Editorial. 
j  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
(.       June,  1901. 
College,  "was  unfailingly  and  devotedly  interested  in  the  affairs  of 
the  College  and  zealous  in  promoting  every  measure  that  seemed  to 
promise  improvement  in  the  College  work." 
All  that  has  been  referred  to  in  this  brief  sketch  is  but  a  part  of 
the  career  of  this  great  man,  and  was  the  work  accomplished  during 
his  period  of  recreation.  His  best  work  was  given  as  chemist  and 
superintendent  to  the  Department  of  Correction  and  Charities  of 
New  York  City.  He  conducted  all  this  work  without  permitting 
the  political  rings  in  New  York  City  to  influence  it  in  the  least  ;  he 
organized  the  work  and  made  the  department  the  only  one  that 
has  not  suffered  through  the  influence  of  political  intrigue  at  one 
time  or  other.  He  so  conducted  his  department  that,  though  the 
work  might  be  scrutinized  with  all  the  malice  of  a  foe,  nothing 
should  reward  the  search  but  the  finding  of  a  faithful  adherence  to 
duty. 
And  yet  when  all  this  is  said  we  have  but  glanced  at  the  per- 
sonality of  this  man.  He  was  an  unusual  scholar  and  master  of  a 
dozen  or  more  of  languages.  He  was  a  most  thorough  linguist 
and  recognized  as  an  authority  on  questions  of  philology  and  ety- 
mology and  was  one  of  the  foremost  Sanskrit  scholars  in  this 
country.  He  was  a  proficient  mathematician,  and  had  a  thorough 
grasp  of  recent  researches  in  both  theoretical  and  physical  chem- 
istry. He  was  a  chemical  as  well  as  a  biological  analyst  and  was 
on  the  staff  in  the  Pediatrics  Laboratory  in  New  York  City.  He 
had  a  working  knowledge  of  botany  and  zoology  that  simply 
amazed  specialists  in  these  branches.  At  one  time  he  was  doing 
microscopical  work  in  these  sciences,  and  at  another,  systematic 
work.  No  one  comprehended  this  man  in  his  entirety.  To  each 
he  revealed  a  part  of  himself,  and  because  his  attainments  in  a  par- 
ticular field  stood  out  in  such  bold  relief,  men  did  not  comprehend 
that  he  was  equally  accomplished  in  others,  and  so  men  have  com- 
pared their  notes  and  they  each  find  that  he  stood  for  more  than  they 
thought ;  and  now  that  the  work  of  collating  the  facts  of  his  life,  his 
achievements  and  his  character  has  begun,  they  like  the  hues  of  the 
opal  and  the  light  of  the  diamond,  will  become  more  and  more 
apparent  as  we  come  together  and  speak  of  him  and  write  that 
record. 
Dr.  Rice  was  an  Honorary  Fellow  of  the  New  York  Academy  of 
Medicine  and  Honorary  Member  of  the  following  organizations: 
