Obituary : Silas M. Burroughs.

Date:: 1895

Credit: Obituary : Silas M. Burroughs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$>90 LJ>5 /h. the pharmaceutical era. >6\ o G , [February 7, is9- B7£J U rtf rr=* L A27T (Informalion furnished by manufacturers in regard to their products. S. M. BURROUGHS DEAD. Just as we go to press the following cablegram is received : London, Feb. 6. S. M. Burroughs, of Burroughs, Wellcome & Co., died to-day .at Monte Carlo, of pneumonia.” In an interview with Mr. S. W. Fair- ■child, of Fairchild Bros. & Foster, to-day, he said: “We learn with deep sorrow bv cable¬ gram from Mr. Henry S. Wellcome of the death of Mr. Burroughs. We have had the pleasure of the friendship of Mr. Burroughs for many years, as well as the most pleasant business relations with the firm of which he was the senior member. It has been his habit to send us frequent reminders and appropriate memen¬ tos of his sojourns in different coun¬ tries, and only a few days ago we received •one of his photographs, taken at the Al¬ hambra, Granada. Mr. Burroughs was born in Medina, N. Y. about forty-five years ago. After serving an apprentice¬ ship in the retail drug business he at¬ tended the Philadelphia College of Phar¬ macy and was graduated therefrom. He represented the firm of Jno. Wyeth & Bro. for many years and left this firm to estab¬ lish himself in business in London. His business career was characterized ny untiring energy and invincible determ¬ ination to succeed, and yvith the aid of ^r' ^ eLcome, who became associated with him later, the house of Burroughs, Y ellcome & Co. has established a very large and profitable business, not only in Great Britain and in Europe, but in all the British Colonies of Asia, Australia and Africa. Mr. Burroughs made two trips around the world, visiting all the prominent pharmacies of each country, aud w e may say that lie was well known to the pharmaceutical profession all over the world. Fie was a man of exceedingly liberal ideas, broad minded and generous hearted, as his many friends can testify, and one whose friendship was greatly ap¬ preciated by those who knew him well. He had strong views upon certain politi¬ cal matters, particularly the “single tax” and while many differed with him, all respected his opinions, as those of a man who had the courage of his convictions. Y 0 feel that we have lost a warm per¬ sonal friend and that the pharmaceutical profession has sustained in his death the loss of one of its most able and progres¬ sive members.” The Searle and Ilcreth Co., of Chicago are very wideawake in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, aud their advertise¬ ment on the cover of this issue is di¬ rected to people who may be asleep on the subject. Send for their catalogue. It is an eye-opener for trade. The druggist who is crowded for room, | and wants to save himself lots of work I and trouble in handling goods, should ! write to the Coburn Trolley Track Mfg. Co., Holyoke, Mass., for their catalogue describing the sliding ladders manufact¬ ured by them. As a means of going up higher both in the store and in business these ladders are just the thing. That the R. E. Hitchcock Co., of Y aterbury, Conn., can do good printing is shown by the very handsome supple¬ ments which have appeared in the Era. They do this kind of work on their paper boxes, prescription blanks, etc., and they will be pleased to send samples for in¬ spection. In writing them state quantity wanted, as they make material reduc¬ tions on large quantities. Y ilmot Castle & Co., of Rochester, N. Y., report a remarkable increase in the demand for the Arnold General Purpose and Instrument Sterilizers. Physicians who have any practice to speak of can¬ not afford to be without an efficient Sterilizer. Arnold Sterilizers seem to fill the requirements in every particular, and have the advantage of being low in price. 'Pat e n ts Trade Marks,Designs, Etc. PATENTS. Issued Jan. 22d, 1 895. 532,878—Thomas J. Holmes, Lexington, Ma ss.—Atomizer. 532,911—Joshua Rosett, New York. N. Y — Atomizer. Issued Jan. 29th, 1895. 533,070—Fred. E. Lovojoy, Portland, Me.— Automatic liquor measure. 533,127—James B. Horton, Brooklyn, N. l •—Innaler and respirator. SSJip-Theodore A. Willard, Norwalk, Ohio.—Hydrometer. 533,303—John E. Lee, Conshokocken, Pa.— Method of an apparatus for making catheter or other tubes. 533.304— John E. Lee, Conshokocken, Pa.— rod's11116 f0r winciin£ fabrics, etc., into 533.305— John E. Lee, Conshokocken, Pa.— -oooG.1111® for applying powder to fabrics. 033,310—James baylor, Jr., rouglikeepsie, a.—1'ruit-juice extractor. TRADE MARKS. Registered Jan. 22d, 1895. 25,895.—Manufactured and prepared drugs and chemicals. Thomas Tyrer & Co., .Strat¬ ford and London, England. The representa¬ tion of an oblong band or strip with orna- iVTTA circulax* designs at the ends, and F* 1 * * * * *® Acid within the baud having suitable lettering thereon. 25.590. —Remedy for diseases peculiar to womeu. Lauroline Medicine Co., New York, b. i. Tlie word Lauroline.” 25.591. —Remedies for the cure of certain named diseases. Elizabeth G. Tob n Georgiaville, R. I. The words ” Dr a f Austin s Household Remedies.” A good system of bookkeeping is a necessity for every business man, but a very useful adjunct to such a system is an apparatus which keeps track of the actual cash handled. A record of the coming and going of the cash is of ut¬ most importance, and the Peck Cash Register furnishes just such a record. How it does it is fully described iu the circulars sent out by the Peek Cash Register Co., Syracuse, N. Y. Y7rite them about it. J. M. Grosveuor & Co., 105 Milk street, Boston, announce that they have again secured control of Grosvenor’s Bell-Cap- Sic Plasters, which for the past year have been handled by Johnson & John¬ son, New York, and that all orders should now be sent to the Boston firm. Bell-Cap-Sic Plasters are well known to the trade and the public, aud the means for bringing them to the attention of the latter during the coming year will not be neglected. An item to the effect that hereafter Autikainnia will be sold only in tablet form has been published in several medi¬ cal journals, and is liable to give rise to a misapprehension. The Antikamnia Co. have therefore issued a circular inform¬ ing the trade that “ the change in style of packages and form of tablets iu no sense changes Antikamnia, nor with¬ draws ‘ Antikamnia powdered ’ from the market, which remains now as al¬ ways, and in stronger demand than ever.”$

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