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The  Procter  Memorial. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm 
June,  1906. 
and  Lombard  Streets,  and  continued  in  business  on  these  premises 
until  his  death  in  1874. 
In  1840  he  was  elected  a  member  of  his  alma  mater,  and  soon 
became  active  and  influential.  His  thought  and  ambition  was  liber- 
ally bestowed  on  the  advancement  of  pharmacy,  and  his  example 
in  practice  was  to  make  it  a  profession.  In  1846  the  Chair  of  Theo- 
retical and  Practical  Pharmacy  was  established  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  and  William  Procter,  Jr.,  was  the  only  one  considered  for 
the  position.  He  was  the  one  member  of  the  college  who  was  pre- 
eminently qualified  to  teach,  and  by  unanimous  vote  was  the  first 
pharmacist  elected  to  a  professorship  in  the  oldest  college  of  phar- 
macy in  America.  He  soon  established  for  himself  a  character  and 
reputation  as  a  thoroughly  qualified  teacher. 
In  October,  1847,  he  delivered  a  very  interesting  and  instructive 
introductory  address  to  his  class,  which  was  published  in  the 
American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  of  that  year.  In  1846  he  was 
elected  associate  editor  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  and 
in  1850,  when  Professor  Carson  resigned  the  editorship,  he  was 
elected  to  succeed  him,  being  the  first  pharmacist  in  America  that 
was  elected  to  the  editorship  of  a  pharmaceutical  journal.  He  filled 
this  position  with  great  ability,  and  made  the  Journal  of  practical 
value  to  pharmacists  and  druggists.  For  twenty  years  this  Journal 
was  under  the  editorial  management  of  Professor  Procter,  and  its 
pages  proclaim  the  value  of  his  work  to  pharmacists.  Its  general 
index  gives  more  than  seven  columns,  and  about  five  hundred  and 
fifty  items,  under  his  name,  exclusive  of  abstracts  from  foreign 
journals  and  editorials,  greatly  more  than  any  other  contributor,  and 
all  of  much  scientific  and  practical  value.  No  man  of  his  time 
could  have  been  more  interested  in  the  promotion  of  pharmacy,  and 
surely  no  one  more  qualified. 
In  1849  he  was  the  American  Editor  of  Mohr  and  Redwood's 
"  Practical  Pharmacy,"  which  was  enlarged  by  important  additions 
from  his  pen.  In  1851  there  was  a  convention  held  in  New  York 
pursuant  to  an  invitation  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  the 
chief  object  of  which  was  to  consult  on  the  questions  of  standards 
for  the  inspection  of  drugs  at  the  several  ports  of  entry.  Important 
business  was  transacted  at  this  meeting,  and  Prof.  William  Procter, 
Jr.,  was  the  most  active  delegate  in  attendance,  and  in  giving  shape 
to  the  organization.    The  convention  adjourned  to  meet  in  Phila- 
