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NAME WEBER 1208 WEBER when his faiUng heaUh led him to resign this for a position in the State Board of Phar- macy. He helped to organize the American Pharmaceutical Association. He was an easj- writer, and, between 1855 and 1870, contributed numerous papers to the American Journal of Pharmacy, and to the American Pharmaceutical Association, the ti- tles of these being recorded in these publica- tions, among them being one on "The Gizzard of the South American Ostrich," from which he first showed that a preparation thus ob- tained could be used as a remedj' for dyspep- sia. In 1860, when Nicholas Longworth be- came enthusiastic over the possibility of the Ohio hillsides becoming a national source of grape and wine culture, Professor Wayne united with him, and instituted experiments for making cream of tartar and tartaric acid from grapes. He actively engaged in assaj-ing minerals, and show-ed that a quicksilver mine in North Carolina yielded 150 pounds of mer- cury to the ton. During the early days he was one of the first to manufacture coal oil from bituminous coal, a business that was wrecked on the open- ing of the kerosene fields. I remember Professor Wayne as a medium- sized man of charming personality, easy in manner and a ready conversationalist, exceed- ingly neat and up-to-date in dress, even to the verge of being dandified. His work as an edu- cator brought him into contact with the young, with whom he was always a favorite, by reason of his delightfully pleasant address, his unquestioned knowledge, his invariable cour- tesy to all. and his helpful encouragement. John Uri Lloyd. Bull, of the LloyJ Lib. Pharm. Series No. 2, IQHI. I'ort. Daniel Drake and his Followers, O. Juettner, 1909. Weber, Gustav C. E. (1828-1Q12) Gustav C. E. Weber, surgeon of Cleveland, Ohio, was born in Bonn, Prussia, May 26, 1828, the son of M. I. Weber, professor of anatomy in the University of Bonn. The father was a noted man, the author of an "Anatomical At- las" that was translated into many languages and of other books on anatomy. Young Weber was educated in Bonn, but being under suspi- cion of implication in the revolution of 1848 he emigrated to America, entering the St. Louis Medical College in 1849 and receiving an M. D. in 1851. He then returned to Europe and spent much time with Carl Braun, an old friend of his father, in Vienna, and after a year went to Amsterdam, as Germany was still closed to him. In Amsterdam he had special training as an internist and finally passed a 3'ear at Paris under Roux, living in the Quartier Latin, following his master and learning English. In 1853 Weber went to New York, where his brother Edward had been engaged in prac- tice, and on Edward's death carried on his practice until 1856, when his health failed. In 1854 he married Ruth Elizabeth Cheney, of New York City, and they had two children, Carl and Ida. He settled in Cleveland in 1856 and accepted the chair of surgery in the Cleveland Medical College made vacant by the resignation of Horace A. Ackley (q.v.), retaining the position until the breaking out of the Civil War. He established the Cleveland Medical Gazette. the first medical journal of the city, in 1859, carrying it on for several years. He did not write much, however, devoting his energies more to the practice of surgery. Governor Tod appointed Weber surgeon-genera! of the Ohio forces in the fall of 1861, with a special mission to organize a system for the better medical care of the troops in the field. He gave efficient service but was obliged to retire in 1863 because of his wife's health. Soon after his return he closed his connection with the Cleveland Medical College, and organized the Charity Hospital Medical College in 1864, becoming professor of clinical surgery and dean of the faculty. Through the efforts of his wife and the donations of Mr. J. L. Woods, inspired by him, the Charity Hospital came into being and remained as his monument. Dr. Weber came to his full development from his forty-fifth to his fiftieth year. He was in very general demand as a consultant. and as an operator was rapid, painstaking and gentle. He had the eye of a mechanic and was accurate in his plastic work — harelip, rhino- plasty and chiloplasty being favorite opera- tions. His dissection was clean and rapid and he was ambidextrous. In his lectures to stu- dents he was inclined to dwell on the wider problems of surgery rather than on the com- monplace details and thus was not a good teacher of the rudiments but he taught care and thoroughness. One had to see him oper- ate to learn the best lessons he could give. Dr. Weber was one of the prime movers in uniting the Cleveland Medical College with the Medical Department of Wooster College and became dean and professor of clinical surgery in Western Reserve Medical Department as it was then called, holding the former office from 1880 to 1897. In 1898 he retired from the active practice of surgery and was Consul at Nuremberg, where he remained four years. After his re-