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Obituary. 
OBITUAEY. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm 
1        Jan.,  1886. 
Professor  Edward  S.  Wayne  died  in  Philadelphia,  December  11,  1885,  aged 
sixty-seven  years.  He  learned  the  drug  business  with  Frederick  Klett,  whose 
well-known  store  was  located  at  Second  and  Callowhill  Streets,  Philadelphia, 
The  apprenticeship  commenced  in  1835,  when  Mr.  Wayne  was  in  his  seven- 
teenth year,  and  ten  years  later  he  entered  into  partnership  with  a  nephew  of 
Mr.  Klett,  Mr.  Samuel  Pleis,  forming  the  rm  of  Wayne  &  Pleis,  at  Cincinnati. 
Subsequently,  Mr.  Wayne  was  in  charge  of  the  prescription  department  or  of 
the  laboratory  of  several  Cincinnati  houses,  like  A.  Zeller  &  Co.,  F.  E.  Suire  & 
Co.,  and  J.  S.  Burdsill  &  Co. 
The  organization  of  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy  was  furthered  in 
every  way  by  Mr.  Wayne,  whose  reputation  and  skill  as  a  pharmacist  and 
chemist  caused  him  to  be  made  one  of  its  professors,  and  t  was  particularly  in 
the  chair  of  mateiia  medica,  that  his  labors  met  with  signal  success.  Being  a 
fluent  and  pleasant  speaker,  his  lectures  were  made  paiticularly  interesting 
through  his  long  and  successful  laboratory  experience. 
In  1852,  the  Cincinnati  College  appointed  him  a  delegate  to  the  convention 
which  was  held  in  Philadelphia,  October  6  of  that  year,  and  by  which  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  organized.  Prof.  Wayne  was  not 
present  then;  but  in  1854,  at  the  meeting  held  in  Cincinnati,  he  became  a 
member  of  the  Association  and  was  elected  Recording  Secreta^,  serving  subse- 
quently also  on  several  committees  and  as  Vice  President,  and  evincing  his 
interest  in  the  Association  by  presenting,  in  1855,  the  first  essay — aside  from 
committee  reports — read  before  this  Association;  and  this  was  followed  in  1856 
by  five,  and  in  1867  by  six  papers  from  his  pen.  He  published  also  several 
papers  in  the  Cincinnati  Druggist,  and  a  number  of  valuable  papers  were  con- 
tributed by  him  to  this  Journal  from  1855  to  18T6. 
Professor  Wayne  was  a  skillful  experimenter  and  manipulator,  and  a  close  and 
careful  observer.  Years  ago,  we  saw  in  his  cabinet  many  specimens  of  interest, 
procured  mostly  from  indigenous  drugs.  Want  of  sufficient  leisure  prevented 
him  from  communicating  many  of  his  observations  to  pharmaceutical  literature, 
and  it  is  doubtful  whether  this  may  now  be  done  from  the  specimens  and  notes 
left  behind. 
Professor  Wayne  was  an  associate  member  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy,  an  honorary  member  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference,  and 
of  other  scientific  bodies. 
