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Obituary. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
July,  1898. 
Pennsylvania  and  Maryland  Associations.  Prof.  Remington  was  selected  as  pre- 
senter, and  after  alluding  to  his  long  service  and  the  appreciation  in  which  he  was 
held  by  his  friends,  closed  with  these  words  :  "We  honor  you  as  a  pharma- 
cist, we  respect  you  as  a  merchant,  but  we  love  you  as  a  man."  The  medal 
was  a  work  of  art ;  on  the  reverse  were  the  words,  "  Pharmacio  filios  dignos 
honorat ;  "  surrounded  by  an  olive  wreath,  "  Charles  S.  Heinitsh,  fiftieth  anni- 
versary ;  "  and  on  the  obverse,  "presented  by  his  pharmaceutical  friends,  1898. " 
Charles  E.  Dohme,  of  Baltimore,  President  Redsecker  and  M.  N.  Kline  after- 
wards congratulated  the  veteran  ;  in  replying  Mr.  Heinitsh  was  scarcely  able 
to  control  his  emotion,  as  he  warmly  thanked  his  friends.  The  presentation 
was  the  incident  of  the  evening,  and  the  remarks  of  the  Maryland  members 
showed  that  the  high  regard  felt  for  Charles  A.  Heinitsh  was  not  confined  to 
Pennsylvania. 
On  Friday  morning  the  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  were  installed  and  a 
memorable,  pleasant  and  profitable  meeting  came  to  a  close.  The  next  meeting 
will  be  held  in  Philadelphia. 
OBITUARY. 
Samuel  H.  French,  Jr.,  who  was  well  known  in  drug  trade  circles,  died  at 
his  residence  at  Bryn  Mawr,  near  Philadelphia,  on  April  30th,  after  a  brief 
illness.  He  was  thirty-seven  years  of  age,  being  the  youngest  son  of  the  late 
Clayton  French,  founder  of  the  old  drug  house  of  French,  Richards  &  Co. 
After  his  father's  death  Mr.  French  and  Mr.  Joseph  Cave,  both  of  the  late  firm, 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  perfumery  and  pharmaceutical  specialties,  under 
the  firm  name  of  French,  Cave  &  Co.  This  company  was  consolidated  with 
the  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Company  about  five  years  ago,  it  having  existed  as  a 
separate  concern  about  one  year.  After  the  consolidation  of  these  two  com- 
panies, Mr.  French  was  retained  as  a  manager  in  his  branch  of  the  business 
until  last  June,  when  he  retired  from  active  business.  Mr.  French  was  an  alum- 
nus of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  having  graduated  in  1882. 
Andrew  Blair,  a  highly  respected  pharmacist,  died  at  his  home  in  West 
Philadelphia  on  April  16th,  in  the  57th  year  of  his  age.  His  father, 
the  late  Henry  C.  Blair,  was  a  most  careful  pharmacist,  special  reference 
'  having  been  made  to  the  value  of  his  methods  by  the  late  Prof.  Parrish  in 
his  Treatise  on  Pharmacy.  The  son  thus  received  an  excellent  training  in 
what  was  to  be  his  life-work.  In  addition,  he  took  the  course  at  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy  and  graduated  in  1865.  In  1869  Mr.  Blair  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  College,  and  in  1879  became  a  member  of  its  Board  of 
Trustees.  He  was  re-elected  in  1882,  but  resigned  within  the  year  on  account 
of  other  duties. 
Mr.  Blair  was  well  known  in  pharmaceutical  circles,  having  been  a  member 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharma- 
ceutical Association.  Besides  he  was  an  occasional  contributor  to  this  Journal. 
Mr.  Blair  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  was  deeply  interested 
in  church  work.  He  was  also  connected  with  a  number  of  charitable  insti- 
tutions. 
