Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  \ 
November,  1898.  J 
Meeting  of  Members. 
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were  also  read  and  approved.  A  report  of  the  delegates  to  the  sessions  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  recently  held  in  Baltimore,  was  made 
verbally  by  Mr.  Boring.  This  was  supplemented  in  a  few  words  by  Professor 
Remington,  who  referred  to  the  fact  of  the  presence  at  that  meeting  of  a  con- 
siderable number  of  the  older  druggists  of  the  country.  Allusion  was  also 
made  to  the  prevailing  sentiment  that  hereafter  no  person  should  be  permitted 
to  go  before  the  examining  Boards  of  Pharmacy  who  does  not  hold  the  diploma 
of  an  accredited  college.  Also  that  in  reference  to  the  trade  conditions  of 
the  Retail  Branch  of  Pharmacy  the  existent  evils  and  errors  should  be 
remedied  by  united  individual  or  associated  action.  The  Secretary  read  a 
letter  from  Dr.  F.  Hoffman  having  reference  to  the  loss  sustained  in  the 
death  of  Henry  Trimble.  A  memoir  of  Henry  Trimble  was  read  by  Professor 
Remington,  from  the  committee  to  whom  the  subject  was  referred.  Which 
memoir  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Publication  of  the  Journal,  and 
reference  to  it  ordered  to  be  made  upon  this  minute. 
It  is  as  follows  : 
Henry  Trimble  was  born  May  22,  1853,  at  Chester,  Pa.,  and  died  August  24, 
1898,  at  his  home  at  St.  Davids,  Pa.  He  was  a  son  of  Stephen  M.  Trimble,  and 
received  his  early  education  at  the  famous  Westtown  School,  near  West  Ches- 
ter. He  began  his  apprenticeship  in  the  drug  business  in  1872  with  S.  Mason 
McCollin,  at  the  corner  of  Fifth  and  Callowhill  Streets.  He  matriculated  as 
a  student  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1874,  and  developed  a 
fondness  for  chemical  research.  He  graduated  with  the  Class  of  1876,  his 
thesis  being  "  Benzoic  Acid  as  an  Antiseptic."  Organic  chemistry  especially 
interested  him,  and,  entering  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  he  pursued  his 
studies  in  this  department  of  science.  For  a  time  he  acted  as  an  assistant  to 
the  Chair  of  Organic  Chemistry.  For  five  years,  from  May  28,  1878,  he  was  in 
the  retail  drug  business,  associated  as  partner  with  C.  W.  Warrington.  Profes- 
sor Sadtler,  in  1879,  chose  him  as  his  assistant  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  in  his  work  in  the  chemical  laboratory,  and  in  1883,  Professor 
Trimble  was  given  charge  of  this  department.  His  fifteen  years  of  faithful 
work  in  analytical  chemistry  greatly  contributed  to  the  success  of  the  College. 
Professor  Trimble  possessed  an  investigating  mind,  and,  being  a  careful 
observer,  he  never  failed  to  impress  upon  all  students  entrusted  to  his  care  the 
value  of  being  absolutely  certain  of  the  underlying  facts  in  any  research  in 
which  they  were  engaged. 
In  chemical  research  his  name  will  probably  be  associated  for  years  to  come 
with  the  tannins,  and  it  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  he  made  himself  an 
authority  upon  this  important  group,  having  correspondents  in  all  parts  of  the 
world  on  this  subject.  As  an  author,  he  will  undoubtedly  be  best  known  by 
his  "Handbook  of  Analytical  Chemistry,"  first  published  in  1885,  and  after- 
ward merged  into  the  now  well-known  "  Text-Book  of  Chemistry,"  by  Sadtler 
and  Trimble,  a  new  edition  having  just  been  published. 
In  College  affairs,  in  addition  to  his  teaching  duties,  we  find  him,  as  always, 
faithful,  painstaking  and  industrious. 
In  1877  he  was  elected  a  member  of  this  College,  and  in  the  same  year  he 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  Executive  Board  of  the  Alumni  Association,  and 
has  been  a  member  of  both  ever  since.  He  was  made  Vice-President  of  the 
Alumni  Association  in  1880,  and  in  1881,  President  of  the  same  body.    He  was 
