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appointed  in  1854,  to  assist  in  remodelling  the  London  Pharmacopoeia.  The 
first  British  Pharmacopoeia  published  in  1864,  not  proving  satisfactory,  Professor 
Redwood  prepared  a  new  edition  which  appeared  in  1867,  and  the  addenda  in 
1874 ;  he  was  also  the  pharmaceutical  editor  of  the  last  edition  published  in 
1885.  When  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference  was  organized  in  1864,  he 
was  made  one  of  the  vice-presidents,  and  for  two  years,  1876  and  1877,  he  was 
elected  president.  In  1869  he  represented  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  at  the 
International  Pharmaceutical  Congress  held  at  Vienna,  and  in  1881  he  was 
made  President  of  the  fifth  Congress  which  convened  in  London.  In  1840,  he 
prepared  an  English  elaboration  of  F.  Mohr's  German  work  on  pharmaceu- 
tical technics,  which  was  subsequently  republished  in  Philadelphia,  having 
been  edited  and  adapted  for  American  pharmacists  by  the  late  Prof.  Wm. 
Procter.  Gray's  Supplement  to  the  Pharmacopoeia  was  revised  and  rewritten  by 
Prof.  Redwood,  and  three  editions  were  published  in  1847,  1848  and  1857.  He 
also  edited  several  editions  of  Pereira's  Selecta  e  Prescriptis,  and  for  the 
abridged  edition  of  1872  of  Pereira's  Materia  Medica,  he  contriouted  the 
portion  relating  to  chemistry  and  pharmacy.  He  was  public  analyst  for  the 
county  of  Middlesex,  for  the  London  districts  of  Holborn  and  St.  Giles,  and 
for  the  borough  of  Luton,  assisted  in  these  duties  b}"  his  son  T.  Home  Redwood 
and  by  A.  J.  de  Hailes. 
Professor  Redwood's  life  was  one  of  well-directed  labor  extending  over  a 
period  of  sixty-six  years,  dating  from  the  commencement  of  his  apprenticeship. 
That  he  was  appreciated  as  a  teacher  was  shown  as  early  as  1850,  when  about 
one  hundred  of  his  pupils  presented  him  with  a  costly  service  of  plate  as  an 
expression  of  their  gratitude,  and  later,  in  1887,  when  a  subscription  was 
started  for  the  foundation  of  a  scholarship,  which  was  consummated  in  1888, 
and  will  hereafter  be  associated  with  the  research  laboratory  of  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Society  of  Great  Britain.  The  value  of  his  labors  in  science  was 
recognized  by  the  conferring  upon  him  by  the  University  of  Giessen,  of  the 
degree  of  Ph.D.,  when  Liebig,  in  1852,  retired  from  that  institution,  to  accept 
a  chair  in  Munich.  A  number  of  societies  conferred  honorary  membership 
upon  him  ;  among  others,  this  was  done  by  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  and  by  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
VARIETIES. 
Monochlorphenol  is  stated  by  Dr.  Passerini  {Brit.  Med.  Jour.)  to  be  a 
powerful  antiseptic  free  from  the  disagreeable  odor  and  from  the  caustic  and 
irritant  action  of  trichloropheaol,  and  is  recommended  as  an  inhalation  in. 
tuberculosis  and  other  pulmonary  affections. 
[There  are  three  chlorophenols  C6H5C10,  as  follows  : 
Ortho  chlorophenol,  melting  point  70,  boiling  point  1750 
Meta  "  "     28-5°,  "  2140 
Para  "  "37-  "  2170 
Editor  Am.  Jour.  Pharm.] 
Ichthyol,  in  doses  of  o*oi  to  0  02  gm.,  has  been  found  useful  by  Dr.  Thor  in 
pyrosis,  the  sour  eructations  disappearing  without  leaving  an    disa  reeable 
fter-affect.~Med.  Surg.  Rep.,  Jan.  23,  1892. 
