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delphia  the  following  year.  In  the  time  that  intervened,  the  mind 
and  pen  of  Procter  were  busy  making  preparations  and  formulating 
plans  for  more  perfect  organization,  and  at  the  meeting  he  was 
thoroughly  prepared  for  business,  and  it  was  doubtless  his  thought 
that  brought  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  into  active 
existence.  After  its  organization  he  was  always  ready  to  render 
assistance,  and  was  the  most  important  factor  in  its  development. 
No  member  has  ever  shown  more  loyalty  and  devotion  to  its 
service. 
He  has  been  the  only  member  who  was  present  at  all  of  the  An- 
nual Meetings  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  excepting  the  one  that 
met  in  1867  when  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  International  Pharma- 
ceutical Congress  which  met  in  Paris,  and  the  history  of  his  life  was 
largely  the  history  of  the  organization  and  the  early  progress  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Space  will  not  allow  all  that  might  be  said  in  "avor  of  Prof.  William 
Procter,  Jr.,  the  peer  of  American  Pharmacists.  A  review  of  the 
pages  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  and  the  proceedings 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  more  fully  express 
the  value  of  his  life-work,  and  its  influence  on  the  higher  aims  of 
his  chosen  profession,  which  he  did  so  much  to  honor  and  extend. 
His  influence  for  good  was  not  confined  to  the  pharmaceutical  guild, 
but  directly  and  indirectly  the  profession  of  medicine  was  substan- 
tially aided  in  the  humane  endeavor  to  cure  diseases.  He  was  in  no 
sense  a  selfish  man,  and  his  heart  went  out  to  all  in  sympathy  and 
kindness,  but  not  in  a  demonstrative  manner.  What  he  knew  he 
was  ready  and  willing  to  impart  to  others. 
In  his  letter  of  resignation  as  editor  of  the  American  Journal  of 
Pharmacy  presented  at  a  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy,  December  27,  1870,  he  states:  ''It  is  now  thirty-four 
years  since  my  connection  with  the  American  Journal  of  Phar- 
macy as  a  contributor  commenced,  and  about  twenty-five  years  as 
co-editor  and  editor.  During  this  period,  time  and  labor  have  been 
freely  given  to  make  the  work  a  continuous  record  of  the  progress 
of  pharmacy  at  home  and  abroad.  For  many  years  it  was  a  labor 
of  love,  and  despite  the  great  sacrifices  of  time  occasioned  by  con- 
tributing to  its  pages  the  labor  was  cheerfully  given.  I  need  hardly 
say  that  it  has  required  an  effort  on  my  part  to  thus  voluntarily 
resign  a  position  fraught  with  so  many  pleasant  memories." 
