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ideals,  he  is  thorough  as  an  investigator,  and  demands  of  his  stu- 
dents accuracy  of  work  in  the  acquisition  of  knowledge.  Exacting, 
he  is  ever  courteous  and  considerate,  and  those  who  have  profited 
from  his  teachings  and  enjoyed  the  privilege  of  his  learned  dis- 
courses hold  in  grateful  remembrance  him  whom  they  respect  and 
regard  with  high  esteem. 
His  influence  for  strength  of  character;  for  unceasing  endeavor  to 
better  and  progress ;  for  devotion  to  truth  and  the  welfare  of  fellow 
man  ;  for  doing  unto  others  as  he  would  be  done  by ;  explain  why 
the  profession  it  has  been  his  life-work  to  serve,  has  honored  him 
with  well-merited  tributes  of  the  highest  confidences,  trust  and  re- 
spect. Truly,  of  Wood  it  can  be  said,  the  world  is  the  better  for 
his  having  lived. 
BIOGRAPHY  OF  PROF.  JOSEPH  P.  REMINGTON. 
By  Chas.  H.  UWau. 
Equipped  by  nature  with  a  rare  combination  of  qualities  of  a  high 
order,  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  chairman  of  the  Committee  of 
Revision  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  is  to-day  unquestion- 
ably the  foremost  figure  in  American  pharmacy.  A  profound  stu- 
dent of  human  nature,  a  discriminating  patron  of  art  and  literature, 
possessed  of  a  wide  fund  of  scientific  knowledge  and  a  man  of  rarely 
winning  personality,  he  is  the  possessor  of  many  other  admirable 
qualities  which  endear  him  to  his  friends  and  compel  the  respect  of 
those  who  differ  from  him.  ' 
Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington  was  born  in  Philadelphia  on  the  26th 
of  March,  1847.  His  father  was  Dr.  Isaac  Remington,  a  well-known 
Philadelphia  physician,  and  his  mother  was  the  daughter  of  John 
Hart,  who  was  the  descendant  of  Townsend  Speakman,  one  of  the 
earliest  Philadelphia  apothecaries.  Professor  Remington's  ancestors 
on  both  sides  of  the  family  have  been  residents  of  Philadelphia  for 
three  generations,  and  all  of  them  have  been  members  of  the  Society 
of  Friends. 
From  both  his  maternal  and  paternal  ancestry  Professor  Rem- 
ington inherited  a  liking  for  science,  particularly  in  the  direction  of 
chemistry,  and  at  an  early  age  he  equipped  a  small  laboratory, 
where  he  carried  out  many  experiments,  and  at  this  early  period  he 
constructed  much  of  his  own  apparatus,  being  of  a  mechanical  turn 
