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limits  of  the  pharmaceutical  world  as  a  business  man  of  sound 
credit  and  one  whose  word  could  be  trusted  to  the  uttermost,  and  in 
this  way  he  will  be  remembered  by  thousands  who  survive  him. 
To  the  physicians  of  this  city,  Mr.  Mclntyre  has  always  been  known 
as  a  pharmacist  who  respected  the  proper  relations  between  the  two 
professions  and  who  represented  the  highest  ideals  and  excellence 
in  pharmaceutical  practice. 
It  was  Mr.  Mclntyre's  discoveries  of  adulterated  drugs  in  the 
Xew  York  market,  and  his  energy  in  directing  general  attention  to 
them,  which  led  to  the  first  federal  legislation  on  this  subject,  to 
the  official  inspection  of  drug  importations  and,  incidentally,  to  the 
formation  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  Mr.  Mc- 
Intyre's  interest  in  pharmaceutical  education  was  early  enlisted  and 
grew  steadily  with  his  individual  development.  He  watched  its 
progress  as  a  national  institution,  while  he  worked  unremittingly 
for  its  local  advancement.  Perhaps  the  Xew  York  College  of 
Pharmacy  is  his  greatest  monument,  although  that  claim  may  well 
be  contested  by  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  He  gave 
freely  of  both  his  time  and  money  to  protect  and  advance  it  at  many 
stages  of  its  career,  and  the  conservation  of  its  educational  ideals 
is  largely  attributable  to  his  steady  support  during  various  critical 
periods. 
One  of  the  most  striking  characteristics  of  this  really  great  man 
was  his  ability  to  so  easily  take  to  himself  each  newly  appearing 
generation,  while  retaining  all  of  value  that  he  had  gained  through 
his  acquaintance  with  those  who  had  preceded.  His  mind  refused 
to  bow  to  the  psychological  law  of  failure  of  the  aged  to  perceive 
the  .new  while  clinging  tenaciously  to  the  memory  of  the  past.  He 
thus  secured  a  place  in  the  minds  and  hearts  of  the  latest  graduates 
in  pharmacy  that  was  hardly  less  secure  than  that  which  he  retained 
with  the  aged.  With  all  these  persons  he  will  continue  to  live  in  his 
death,  and  the  influence  of  his  character  upon  their  lives  must  con- 
tinue to  be  great. 
Mr.  Mclntyre's  religious  life  was  one  of  steadiness  and  con- 
sistency. He  lived  his  belief.  Were  there  more  to  live  as  he  did, 
there  would  be  fewer  to  doubt  the  sufficiency  of  Christianity  as  the 
dominant  power. 
Personally,  Mr.  Mclntyre  was  of  the  most  sweet  and  cheerful 
disposition.  Present  trouble  was  with  him  always  submerged  in  a 
confident  and  realizing  faith  in  the  future.    His  very  entrance  into 
