many  deeds  of  kindness  and  earnest  endeavors 
to  implant  in  us  the  knowledge  of  our  profession,  with  which  he  was  so  richly 
endowed. 
"Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  our  esteemed  Professor,  who  has  so  suddenly 
been  taken  from  us  in  the  midst  of  his  duties,  we  have  lost  a  devoted  friend, 
aud  the  College  an  able  and  honored  member. 
Isaac  Coddington,  a  prominent  pharmacist  of  New  York  City,  died  there 
October  14th.  He  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  I.  and  J.  Coddington,  whose 
store  was  located  for  many  years  on  Broadway,  corner  of  Washington  Place, 
and  more  recently  opposite  Union  Square.  He  was  a  member  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  since  1855,  always  evinced  great  interest  in  its 
objects,  and  when  present  at  the  meetings  occasionally  participated  in  the 
discussions.  The  deceased  was  a  member  of  the  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacy,  and  for  a  number  of  years  served  and  actively  labored  in  its  Board 
of  Trustees. 
Errata.— Our  readers  will  please  make  the  following  corrections  in  the 
October  number  of  the  Journal : 
Page  466,  second  line  from  above,  read  emulsin  in  place  of  emulsion. 
Page  466,  fifth  line  from  bottom,  read  Oi  in  place  of  3i. 
Page  492,  seventeenth  line  from  bottom,  read  304  in  place  of  104. 
