Am  ToUr  Pharm.  J.      Great  Pharmacist  Passes  Awav.  3°T- 
May,  1921.      )  J 
His  unusual  personality  and  accomplishments  made  him  a  con- 
spicuous figure  in  any  assembly,  but  never  did  he  indulge  in  mere- 
tricious -artifice  to  attract  popular  applause,  and  disingenuous  ma- 
neuvering was  never  perceptible  in  his  character.  He  did  all  things 
with  sincerity. 
Possessed  of  an  endearing  personality,  brusque,  but  versed  in 
courtesy,  he  made  and  maintained  a  wide  circle  of  friends  who  will 
inevitably  miss  his  happy  companionship  and  his  keen  humanness. 
A  pioneer  in  many  fields  of  pharmaceutic  endeavor,  he  was  largely 
responsible  for  the  formulation  of  many  organizations  which  now 
hold  potent  sway  in  pharmacy.  He  was  the  first  President  of  the 
National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  and  while  he  differed  with 
some  of  the  later  policies  of  that  body,  he  nevertheless  maintained 
a  kind  and  active  interest  in  all  of  its  activities.  In  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  meetings  he  was  always  an  outstanding 
figure,  and  did  much  constructive  work  in  the  development  of  that 
organization.  The  Section  on  Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dispensing 
was  of  his  conception,  and  it  was  with  pride  and  satisfaction  that 
he  annually  exhorted  the  incoming  chairman  of  that  section  to  mind 
well  and  zealously  its  destinies. 
His  particular  pride,  however,  was  in  his  store  in  Baltimore, 
where  he  reared  through  constant  and  sincere  efforts  a  business 
which  today  is  a  beacon  light  of  ethical  pharmacy  that  sheds  its 
message  of  faith  and  accomplishment  to  all  the  profession. 
The  Journal  of  the  American  Medical  Association  in  comment- 
ing upon  Henry  P.  Hynson's  death  and  particularly  upon  the  high 
standards  obtaining  in  his  establishment,  thus  honors  his  ideals  in  no 
uncertain  language : 
"As  already  suggested,  his  constant  effort  was  to  emphasize  as 
of  primary  importance  the  service  which  the  educated  scientific 
pharmacist  was  in  a  position  to  render  to  the  public,  and  to  decry 
the  commercial  ideas  which  seemed  to  be  strangling  the  professional 
instincts  of  the  pharmacists.  He  opposed  commercial  drug  store 
exploitation  of  the  public  with  'oatent  medicines'  and  making  phar- 
macy a  mere  adjunct  to  the  sale  of  soda  water,  light  lunches  and 
novelties.  Hynson  was;  one  of  the  few  prominent  pharmacists  who 
were  willing  to  forego  financial  gain  in  order  to  raise  the  ethical 
standards  of  a  profession  which  he  honored.  He  took  an  earnest 
interest  in  all  the  live  pharmaceutical  questions  of  the  day,  and  pure 
pharmacy  sustained  a  great  loss  in  his  death." 
