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him  with  affectionate  respect,  because  they  recognized  his  perfect  integ- 
rity, sincerity,  extensive  learning  and  good  sense. 
In  the  annual  oration  before  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy,  March  13th,  1882,  Prof.  Frederick  B. 
Power  spoke  of  him  as  follows : 
"  I  cannot  refrain  from  adding  my  tribute  to  the  memory  of  him 
whose  loss  we  have  so  recently  been  called  upon  to  mourn — the  late 
Professor  Dr.  Robert  Bridges.  His  faithful  teachings  during  an  un- 
paralleled period  of  service  of  nearly  forty  years  will  long  be  held  in 
grateful  remembrance  by  those  who  were  permitted  to  listen  to  his 
instructions,  while  his  generous  and  noble  nature,  so  beautiful  in  its 
simplicity,  so  approachable  and  free  from  ostentation,  had  endowed 
him  with  attributes  well  worthy  of  emulation,  and  endeared  him  to  his 
pupils  by  ties  of  affection  which  will  be  ever  fondly  cherished. " 
In  his  valedictory  address  to  the  graduates  of  the  college,  March  15th, 
1882,  Professor  Samuel  P.  Sadtler  said: 
"The  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  has  just  lost,  in  the  death 
of  Professor  Robert  Bridges,  her  Emeritus  Professor  of  Chemistry, 
one,  who,  while  he  added  much  to  her  present  substantial  reputation, 
will  be  remembered  and  revered  by  those  who  knew  him,  chiefly 
because  of  his  eminently  loveable  and  unselfish  character,  his  devotion 
to  duty,  and  his  faithful  labors  for  the  institution  with  which  he  was 
so  long  and  so  honorably  connected.  If  we,  younger  men,  and 
especially  you,  young  gentlemen,  just  about  starting  upon  your  life's 
career,  will  emulate  these  qualities  of  character,  we  may  expect  some 
day,  when  the  curtain  drops  upon  the  drama  of  our  life,  to  have  it  said 
of  each  of  us,  as  it  is  now  said  of  him,  'his  was  a  noble  life.'" 
ALCOHOL  TABLES  OF  HEHNER  AND  OF  PILE. 
By  A.  B.  Lyons,  M.  D.,  Detroit,  Michigan. 
Two  voluminous  alcoholometrical  tables  have  recently  been  placed 
before  the  public,  and  more  especially  brought  to  the  notice  of  pharma- 
cists. The  labor  that  has  been  expended  in  preparing  them  is  evi- 
dence that  their  respective  authors  were  convinced  that  they  were 
rendering  the  world  an  important  service,  and  this  we  are  not  disposed 
to  question.  It  is  in  order,  however,  to  discuss  the  absolute  and  rela- 
tive merits  of  these  rival  tables.  Impartial  criticism  may  be  of  ser- 
vice in  giving  direction  to  any  further  work  which  may  be  undertaken 
in  this  field. 
