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Obituary. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Dec,  1890. 
pharmacists  and  qualified  assistants  registered  in  compliance  with  the  pharmacy- 
law. 
The  following  printed  Proceedings  of  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations 
have  been  received  : 
New  Jersey. — Twentieth  annual  meeting,  pp.  95.  See  August  number,  p. 
428. 
Ohio. — Twelfth  annual  meeting,    pp.  126.    See  August  number,  p.  428. 
Wisconsin. — Eleventh  annual  meeting,  pp.  79.  See  September  number, 
p.  475.  The  report  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  which  is  issued  with  the 
Proceedings,  occupies  37  additional  pages. 
OBITUARY. 
Max  A.  J.  Behrens  died  suddenly  of  heart-disease,  October  4,  at  Helena, 
Montana,  where  he  had  carried  on  the  drug  business  for  some  time  past.  He 
was  born  in  Germany  in  1853,  and  came  to  this  country  at  the  age  of  nineteen, 
when  he  settled  in  Chicago  until  he  removed  to  Montana  about  three  years 
ago. 
William  Lewis  Turner  died  in  Philadelphia,  November  1,  last,  in  the  fifty- 
fifth  year  of  his  age.  He  was  born  at  Baltimore,  and  losing  his  father  when 
twelve  years  old,  was  compelled  to  partially  take  care  of  himself,  and  to 
supplement  the  limited  schooling,  received  until  then,  by  attending  the  night 
schools  at  the  Maryland  Institute,  Lyceum  and  other  public  institutions.  All 
through  life  he  was  fond  of  reading,  and  earnestly  endeavored  to  add  to  his 
store  of  knowledge.  He  entered  the  retail  drug  business  with  Mr.  A.  Kennedy, 
at  Tenth  and  Ogden  Streets,  Philadelphia,  in  1857.  Four  years  later  he 
started  in  business  for  himself,  and  in  1864  he  removed  to  Eleventh  and  Oxford 
Streets,  where  he  remained  until  death.  He  was  an  occasional  contributor  to 
this  and  other  journals,  but  during  recent  years  he  took  a  more  active  part  in 
the  effort  to  correct  the  evils  besetting  pharmacy,  and  to  stay  the  baneful 
influence  of  the  nostrum  interest.  His  earnestness  in  this  endeavor  gained 
for  him  much  influence  in  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association,  whose 
presiding  officer  he  was  for  the  term  1887-88.  He  was  a  man  of  original 
thought,  who  had  the  courage  of  his  convictions  ;  and  though  the  writer  of  the 
present  notice  was  not  unfrequently  compelled  to  differ  from  his  views,  he 
never  had  occasion  to  question  the  sincerity  of  his  opinions,  or  his  integrity  of 
purpose. 
Notice  of  the  death  of  the  following  graduates  of  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy  has  been  received  : 
Munroe  Bond,  class  1873,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  died  in  Philadelphia 
September  15,  aged  38  years.  He  was  engaged  in  the  drug  business  and  prac- 
tised medicine,  having  graduated  from  the  Jefferson  Medical  College  in  1879. 
Two  papers  on  fluid  extracts,  written  by  the  deceased,  were  published  in  this 
Journal  in  1873. 
Frederick  S.  Booth,  Ph.G.,  class  1883,  died  suddenly  of  heart  affection, 
October  24,  aged  30  years  ;  he  was  in  business  at  326  East  Girard  Avenue. 
