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Louis  Dohine. 
J  Am.  Jour.  Phann. 
\    February,  1911. 
OBITUARY. 
LOUIS  DOHME. 
Louis  Dohme,  president  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  well- 
known  pharmaceutical  manufacturing  firm  of  Sharp  &  Dohme, 
died  at  the  Union  Protestant  Infirmary,  Baltimore,  January  12, 
after  an  illness  of  some  weeks,  neuritis  being  the  direct  cause  of 
his  death. 
While  always  applying  himself  closely  to  business  affairs  up 
until  a  few  years  ago,  Mr.  Dohme  was  in  the  habit  of  going  abroad 
during  the  summer  for  rest  and  recreation.  Early  in  June  last  he 
made  his  annual  pilgrimage  abroad,  spending  the  most  of  his  time 
at  the  baths  of  Wiesbaden,  where  he  had  received  benefit  on  a 
previous  visit.  On  his  return  trip,  about  9  weeks  ago,  he  Was 
taken  ill  aboard  the  steamer,  arriving  in  New  York  in  an  uncon- 
scious condition.  From  the  steamer  he  was  taken  to  a  sanatorium 
in  New  York.  Here  he  remained  two  weeks,  making  slight  im- 
provement, when  he  was  taken  to  the  Infirmary  in  Baltimore, 
where  it  was  soon  realized  that  his  condition  was  serious. 
Mr.  Dohme  was  a  foreigner  by  birth,  he  having  been  born  in 
Obernkirchen,  Germany,  on  July  6,  1837.  His  early  education  was 
obtained  in  a  private  school  in  his  native  town.  When  he  was 
fifteen  he  and  his  five  brothers  and  one  sister  were  brought  to 
this  country  by  their  parents,  the  late  Charles  and  Sophia'  Dohme. 
After  attending  Knapp's  School,  in  Baltimore  for  several  years, 
young  Dohme  entered  the  drug  store  of  the  late  A.  P.  Sharp,  where 
he  soon  gave  evidence  of  those,  qualities  which  led  to  the  prom- 
inence and  success  which  he  attained  in  the  chemical-pharmaceutical 
manufacturing  line.  While  serving  his  apprenticeship  he  attended 
the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,  graduating  in  1856  with  the 
highest  honors.  Four  years  later  he  was  taken  into  the  firm,  the 
name  being  changed  to  Sharp  &  Dohme.  The  store  occupied  the 
corner  at  Pratt  and  Howard  Streets,  a  part  of  the  present  site  of 
the  firm,  and  one  of  Mr.  Dohme's  first  moves  after  the  formation 
of  this  partnership  was  to  increase  the  capacity  of  the  building  with 
the  object  of  engaging  in  the  manufacture  of  pharmaceutical 
preparations  on  a  small  scale.  When  in  1866  his  brother,  Charles 
E.  Dohme,  was  taken  into  the  firm,  it  was  decided  to  increase 
still  further  the  laboratory  facilities  and  to  engage  in  the  manvi- 
