AmASsi,il9oa5,;m*}        Professor  Joseph  P.  Remington,  381 
spirit  of  nitrous  ether,  oil  of  wine,  purification  of  chloroform  and  the 
manufacture  of  ether  for  anaesthetic  purposes,  the  latter  process 
being  one  in  which  Dr.  Squibb  took  especial  pride,  the  product 
being  made  of  the  highest  possible  quality  in  an  apparatus  of  his 
own  devising. 
The  death  of  Professor  Remington's  mother  at  this  period  neces- 
sitated his  return  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of 
Powers  &  Weightman,  with  whom  he  continued  until  1872,  when  he 
purchased  the  retail  pharmacy  at  the  northeast  corner  of  Thirteenth 
and  Walnut  Streets.  Here  he  continued  in  business  for  a  period  of 
thirteen  years,  during  which  time  he  showed  himself  to  be  equipped 
with  practical  business  qualities  seldom  seen  in  combination  with 
the  high  degree  of  professional  knowledge  of  which  he  was  the 
possessor. 
His  active  participation  in  the  affairs  of  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy  commenced  in  1871,  when  he  was  invited  to  become 
the  assistant  to  Prof.  Edward  Parrish,  who  then  occupied  the  chair  of 
Pharmacy  in  that  institution.  After  the  death  of  Professor  Parrish, 
in  1872,  Professor  Procter,  who  was  reinstated  to  the  position  of  Pro- 
fessor of  Pharmacy,  which  he  had  formerly  occupied,  retained  Pro- 
fessor Remington  as  his  assistant.  These  pleasant  relations 
continued  until  the  death  of  Professor  Procter,  in  1874,  Professor 
Remington  being  elected  in  March  of  that  year  to  the  full  Professor- 
ship in  Pharmacy.  His  progressive  spirit  and  his  sincere  love  for 
his  Alma  Mater  has  led  him  to  constantly  exert  his  efforts  toward 
increasing  the  equipment  and  raising  the  standard  of  education  in 
the  institution  with  which  he  has  ever  since  been  associated.  It 
was  through  his  instrumentality  that  the  method  of  practical  in- 
struction in  pharmacy  was  inaugurated  and  brought  to  its  present 
high  degree  of  efficiency. 
Professor  Remington's  service  in  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  of  which  body  he  became  a  member  in  1868,  has  been 
varied  and  continuous.  He  has  been  the  chairman  of  numerous  im- 
portant committees,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  the  Commit- 
tee on  the  Centennial  Exhibition  in  1876,  at  which  time  he  played 
a  very  important  part  in  local  pharmaceutical  affairs  owing  to  his 
high  professional  standing,  both  as  a  teacher  and  as  a  practical 
pharmacist.  In  1892  he  was  elected  to  the  presidency  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  he  presided  over  probably  the 
