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business  in  which,  in  his  subsequent  career,  he  attained  pre-eminent 
.distinction.  In  1848  he  made  a  tour  of  Europe  with  several  friends 
for  the  purpose  of  pleasure  and  as  a  means  of  further  enlarging  his 
knowledge  of  things  and  men.  He  was  not  only  a  skillful  and 
painstaking  pharmacist,  but  having  a  scientific  bent  of  mind,  he 
took  a  deep  interest  in  the  pursuit  of  scientific  subjects.  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Linnaean  Society  of  Lancaster,  an  organi- 
CHARLES  A.  HEINITSH. 
zation  containing  amongst  its  members  some  of  the  most  noted 
scientists  of  their  day,  and,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  was  its  oldest 
charter  member.  He  attended  the  first  meeting  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  held  in  Philadelphia  in  1 851,  and  in 
1882  was  elected  its  president.  He  also  attended  the  last  meeting 
held  in  Baltimore  in  August  last,  and  was  specially  gratified  in 
meeting  his  many  friends,  both  old  and  young.  He  helped  to  or- 
ganize the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1878,  and 
