Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1886. 
Obituary. 
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Section  XXIX.  Educational  apparatus,  with  which  is  incorporated  Section 
XIII,  apparatus  for  high  electro-motive  force,   pp.  56. 
On  the  efficiency  and  duration  of  incandescent  electric  lamps.  Report  of  a 
special  committee,   pp.  127. 
OBITUARY. 
Peter  Williamson,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy, died  in  this  city  March  6th,  aged  91  years.  He  was  secretary  at  the 
meeting  held  at  Carpenter's  Hall,  February  23,  1821,  on  which  occasion  the 
organization  of  a  College  of  Apothecaries  was  resolved  upon,  and  he  pre- 
sided over  the  meeting  held  February  23, 1871,  to  celebrate  the  fiftieth  anni- 
versary of  its  foundation  at  thejpresent  hall  of  the  College.  The  deceased  has 
served  the  College  faithfully  for  many  years  as  one  of  its  officers,  and  though 
retired  from  business  long  ago,  retained  his  interest  for  its  welfare.  In  other 
stations  he  likewise  occupied  many  positions  of  honor  and  trust. 
Dr.  Nathaniel  Ranck,  who  was  for  many  years  in  business  in  the  southern 
part  of  Philadelphia,  died  March  19th,  at  the  age  of  78  years. 
Benjamin  W.  Fetters,  who  carried  on  the  drug  business  at  Third  and  Brown 
streets,  died  suddenly  February  25th,  aged  60  years. 
Ralph  Newton,  formerly  in  business  at  20th  and  Fitzwater  streets,  died  April 
13th,  aged  74  years. 
Notice  of  the  death  of  the  following  graduates  of  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy  has  been  received  : 
Louis  Dembinski,  class  1877,  died  suddenly  March  9th,  at  his  residence,  8th 
street  and  Fairmount  avenue,  aged  57  years. 
Henry  H.  Jacobs,  class  1862,  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Phillips  &  Jacobs,  manu- 
facturing chemists,  died  March  24th,  at  the  age  of  45  years. 
John  A.  Miliac,  class  1866,  in  business  on  Master  and  24th  streets,  died  there 
March  27th. 
Charles  Frederick  Zeller,  class  1880,  died  suddenly  April  7th,  at  the  age  of 
28  years.  After  having  been  in  a  wholesale  drug  store  for  some  time,  he  was 
engaged  in  the  store  of  Prof.  Remington,  and  S3on  became  conspicuous  for  his 
studious  habits  and  zeal,  which  rendered  him  valuable  to  the  latter  as  an  aid 
in  making  arrangements  for  lecture  demonstrations.  He  graduated  with  high 
honors,  was  elected  assistant  to  the  Chair  of  Pharmacy,  and  served  the  Col- 
lege for  several  years  as  curator,  in  which  capacity  he  arranged  the  cabinet  of 
materia  medica.  His  health  failed  in  the  summer  of  1884,  and  during  the 
greater  part  of  the  following  winter  he  was  able  only  to  attend  to  a  portion  of 
the  duties  connected  with  his  position.  A  voyage  to  Europe  in  the  summer  of 
1885  restored  his  health  sufficiently  to  enable  him  to  participate  to  a  somewhat 
greater  extent  in  the  College  work.  In  the  afternoon  of  April  6th  he  was 
busily  engaged  at  the  College,  and  in  the  following  night  he  was  seized  with 
hemorrhage  of  the  lungs,  which  in  a  short  time  terminated  his  life.  Ever 
faithful  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  modest  and  unassuming  in  his  demeanor, 
earnest  and  persevering  in  his  studies,  he  was  a  favorite  with  the  faculty,  with 
the  members,  and  with  the  students  of  the  College. 
