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Professor  [oseph  P.  Remington. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1      August,  1905. 
most  important  meeting  in  the  history  of  that  association — the  one 
held  in  Chicago  during  the  World's  Fair  in  1893,  during  which 
time  there  was  also  an  important  international  pharmaceutical  con- 
ference, over  which  he  also  presided.  During  his  many  years 
of  membership  in  this  association  his  numerous  contributions  of 
papers  to  the  annual  meetings  have  been  valuable  and  interesting. 
In  1878  Professor  Remingtom  aided  in  organizing  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Pharmaceutical  Association.  During  the  many  years  since 
that  time  Professor  Remington  has  rarely  missed  a  meeting  of  that 
association,  as  he  has  constantly  been  actively  interested  in  all  sub- 
jects pertaining  to  the  advancement  of  pharmacy.  He  was  elected 
to  the  presidency  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Association  in  1896,  and 
it  was  largely  through  his  active  efforts  during  President  Hay's  term 
of  office  in  1903  that  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association 
added  500  new  members  by  special  organized  effort  of  an  auxiliary 
committee  on  membership  of  which  Professor  Remington  was  the 
chairman. 
Professor  Remington's  high  order  of  ability  as  a  diplomat  has 
frequently  l?d  to  his  appointment  as  a  delegate  to  the  various  medi- 
cal associations,  and  it  is  largely  through  his  instrumentality  that 
the  most  cordial  relations  have  always  existed  between  the  organi- 
zations of  these  two  great  professions. 
Professor  Remington's  contributions  to  the  literature  of  pharmacy 
have  not  been  confined  to  the  writing  of  papers,  but  he  is  the  author 
of  one  of  the  best-known  text-books  of  pharmacy  in  the  world,  the 
"  Practice  of  Pharmacy,"  first  issued  in  1885,  and  used  at  present  in 
every  college  of  pharmacy  in  America,  besides  being  widely  and 
favorably  known  abroad,  and  the  fourth  edition  of  which  is  now 
in  preparation.  He  has  also  been  an  associate  editor  of  the 
United  States  Dispensatory  since  1 879.  During  the  period  of 
his  connection  with  that  important  work  of  reference,  four  editions 
have  been  issued,  each  of  which  has  been  successful  in  the  highest 
degree.  In  1897  he  became  the  pharmaceutical  editor  of  "  Lippin- 
cott's  Medical  Dictionary,"  a  standard  work  of  reference. 
From  his  prominence  in  association  matters,  Professor  Remington 
has  naturally  been  looked  to  for  assistance  in  all  matters  pertaining 
to  pharmaceutical  legislation.  That  he  has  been  a  willing  and  able 
worker  in  this  direction  is  attested  by  the  fact  that  he  was  a  prime 
mover  in  the  efforts  to  have  the  college  diplomas  recognized  by  the 
