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Obituary. 
Am.  .Tour.  Pharm. 
Jan.,  1890. 
solution  of  chloride  of  zinc  containing  iodine  gave  to  the  interior  struc- 
ture the  blue  color  of  cellulose,  the  outside  sheath  staining  yellow.  After 
bleaching,  nodes  with  buds  are  distinctly  visible  on  many  of  the  pieces. 
The  material  appears  to  be  a  species  of  grass  stained  with  saffranine,  and 
is  doubtless  the  same  adulterant  referred  to  by  Geo.  M.  Beringer  in  his  paper 
published  in  the  December  number  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy. 
A  lot  of  this  saffron  has  been  distributed  among  the  wholesale  trade  in 
Philadelphia  at  a  price  nearly  approaching  that  of  pure  saffron.  A  sample 
can  submitted  to  us  had  pure  saffron  on  top,  and  beneath  the  mixture  con- 
taining about  80  per  cent,  of  impurity." 
Professor  Trimble  read  a  paper  in  reply  to  some  criticisms  on  a  paper 
published  in  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  page  898,  for  1889,  upon 
oils  of  wintergreen  and  birch.  The  paper  was  illustrated  with  a  few  experi- 
ments showing  the  accuracy  of  his  statements.  All  the  above  papers  were 
referred  to  the  Publication  Committee. 
A  letter  from  Mr.  VV.  H.  Shively,  Ph.  G.,  of  the  class  of  1842,  was  read, 
congratulating  the  college  upon  the  great  advances  made  in  the  educational 
department  of  the  college,  and  expressing  his  best  wishes  for  its  continued 
prosperit}T. 
There  being  no  further  business,  on  motion  adjourned. 
T.  S.  WIEGAND, 
Registrar. 
OBITUARY, 
Edward  B.  Garrigues  deceased  at  his  residence  in  this  city  on  the  3d  day 
of  November,  1889,  in  the  95th  year  of  his  age. 
He  was  the  last  of  the  sixty-eight  original  members  who  founded  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Apothecaries  in  1821.  The  minutes  of  the  College 
inform  that  the  above  number  of  members  comprised  about  one-half  of  the 
druggists  and  apothecaries  at  that  time  engaged  in  business  in  Philadelphia. 
In  1822  the  College  was  incorporated  by  the  Legislature  of  Pennsylvania 
as  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  In  1826  Mr.  Garrigues  was 
elected  Treasurer  of  the  College  and  served  as  such  until  September,  1838, 
when  he  resigned  his  membership  in  the  College  on  account  of  having  retired 
from  the  drug  business.  In  accepting  his  resignation  the  thanks  of  the  Col- 
lege were  presented  to  him  "for  his  long-continued  and  faithful  discharge  of 
the  duties  of  that  office,"  and  he  was  requested  to  retain  his  certificate  of 
membership  as  an  evidence  of  the  appreciation  of  the  College  for  his  ser- 
vices. 
In  1879,  by  direction  of  the  College,  his  name  was  again  placed  on  the 
roll  of  active  members  with  remission  of  all  annual  dues. 
Mr.  Garrigues  was  born  in  Philadelphia  on  the  8th  of  October,  1795— his 
great-grand  father  was  among  the  Huguenots  who  left  France  after  the 
revocation  of  the  edict  of  Nantes  in  1685.  The  family  name  was  De 
la  Garrigue. 
