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Memoir  of  S.  S.  Bunting. 
Am,  Jour.  Pharm. 
Oct.,  1890. 
business  of  pharmacy,  but  accepted  the  position  offered  to  him 
by  Mr.  Turnpenny  as  an  opportunity  for  learning  a  business  which 
promised  him  a  comfortable  maintenance.  He  graduated  at  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  the  class  of  1849-50.  He 
was  married  in  1857,  to  Anne  H.  Hibberd,  of  Upper  Darby,  at  the 
house  in  which  he  afterwards  departed  from  this  life.  About  the 
time  of  his  marriage  he  became  a  partner  in  business  with  Mr. 
Turnpenny,  and  in  1864  purchased  his  interest  and  conducted  the 
store  in  his  own  name.  He  became  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  in  February,  1855,  an<^  m  March,  1856,  was 
elected  to  its  Board  of  Trustees,  serving  in  that  capacity  until  his 
decease.  In  September,  1871,  he  was  chosen  Treasurer  of  the  Col- 
lege, and  continued  to  hold  that  position  until  November,  1889, 
when  failing  health  caused  him  to  present  his  resignation. 
In  the  summer  of  i860  he  met  with  an  accident  by  the  sudden 
displacement  of  the  stopper  of  a  large  bottle  of  concentrated 
ammonia  water,  a  portion  of  the  liquid  was  thrown  into  his  face, 
inflicting  an  injury  which  threatened  a  total  loss  of  his  sight. 
From  this  accident  he  suffered  during  the  remainder  of  his  life, 
although  recovering  in  a  fair  measure  his  sight,  it  was  never  entirely 
restored,  and  the  nervous  shock  received  told  upon  his  constitutional 
vigor  during  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
In  June,  1886,  he  retired  from  business,  and  lived  a  quiet  life  at 
his  home  in  Delaware  County,  but  continued  to  manifest  an  active 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  this  College.  In  1889,  his  health  failed 
rapidly  until  the  peaceful  ending  of  his  life  in  August  last. 
Mr.  Bunting  was  a  man  of  unassuming  manner,  his  diffidence  and 
modesty  obscuring  his  real  worth  to  those  not  well  acquainted  with 
him.  His  sterling  integrity  and  the  faithful  performance  of  his 
duties  have  left  their  record  with  all  who  have  had  relations  with 
him.  The  quiet  and  even  tenor  of  his  life,  in  its  simplicity,  has  left 
with  us  a  pleasant  memorial  of  one  of  the  old  useful  and  valued 
members  of  this  College. 
His  wife,  one  son  and  three  daughters  survive  him.  C.  B. 
Nitrite  of  amylis  commended  as  the  most  rational  and  successful  antidote 
to  use  where  chloroform  or  cocaine  seem  to  threaten  life  by  their  unfavorable 
action  on  the  heart.  A  few  drops  of  nitrite  of  amyl  administered  by  inhalation 
will  be  one  of  the  most  probable  means  of  restoring  the  heart's  action.— Jour. 
Am.  Med.  Assoc.,  April  5,  p.  508. 
