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him  and  the  widespread  influence  that  the  scientific  investigations 
and  Hterary  contributions  of  this  eminent  worker  had  exerted  in 
fields  that  were  at  times  beyond  the  boundaries  of  pharmacy.  Notably 
among  such  was  his  early  contributions  and  researches  on  colloidal 
chemistry  which  were  now  being  fully  recognized  as  among  the  original 
and  fundamental  studies  in  this  interesting  branch  of  chemistry. 
In  responding  Professor  Lloyd  announced  that  this  was  his 
seventy-first  birthday  and  that  but  for  this  event  he  should  have 
been  at  home  enjoying  the  felicitations  of  his  home  circle.  He  was 
in  one  of  his  most  happy  moods  and  delightfully  reminiscent  and  in 
his  own  inimitable  manner  gave  his  audience  an  insight  into  his 
early  induction  into  the  trials  and  tribulations  of  the  embryo  phar- 
macist of  nearly  sixty  years  ago  and  the  difficulties  that  he  experienced 
in  learning  the  art  of  the  apothecary.  He  referred  to  the  unexpected 
incidents  in  his  early  career  that  had  impelled  him  to  continue  in 
pharmacy  and  how  these  had  led  him  up  to  this  occasion  and  the 
honor,  which  he  believed  would  not  have  come  to  him  except  through 
the  guidance  of  the  unseen  influence  and  the  preordination  of  the 
unexpected  events  depicted  that  had  determined  his  future. 
Among  others  who  briefly  responded,  at  the  toastmaster's  request, 
and  voiced  in  appropriate  remarks  their  tributes  and  appreciation 
of  the  life-time  research  studies  of  Professor  Lloyd  were  Dean 
Charles  H.  La  Wall,  President  Edward  A.  Say  re,  of  the  New  Jersey 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  Editor  E.  G.  Eberle  of  the  Jcurnal  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  President  Robert  S.  Leh- 
man, of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Pro- 
fessor Charles  Baskerville  of  New  York,  and  George  M.  Beringer  of 
Camden,  N.  J. 
Regrets  at  unavoidable  absence  were  received  from  Professors 
Henry  H.  Rusby  and  E-  Fullerton  Cook. 
A  CONTRIBUTION  TO  THE  PHARMACOLOGY  OF  COTTON 
ROOT  BARK. 
By  Charles  R.  Eckler,  M.S. 
purpose:. 
Cotton  root  bark  has  been  used  as  a  medicine  for  many  years 
by  the  negroes  of  the  South,  and  it  is  stated  that  they  brought  the 
knowledge  of  the  drug  with  them  from  Africa.    The  drug  has  been 
