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Obituaries. 
{  Am.  Jour.  Pbaiiii. 
\       June,  1913. 
Professor  Oldberg's  most  important  work  was  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Illinois  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1880  and  which  later 
became  a  part  of  Northwestern  University.  He  was  the  leading 
spirit  in  this  school  from  the  beginning  and  continued  active  in 
its  work  until  his  health  was  undermined  in  191 1.  He  was  not 
only  Professor  and  Dean,  but  he  was  virtually  the  presiding  execu- 
tive officer  and  registrar.  All  matters  pertaining  to  the  School 
were  under  his  supervision  and  he  saw  to  it  that  every  phase  of 
the  work  was  done  economically  and  efficiently. 
Dr.  Oldberg  wrote  a  number  of  valuable  works  appertaining  to 
pharmacy,  among  which  the  following  may  be  mentioned : 
"Companion  to  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia."  (1884.) 
"JWeights  and  Measures."  (1885.) 
"Home  Study  in  Pharmacy."  (1890.) 
"Fifteen  Hundred  Prescriptions  and  Formulae."  (1892.) 
"  Inorganic  Chemistry."    (1900).    "Pharmacy."  (1913). 
"  Pharmaceutical  Problems  and  Exercises."  (Fourth  Ed.,  1907). 
Dr.  Oldberg  was  a  constant  contributor  to  the  Pharmaceutical 
magazines.  As  editor  of  the  Bulletin  of  Pharmacy  for  three  years, 
he  left  an  impression  for  good  upon  the  subsequent  development 
of  this  Journal.  We  reproduce  herewith  an  appreciation  by  the 
Editor  of  the  Bulletin  of  Pharmacy  (p.  105)  : 
"  In  the  death  of  Oscar  Oldberg  there  has  passed  away  another  one 
of  the  small  group  of  five  or  six  real  leaders  of  thought  and  progress  so 
far  produced  in  the  history  of  American  Pharmacy. 
"  For  considerably  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  Professor  Oldberg 
played  a  unique  and  important  role  in  pharmacy.  He  was  a  sort  of  philosopher 
on  the  mountain  top — a  seer  who  had  a  calm,  detached,  broad  view  of  the 
scene  below  him  on  all  sides,  who  observed  and  studied  and  pondered  over 
the  shifting  panorama,  who  realized  what  was  missing  here  and  there  to 
complete  the  picture,  who  more  than  once  saw  danger  looming  up  and  gave 
warning  of  its  approach,  and  who  with  something  of  the  Old  Testament 
prophet  in  him  pierced  the  future,  foretold  what  would  happen,  and  sought 
with  forceful  voice  and  eloquent  pen  to  have  wise  and  abundant  prepara- 
tion made  for  the  inevitable. 
"  Ideas  often  outlive  the  men  who  conceive  and  give  them  utterance. 
If  they  are  born  of  truth  and  rooted  in  human  need,  they  go  on  developing 
in  strength  and  force,  and  they  are  finally  accepted  by  a  public  which  has 
lost  sight  of  their  origin.  It  is  yet  far  too  early  to  measure  the  full  results 
of  Professor  Oldberg's  work  as  a  leader,  but  already  many  of  the  reforms 
first  agitated  by  him,  and  since  taken  up  by  others,  are  gradually  being 
realized. 
"  For  years  he  declared  with  great  force  and  vigor  that  the  boards 
