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Obituary. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
April,  19 19. 
PROFESSOR  JOSEPH  KAHN. 
Professor  Joseph  Kahn,  Phar.D.,  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of 
Pharmacy,  in  which  he  held  the  chair  of  chemistry,  died  suddenly 
at  that  college  on  March  3,  and  he  was  buried  with  impressive  cere- 
mony therefrom  on  Wednesday,  March  5. 
He  was  a  Russian  by  birth  and  about  forty-five  years  of  age. 
Emigrating  to  this  country  as  a  poor  immigrant  lad,  he  succeded  in 
obtaining  an  education  by  perseverance  and  a  determined  financial 
struggle.  With  few  friends  to  divert  his  attention,  he  devoted  him- 
self to  the  study  of  pharmacy  and  later  to  the  mastering  of  the 
chemical  sciences.  By  the  dint  of  his  efforts  he  won  recognition, 
position,  and  the  esteem  of  many  with  whom  as  a  teacher  and  mem- 
ber of  the  pharmaceutical  societies  he  came  in  contact.  The  con- 
tributions that  he  had  made  to  pharmaceutical  literature  evidenced 
his  ability  for  research  and  the  possibility  of  a  bright  professional 
career. 
HENRY  KOOPMAN. 
Word  has  been  received  in  this  country  of  the  death  in  Sweden 
on  January  5  of  Henry  Koopman,  formerly  of  McKesson  &  Rob- 
bins,  and  well  known  to  retail  druggists  throughout  the  United 
States.  Mr.  Koopman  joined  McKesson  &  Robbins  in  1875  an<^ 
was  for  thirty-eight  years  active  in  the  development  of  its  business. 
Among  some  of  his  other  activities,  Mr.  Koopman  organized  the 
Spanish  Department  of  McKesson  &  Robbins,  now  one  of  the  large 
flourishing  departments  of  that  organization.  In  April,  191 3,  on 
account  of  heart  trouble,  Mr.  Koopman  retired,  by  the  advice  of  his 
physicians,  and  went  to  Sweden,  the  home  of  his  wife,  where  he 
has  since  resided,  and  where,  as  just  advised,  he  died. 
NEWS  ITEMS  AND  PERSONAL  NOTES. 
The  Harrison  Narcotic  Law  Upheld. — In  two  recent  deci- 
sions the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court  has  sustained  the  constitutionality 
of  the  act  approved  December  17,  1914,  and  commonly  called  the 
Harrison  Act.  The  first  decision  was  based  upon  the  case  of  C.  T. 
Doremus,  a  Texas  physician,  who  was  accused  of  selling  a  quantity 
