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remarkable  degree  to  a  ripe  old  age,  and  his  memory  and  mental 
faculties  remained  unimpaired,  as  if  he  had  discovered  the  secret  of 
recurrent  youth,  He  accomplished  the  difficult  task  of  growing  old 
most  gracelully. 
"  Though  old,  he  still  retained 
His  manly  sense  and  energy  of  mind. 
Virtuous  and  wise  he  was,  but  not  severe  ; 
He  still  remembered  he  once  was  young  : 
His  easy  presence  checked  no  decent  joy." 
In  September  he  contracted  a  cold  which  resulted  in  a  severe 
attack  of  pleurisy  and  congestion  of  the  lungs,  and  later  became  com- 
plicated with  a  weakness  of  heart  action.  In  the  course  of  several 
weeks  he  rallied  from  this  severe  illness,  and  again  took  a  lively 
interest  in  current  events,  and  his  friends  considered  him  as  con- 
valescent. On  Friday,  October  2L,  1904,  in  the  eighty-third  year 
of  his  age,  he  succumbed  to  a  sudden  attack  of  heart  failure,  and  so 
another  devoted,  noble  character  in  pharmaceutical  circles  finished 
his  earthly  career.  Another  of  the  "  old  guard  "  of  Philadelphia 
apothecaries  that  maintained  the  honor  of  their  profession  and  added 
renown  to  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  has  responded  to 
the  Master's  call. 
The  funeral  services  were  held  on  Tuesday,  October  25th,  at  his 
late  home,  428  South  Fortieth  Street,  Philadelphia,  and  interment 
was  made  at  Woodlands  Cemetery. 
On  October  7,  185  I,  William  J.  Jenks  married  Lydia  A.  Martin, 
daughter  of  Oliver  Martin.  They  had  six  children,  four  of  whom, 
one  daughter  and  three  sons,  survive  him. 
ON  A  PTOMAINE  EXTRACTED  FROM  THE  PUTREFYING 
STOMACH  AND  STOMACH  CONTENTS  OF  A  DOG. 
By  F.  A.  Norton,  B.S. 
During  the  latter  part  of  July,  1904,  the  stomach  of  a  dog  sup- 
posed to  have  died  from  strychnine  poisoning  was  sent  to  this 
laboratory  for  examination.  About  one-third  of  the  stomach  and 
contents  was  immediately  examined  by  a  modification  of  the 
Dragendorff  method  for  strychnine,  which  was  demonstrated  to  be 
present  by  both  chemical  and  physiological  tests.    At  this  time  no 
