Biographical memoir of Franklin Bache, M.D : prepared at the request of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia : read before the college, May 3d and June 7th, 1865 / by George B. Wood.

  • Wood, George B. (George Bacon), 1797-1879.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Biographical memoir of Franklin Bache, M.D : prepared at the request of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia : read before the college, May 3d and June 7th, 1865 / by George B. Wood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    well in form as substance. Though strongly pressed by the public demand, and anxious to put forth the new edition as soon as possible, consistently with the greatest attain- able perfection, the committee was unable to publish it before about the middle of 1863. It is scarcely neces- sary to add that, for all this expenditure of time, thought, and solicitous labour, not only in this revision, but in all those in which he had been concerned, Dr. Bache neither expected nor received any other recompense than the consciousness of duty performed and public benefit conferred, and perhaps a reputation enhanced with that portion of the profession who knew and could appreciate his efforts and sacrifices.* One or two other points in reference to the revision of the Pharmacopoeia, as connected with our departed friend, require notice. The work was at first confined exclusively to the medical profession, without any par- ticipation whatever of the pharmaceutical. Any one who considers for a moment the nature and purpose of a pharmacopoeia, that all its formulas are for the guid- ance of the apothecary, and that he much better than the physician, as a general rule, understands their prin- ciples and modes of execution, must see at a glance, if * la the interests of pharmacy, Dr. Bache wrote, and published in the American Journal of Pharmacy, the following articles; 1. An Address to the Graduates of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy {vol. i., a.d. 1835); 2. Remarks on the British and United States Pharmacopoeias [vol. viii. N. S., a.d. 1842); and 3. 'On the Advantages of a Single Pharmacopoeia for the British Empire (vol. iii. 3d Series, a.d. 1855).