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Tributes  to  Professor  Procter, 
j  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
(.    January,  L905. 
The  pages  of  The  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  will  show 
to  those  who  did  not  have  the  great  privilege  of  his  personal  ac- 
quaintance, that  by  a  rough  and  hasty  count  of  papers  in  the  Index 
there  are  over  500  different  papers  furnished  by  him,  and  this  it 
must  be  remembered  was  accomplished  while  the  responsibilities  of 
a  large  retail  business  were  on  his  shoulders  and  the  lectureship  in 
the  College  also  demanded  his  personal  attention.  Papers  also  con- 
tributed to  the  proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation must  not  be  overlooked,  and  the  syllabus  of  the  course  of  study 
for  pharmaceutical  classes,  which  will*  ever  be  a  lasting  memorial 
of  his  clear-sighted  view  of  pharmacy  in  its  relation  to  the  educa- 
tion of  those  who  chose  pharmacy  for  their  calling.  It  has  been  a 
frequent  source  of  regret  that  the  writer  did  not  enjoy  the  great 
advantages  of  the  courses  of  lectures  given  by  Professor  Procter 
at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
The  present  generation  of  pharmacists  have,  however,  the 
advantages  of  being  the  elcves  of  those  who  were  instructed  by 
Professor  Procter,  and  as  these  pupils  of  Professor  Procter  are  and 
have  been  in  many  instances  scattered  over  our  country  and  teach- 
ers in  many  of  the  colleges  of  pharmacy  it  is  easily  to  be  seen  how 
very  greatly  the  influence  of  the  Professor's  teaching  has  extended 
throughout  our  land. 
This  short  review  of  his  influence,  it  seems  to  me,  makes  it  most 
eminently  proper  that  a  fitting  memorial  to  his  worth  and  ability 
should  be  erected  in  some  place  where  the  national  character  of  his 
influence  on  pharmacy  would  call  the  attention  of  all  who  visit  our 
country  and  especially  our  capital  for  all  time  to  come. 
HENRY  CRAMER, 
of  Germantown,  wrote  as  follows:  "I  acknowledge  receipt  of  yours 
of  December  9,  1904.  Advanced  years  and  continued  impaired 
health  forbid  my  attendance  at  the  Pharmaceutical  meeting  during 
evening  of  December  13th.  Regretting  inability  to  be  present,  I 
hereby  earnestly  support  the  intention  to  create  a  monument  in 
memory  of  Professor  Procter,  the  '  Father  of  American  Pharmacy,' 
as  he  is  deservingly  styled  in  your  call  for  the  meeting. 
"  Not  long  after  my  arrival  in  Philadelphia — July,  1849 — I  became 
acquainted  with  him.  He  met  me  with  his  well-known  kindliness 
— continual  to  his  last  days — I  bear  him  grateful  remembrance." 
