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William  Procter,  Jr. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I    January,  1905. 
cian,  who  naturally  precedes  him  in  attendance  on  the  sick.  The 
physician  deals  with  the  head  of  the  home,  and  the  pharmacist,  in 
many  cases,  with  servants  and  children.  In  the  social  life  the 
physician  holds  the  higher  position  and  his  duties  are  not  so  much 
of  a  drudgery. 
The  pharmacist  has  too  many  interests  to  serve,  and  it  becomes 
very  difficult  for  him  to  keep  evenly  poised.  Should  he  lean  to 
the  commercial  side  and  cater  to  the  whims  and  wishes  of  public 
patronage,  he  is  likely  to  offend  physicians.  Should  he  assume 
the  ethical  conduct  of  the  professional  side  of  pharmacy  the  public 
may  lose  interest  in  him.  To  be  a  money  maker,  commercial  tact 
is  necessary.  To  be  an  ideal  pharmacist,  one  must  adopt  the  Golden 
Rule  for  his  guide  and  conduct.  To  support  the  dignity  of  his 
profession  may  result  in  appeasing  his  conscience  rather  than  filling 
his  purse.  Should  he  be  a  commercial  artist  he  is  more  likely  to 
become  popular  with  the  masses,  if  he  can  succeed  in  posing  as  an 
ethical  pharmacist  while  practising  the  schemes  of  the  quack. 
Professor  Procter  seems  to  have  harmonized  the  various  conflict- 
ing interests  without  sacrificing  his  self-respect.  At  least,  while  he 
was  teacher,  editor  and  essayist,  his  pharmacy  did  not  suffer,  as  has 
been  the  case  with  some  who  have  diverted  their  attention  from  the 
main  issue.  In  all  his  varied  interests  none  were  seriously  neglected, 
and  he  was  confided  in  and  respected  in  them  all.  He  demonstrated 
the  fact  that  one  with  scientific  and  practical  qualifications,  sup- 
ported by  industry,  economy,  good  judgment  and  conservative 
integrity,  can  succeed  in  the  practice  of  pharmacy,  and  should  he  not 
bequeath  to  his  family  a  large  financial  fortune,  he  may  leave  a  good 
name  and  a  good  example,  which,  after  all,  is  the  richest  inheritance 
of  humanity.  Not  by  leaps  did  he  ascend  to  the  summit,  but  by 
systematic  and  persistent  climbing.  On  reaching  the  goal,  he 
remains  the  central  figure  in  the  pharmaceutical  group. 
The  late  Professor  Huxley  remarked  on  one  occasion  "  that  a 
good  teacher  is  not  usually  a  fluent  speaker."  This  would  apply  to 
our  late  friend,  yet  he  was  an  interesting  speaker,  and  those  who 
knew  him  well  had  implicit  confidence  in  his  statements.  In  debate 
he  was  respectful  and  convincing ;  as  a  writer  he  was  clear  and 
logical;  as  an  investigator,  painstaking  and  thorough  ;  as  a  chemist 
and  pharmacist,  thoroughly  reliable ;  in  judgment,  broad  and 
liberal ;  and,  as  a  companion,  cordial  and  sincere.    In  the  constancy 
