Am.  Jour.  Phirm.  1 
May  1,  1873.  J' 
Minutes  of  the  College. 
225 
"The  Publishing  Committee  respectfully  report  that  the  several  branches 
under  the  supervision  of  the  Committee  have  been  successfully  carried  on,  as 
will  be  seen  by  the  annexed  reports.  The  Editor  in  his  report  says:  '  The  Jour- 
nal has  been  regularly  issued  during  the  past  year.  The  arrangements  with  our 
foreign  exchanges  to  send  the  Journals  reciprocally  by  mail  have  been  perfect- 
ed with  most,  and  the  Journals  have  been  duly  received,  no  loss  having  ac- 
crued.   This  has  enabled  the  editor  to  select  the  latest  papers  for  publication.' 
"  The  circulation  of  the  Journal  is  continually  on  the  increase,  and  the  print- 
ing of  a  larger  number  than  heretofore  has  become  necessary. 
"  The  Committee  have  printed  nearly  the  whole  of  the  General  Index  to  the 
-Journal,  and  hope  before  many  weeks  to  be  able  to  announce  its  completion. 
The  excellence  of  this  index  becomes  more  apparent  as  it  appears  in  print,  and 
its  usefulness  to  those  who  possess  the  Journal,  or  who  may  have  access  to  it, 
will  be  very  great,  as  it  enables  the  reader  who  has  any  clue  to  his  subject,  or 
to  the  author's  name  to  promptly  find  what  he  seeks.  The  editor,  Mr.  Hans  M. 
Wilder,  deserves  great  credit  tor  his  perseverance  and  accuracy  in  carrying  on 
the  work. 
"The  College  is  congratulated  on  the  favorable  condition  of  the  finances  of 
the  Journal,  as  exhibited  by  the  reports  of  the  Treasurer  and  Business  Editor. 
Signed,  Will  am  Procter,  Jr.,  "] 
John  M.  Maisch,        !  n  ... 
„  o  f  Committee. 
Charles  Bullock,  j 
James  T.  Shinn,  J 
The  report  was  accepted  and  approved. 
Professor  Procter  then  read  the  following  memoir  of  Professor  Edward  Par- 
rish,  on  behalf  of  the  committee  on  deceased  members,  which  was  attentively 
listened  to.  After  a  number  of  expressions  of  the  deep  and  affectionate  regard 
in  which  he  was  held,  the  memoir  was  directed  to  be  published  in  the  Journal : 
EDWARD  PARRISH. 
Edward  Parrish,  the  subject  of  this  memorial,  was  born  in  Philadelphia  on 
the  31st  of  May,  1822,  at  the  old  homestead  in  Arch  street  below  Fourth,  and 
was  the  seventh  son  of  his  parents,  the  late  eminent  physician  and  surgeon,  Dr. 
Joseph  Parrish,  and  Susanna,  daughter  of  John  Cox,  of  Burlington,  N.  J., 
all  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends. 
He  was  educated  in  the  Friends'  School  in  Philadelphia,  at  that  time  among 
the  best  attainable,  where  he  is  said  to  have  been  well  instructed  in  the  elemen- 
tary studies,  and  to  have  acquired  a  fair  knowledge  of  the  higher  branches  and 
the  classics. 
He  early  manifested  an  aptitude  for  scientific  pursuits,  aud  in  the  year  1838 
was  entered  as  an  apprentice  in  the  pharmaceutical  store  of  his  brother 
Dillwyn,  at  the  south-west  corner  of  Eighth  and  Arch  streets.  He  is  reported 
to  have  been  attentive  and  faithful  in  the  discharge  of  his  shop  duties  and  re- 
sponsibilities, and,  availing  himself  of  the  favorable  opportunities  afforded  in  the 
store  and  at  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  nearby,  he  acquired  an  excellent  know- 
ledge of  his  business,  for  which  his  taste  and  inclination  were  well  adapted. 
His  first  course  was  under  the  instruction  of  Professors  Franklin  Bache  and 
Joseph  Carson,  and  his  last  under  Profs.  Carson  and  William  R.  Fisher,  in  the 
session  1841-42,  Prof.  Fisher  occupying  the  chair  of  chemistry.  In  tme  Spring  of 
1842  Edward  Parrish  took  his  degree  in  pharmacy  in  the  Philadelphia  College, 
having  written  his  thesis  on  Statice  Caroliniaua,  which  was  published  in  VoL 
XIV  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy. 
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