Am.  Jour.  Pharm.) 
February,  1920.) 
Obituary. 
137 
He  was  chairman  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeial  Convention  for 
1 890  and  for  1 900  and  probably  was  only  prevented  from  continuing 
as  chairman  of  the  convention  for  1 910  by  reason  of  his  illness. 
The  profession  of  pharmacy,  as  well  as  that  of  medicine,  is  greatly 
indebted  to  the  work  of  Dr.  Wood  and  pharmacy  may  well  honor 
him. 
As  Dr.  S.  Solis  Cohen  has  written: 
"Horatio  C.  Wood  was  a  giant  of  soul  no  less  than  of  intellect. 
His  great  influence  for  good  upon  the  development  of  American 
medicine  was  not  confirmed  to  his  epoch-making  contributions  in 
the  field  of  therapeutics,  but  extended  into  personal  relations  as 
well,  and  was  owing  no  less  to  his  character  as  a  man  than  to  his 
preeminence  as  a  scientist.  As  author  and  teacher,  he  will  be  missed ; 
as  a  man,  he  will  be  mourned."  J.  W.  E. 
C.  CARROLL  MEYER. 
C.  Carroll  Meyer  passed  peacefully  away  Monday  evening, 
December  15,  1919,  after  having  been  unconscious  for  three  days 
following  a  stroke  of  paralysis  which,  possibly,  had  been  induced 
by  the  effects  of  a  murderous  assault  made  upon  him  about  two  years 
ago  by  a  desperate  character  who  has  never  been  apprehended. 
"Carroll,"  as  he  was  familiarly  known  to  his  many  friends, 
was  born  in  Philadelphia,  November  24,  1854,  and,  as  a  boy,  at- 
tended Saint  Joseph's  College,  4th  Street  and  Willing' s  Alley.  About 
July  I,  1869,  he  was  apprenticed  to  Thomas  J.  Husband,  Third  and 
Spruce  Streets,  the  originator  of  Husband's  Magnesia.  He  remained 
there  until  1879  when  he  embarked  in  business  for  himself  at  1802 
Callowhill  Street,  later  removing  to  1800  Callowhill  Street,  and 
finally,  about  twenty  years  ago,  to  341  No.  i8th  St.,  where  he 
continued  the  practice  of  his  profession  until  stricken  with  the 
illness  which  terminated  fatally. 
The  funeral  was  held  Friday,  December  19,  with  services  at  his 
late  home  at  8.30  a.m.,  followed  by  public  services  at  10.30  in  the 
Cathedral  of  Saints  Peter  and  Paul,  with  subsequent  interment  in 
Cathedral  Cemetery.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  an  adopted 
daughter. 
C.  Carroll  Meyer's  connection  with  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  dates  from  the  day  he  matriculated  as  a  student  in  the 
