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1    February  1895. 
who  have  brought  it  forward  have  not  stated  whether  the  stannous  or  stannic 
iodide  was  the  one  found  to  be  useful. 
Mr.  Joseph  W.  England  exhibited  a  sample  vial  of  antitoxin  serum  used  in 
diphtheritic  diseases.  This  differs  from  the  Koch  lymph  method,  as  that  inocu- 
lates with  diseased  virus,  while  this  supplies  an  antagonistic  principle  which 
renders  the  patient  immune  to  the  diphtheria  poison.  The  cost  per  vial  is  $2.50. 
On  motion  the  papers  were  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Publications. 
A  discussion  was  held  upon  tax-free  alcohol,  and  an  outline  of  the  course  of 
action  by  the  committee  was  given  by  Mr.  Beringer.  The  great  difficulty  at- 
tendant upon  the  adoption  of  a  plan  to  supply  tax-free  alcohol  arises  from  the 
needs  of  the  Government  for  money,  and  also  the  difficulty  of  ascertaining  the 
cost  and  best  methods  of  regulating  its  sale  for  medicinal  uses  without  endan- 
gering the  loss  of  revenue  from  that  used  for  the  purposes  of  beverages. 
On  motion,  adjourned. 
T.  S.  WlEGAND. 
OBITUARY. 
Richard  Clement  Geist,  Ph.G.,  Class  1889,  died  on  Wednesday,  August  29, 
1894.,  of  typhoid  fever,  at  his  residence,  Medford,  N.  J.,  aged  26  years. 
He  was  born  at  Medford,  N.  J.,  November  28,  1867,  and  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place.  He  entered  the  employ  of  Henry 
P.  Thorn,  Ph.G.,  Medford,  N.  J.,  to  learn  the  drug  business,  April  8,  1885,  and 
remained  with  him  up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  attended  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1889.  He  was  a  careful  and  competent  pharmacist  and  strictly  honest 
in  his  deportment  to  both  his  employer  and  to  the  customers,  and  was  greatly 
respected  by  the  entire  community.  He  also  enjoyed  the  respect  and  confi- 
dence of  the  medical  profession  of  his  neighborhood. 
He  was  married,  August  23,  1893,  to  Miss  Rebecca  W.  Woolman,  of  Cross- 
wicks,  N.  J. ,  who,  with  his  parents  and  a  large  circle  of  friends,  mourned  his 
early  death. 
His  funeral  was  largely  attended,  all  the  business  places  of  Medford  being 
closed  during  the  services,  which  were  held  the  following  Monday,  September 
3,  1894. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Alumni  Association.  W.  K.  K. 
Dr.  Chas.  P.  Stout,  Ph.G.,  Class  of  1880,  died  at  his  late  residence,  No.  830 
North  Fifth  Street,  on  Wednesday,  August  2  2d,  1894,  aged  36  years.  He  was 
born  at  Florence  Heights,  N.  J.,  and  received  his  early  education  at  his  native 
place. 
He  came  to  Philadelphia  January  1,  1878,  and  entered  the  employ  of  Leidy 
Seiple,  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Poplar  Streets,  where  he  learned  the  drug 
business.  He  attended  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1880.  Afterward  he  attended  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 
and  graduated  as  a  physician  in  1884,  and  immediately  located  on  Fifth  Street 
near  Poplar,  where  he  continued  in  the  practice  of  medicine  up  to  the  time  of 
his  death.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Alumni  Association.  His  remains  were 
interred  in  Cedar  Hill  Cemetery,  at  Florence  Heights,  N.J.,  on  Saturday, 
August  25,  1894.  W.  K.  K. 
