Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
January,  1911.  J 
Susan  Hayhurst. 
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some  newspaper  man  wanted  her  age  and  she  refused  to  give  it. 
Afterwards  she  said  that  the  reason  she  refused  was  the  fear  that 
the  people  would  think  she  was  getting  too  old  to  take  an  active  part 
in  business. 
Dr.  Hayhurst  possessed  marked  social  qualities,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  following  societies :  The  Century  Club,  of  which  she 
was  a  charter  member;  The  New  Century  Guild  (both  women's 
clubs)  ;  The  Browning  Club  of  Philadelphia,  in  which,  however,  her 
membership  cannot  be  confirmed  by  the  present  secretary;  The 
American  Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Science ;  The  Woman's 
Suffrage  Society  of  Philadelphia,  and  The  Pennsylvania  Pharma- 
ceutical Association. 
She  was  a  good  disciplinarian,  and  during  all  the  years  of  her 
charge  of  the  dispensary  of  the  Woman's  Hospital  it  was  character- 
ized by  cleanliness,  neatness  and  orderliness  in  every  part.  Not 
only  this,  she  provided  ample  equipment  in  the  way  of  pharmaceuti- 
cal apparatus  and  always  sought  to  use  the  most  approved  methods 
in  the  making  of  preparations,  the  majority  of  which  were  made 
by  her  assistants.  She  also  considered  it  a  part  of  her  duty  to  look 
into  the  qualities  of  new  remedies,  and  it  is  to  her  credit  that 
very  few,  if  any,  of  the  fraudulent  or  worthless  preparations  offered 
for  sale.ever  found  their  way  into  the  dispensary  of  the  Woman's 
Hospital.  She  always  spoke  of  her  assistants  as  my  girls,"  and 
was  ever  mindful  of  their  interests,  both  social  and  intellectual,  fre- 
quently inviting  them  to  accompany  her  to  the  meetings  of  the  socie- 
ties of  which  she  was  a  member. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Woman's  Hos- 
pital, held  September  lo,  the  following  resolutions  were  offered: 
Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  our  valued  Friend.  Dr.  Susan 
Hayhurst,  the  hospital  has  lost  a  faithful  and  devoted  worker ; 
therefore 
Resolved,  That  the  thirty-three  years  spent  in  our  midst  will 
long  be  remembered  by  us,  and  her  influence  be  felt,  especially  in 
the  department  over  which  she  presided ;  the  aim  of  her  life  was  to 
further  the  interests,  and  widen  the  influence  of  the  hospital,  and 
by  her  faithfulness  to  this  duty,  she  showed  her  love  for  it.  While 
we  miss  her  presence,  we  know  that  "  our  loss  is  her  everlasting 
gain."  Therefore, 
Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  entered  on  the 
Minutes  of  the  Board,  and  a  copy  sent  to  the  family. 
