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J  antes  E.  Bartlett. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
August,  1920. 
One*  part  of  chloroform  is  first  added,  then  about  three  parts  of 
ether,  then  a  piece  of  Htmus  paper,  and  lastly,  a  few  drops  of  am- 
monia. The  mixture  is  then  immediately  shaken.  We  find  that 
chloroform  and  ether  thus  used  yield  a  purer  extract  than  either  an 
ethyl  acetate-ether  mixture  or  amyl  alcohol. 
Government  Laboratory,  Agra,  India. 
JAMEvS  BARTLETT. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch,  James  E.  Bartlett,  has  recently  been 
elected  President  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  to  succeed  the  late  Frank 
G.  Ryan.  The  elevation  of  any  man  to  such  a  commanding  posi- 
tion as  the  executive  head  of  the  leading  pharmaceutical  manu- 
facturing corporation  in  the  United  States  with  its  numerous  branches 
scattered  throughout  the  world,  is  worthy  of  more  than  a  mere 
passing  comment,  as  it  is  no  slight  compliment  to  the  individual 
and  is  indicative  of  his  personal  qualifications  and  exceptional 
ability. 
James  E.  Bartlett  commenced  his  business  career,  while  only  a 
lad,  as  a  clerk  with  Marshall  Field  &  Co.,  of  Chicago.  After  spend- 
ing a  year  or  two  in  this  establishement  at  a  nominal  salary,  with 
scant  prospects  for  material  advancement,  he  decided  to  leave 
Chicago  and  seek  success  elsewhere.  He  came  to  Detroit  in  1889 
and  sought  employment  with  Parke,  Davis  &  Company.  Although 
then  but  a  mere  youth,  he  was  detailed  as  a  salesman  on  the  road,  at 
which  he  made  good.  After  spending  a  year  or  so  in  selling  pharm- 
aceuticals, he  recognized,  of  his  own  accord,  the  need  for  a  better 
acquaintance  with  the  art  of  pharmacy  and  the  advantages  that  might 
accrue  to  him  from  a  more  intimate  knowledge  of  materia  medica, 
even  though  he  continued  to  apply  his  special  efforts  to  the  com- 
mercial side  of  the  drug  business.  With  this  thought  in  mind,  he 
temporarily  left  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  and  came  to  Philadelphia  to 
attend  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  On  returning  to 
Detroit  he  resumed  his  employment  with  that  firm  and  spent  several 
months  in  the  various  laboratory  departments  and  was  thus  en- 
abled to  dovetail  the  knowledge  acquired  at  the  College  with  prac- 
tical manufacturing  experience. 
His  fidelity  and  ability  won  continual  advancements  and  his  pro- 
motions quickly  followed  each  other  and  he  had  an  unusual  wide 
