436     Presentation  of  Medal  to  Dr.  F.  B.  Power.       \  Am)J^9p£arm- 
"Doctor  Power  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  in  1874,  in  the  same  class  with  his  life-long  friend,  Mr. 
Wellcome,  who  urged  him  to  pursue  his  studies  in  Germany.  He  spent 
the  years  from  1876  to  1880  in  Strassburg,  becoming  the  assistant  to 
Dr.  Fliickiger,  one  of  the  greatest  pharmacologists  of  Europe.  Re- 
turning to  America,  he  spent  nine  years  in  the  organizing  and  building 
up  of  the  Department  and  School  of  Pharmacy  in  the  University  of 
Wisconsin,  four  years  in  researches  on  essential  oils  in  a  newly 
organized  chemical  works  near  New  York,  and  in  1896  Mr.  Well- 
come appointed  him  Director  of  his  chemical  research  laboratories  in 
London.  For  eighteen  and  one-half  years  he  devoted  his  time  exclu- 
sively to  chemical  research  and  the  direction  of  a  staff  of  research 
workers  under  him.  One  hundred  and  fifty  important  scientific 
memoirs  were  published  from  the  laboratories  during  this  period. 
These  covered  a  wide  field  of  investigation  for  which  material  was 
obtained  from  all  parts  of  the  world.  Among  these  a  very  notable 
and  complete  study  was  made  of  the  East  Indian  chaulmoogra  oil. 
which  resulted  in  the  discovery  of  some  physiologically  active  acids 
of  an  entirely  new  type.  These  form  the  basis  of  the  new  treatment 
of  leprosy,  which  gives  promise  of  effecting  a  complete  cure  of  one 
of  the  most  terrible  diseases  of  mankind. 
"During  these  years  in  London  Dr.  Power  had  the  opportunity 
of  meeting  and  forming  the  close  friendship  of  the  foremost  scien- 
tific men  of  Great  Britain.  The  recognition  of  his  work  by  the  lead- 
ing chemists  and  other  scientists  of  Europe  would  be  perhaps  exem- 
plified in  the  high  tribute  paid  to  him  by  the  late  Lord  Moulton,  one 
of  the  most  learned  and  versatile  men  in  Europe  who  was  entrusted 
by  Kitchener  with  the  task  of  producing  the  high  explosives  for  the 
war.  Shortly  before  his  death,  he  chided  Mr.  Wellcome  for  permit- 
ting Dr.  Power  (who  for  family  reasons  had  returned  to  America) 
to  leave  Great  Britain,  for,  as  he  remarked,  'there  was  no  one  in 
Europe  who  could  fill  his  place.' 
"In  1908  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  commemorating  the 
twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  formation  of  its  Department  of 
Pharmacy,  conferred  upon  Dr.  Power,  its  founder,  the  degree  of 
LL.  D.,  and  in  191 3  the  Chemical,  Linnean  and  Pharmaceutical  So- 
cieties of  London  awarded  him  the  Hanbury  gold  medal,  a  distinc- 
tion only  once  perviously  bestowed  upon  an  American.  This  was 
followed  by  the  presentation  of  an  illuminated  address  and  an  album 
containing  the  signatures  of  contributors  from  many  parts  of  the 
world. 
"Dr.  Power,  in  recognition  of  your  distinguished  services  to 
science,  and  in  commemoration  of  the  years  which  you  spent  as  di- 
rector of  a  laboratory  devoted  to  chemical  research,  I  have  the  honor 
to  present  to  you  this  gold  medal  of  appreciation  from  your  life-long 
friend,  Mr.  Henry  S.  Wellcome,  who,  although  with  us  this  after- 
noon, is  unfortunately  prevented  by  a  severe  throat  affection  from 
