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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>PRESS RELEASE <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Contact: Maggie Heran, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lloyd Library & Museum<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>513-721-3707<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:mheran@lloydlibrary.org">mheran@lloydlibrary.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For Immediate Release—April 18, 2012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lloyd Library and Museum (LLM) Acquires Lloyd Extractor—<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>An Artifact Important to the History of Pharmacy and Business in Cincinnati<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> LLM has recently acquired a significant piece of history—an extractor patented by its founder John Uri Lloyd. It was donated to LLM by AYSL Corporation through Albert Y. Leung, Ph.D. This particular unit has not only a long and interesting history, but also significantly touches upon the history of pharmacy, Cincinnati business, the University of Michigan, and Lloyd Brothers Pharmacists, Inc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> In 1904, John Uri Lloyd (JUL) filed his first patent on (what he named) Concentrator for Solutions, the device that has since come to be known as Lloyd’s Cold Still or Lloyd’s Extractor. Pharmacists had long recognized that when heat was applied to plant extracts the efficacy of the products was diminished. In developing his concentrator and extractor, JUL adopted the then-novel principle of applying heat to the surface, rather than the bottom, of the liquid. Although methods for manufacturing drugs have changed throughout the years, contemporary herbalists often use JUL’s method because it produces more effective products.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The Lloyd Extractor now on display at LLM has identifying cooper plates that read: “Lloyd’s Patent Extracting Apparatus patented March, 9, 1920—number 1332908—M[anufactured] by Brighton Copperworks, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, Coppersmiths & Engineers to the Chemical Industry.” JUL’s Extractor was first manufactured by F.C. Deckebach & Sons Company of Cincinnati, which was purchased by Brighton around 1934. In 1986 Brighton was sold to Trinity Industries, Inc.; and, in 2002, Enerfab, located at 4955 Spring Grove Ave, Cincinnati, acquired Trinity. Today, Enerfab makes containers and related products for the food and beverage industries, as well as the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The Lloyd Extractor has found a most appropriate home at LLM—an artifact relevant to Cincinnati’s pharmacy and business history. There is, however, another story about this particular extractor that integrates even more pharmacy history, as well as connections to the University of Michigan (U of M). In 1914, Henry Kraemer, graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, left his position of Professor of Botany and Pharmacognosy at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (Kraemer corresponded with JUL—LLM archives holds letters from his Philadelphia years, 1879-1909) for another at U of M. During World War I, under the direction of Kraemer, practical work in pharmacognosy was expanded; it was around this time, that the Lloyd extractor, now at LLM, was purchased for use in U of M’s pharmacy and pharmacognosy department. The extractor remained on U of M’s campus for a number of years.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> In 1962, Albert Y. Leung became a student at U of M and received both an M.S. and Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy. He went on to have an active career in natural products working or consulting with many institutes and companies. >From the National Cancer Institute to Bristol-Myers, Leung lent his expertise in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and producing genuine high-quality traditional extracts using modern technology. A few years ago, LLM learned that Leung held this particular Lloyd Extractor. He had used it as a student at U of M and later in his pharmacognostic work with botanical raw materials. LLM and Leung began discussing a loan of the extractor until the end of 2011 when he donated it outright—the same year he received the 2011 Alumni Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the College of Pharmacy, the University of Michigan, for his contributions to the advancement of herbal medicine, especially in TCM. Leung has now made a major contribution to the history of pharmacy through his donation of the Lloyd Extractor.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Plans are underway to develop a permanent educational exhibit at LLM titled “The History of Pharmaceutical Chemistry,” which will display the Lloyd Extractor—now located in the Reading Room it is presently a source of curiosity, drawing comments and questions from visitors. In addition, the permanent exhibit will feature the Soxhlet Extractor, a donation from Research Triangle Institute of North Carolina, used by scientists in the 1960s to test and produce cancer-fighting agents from the Pacific Yew, Taxus brevolia, which led to today’s important anti-cancer medicine Taxol®. Along with these two important extractors, the exhibit will include other pharmaceutical equipment from Lloyd Brothers, Pharmacists, Inc. and Benet’s Pharmacy, a long-time Cincinnati establishment and compounding pharmacy that recently closed its business near Piatt Park and made a significant donation of artifacts and other materials to LLM from the pharmacy. The exhibit will culminate with the George Rieveschl, Jr. Research Center featuring books and artifacts once belonging to Rieveschl; as well as his research papers on the development of Benadyl® from LLM’s George Rieveschl, Jr. Papers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Lloyd Library and Museum, located at 917 Plum Street, downtown Cincinnati, is a local and regional cultural treasure. The library was developed in the nineteenth century by the Lloyd brothers—John Uri, Curtis Gates, and Nelson Ashley to provide reference sources for Lloyd Brothers Pharmacists, Inc., one of the leading pharmaceutical companies of the period. Today the library is recognized worldwide by the scientific community as a vital research center. The library holds, acquires, and provides access to both historic and current materials on the subjects of pharmacy, botany, horticulture, herbal and alternative medicine, pharmacognosy, and related topics. Although our collections have a scientific focus, they also have relevance to humanities topics, such as visual arts and foreign languages through resources that feature botanical and natural history illustrations, original artworks, and travel literature, thereby revealing the convergence of science and art. The Lloyd is open to anyone with an interest in these topics. Free parking is available for patrons and visitors behind the library building. For more information, visit the Lloyd website at <a href="http://www.lloydlibrary.org">www.lloydlibrary.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lloyd Library and Museum<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>917 Plum Street<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cincinnati, Ohio 45202<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>513-721-3707<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.lloydlibrary.org">www.lloydlibrary.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Open the third Saturday of the month, September through May, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";color:#C0504D'>Anna K Heran<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Archivist, Exhibits Coordinator, and Education & Outreach Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#006600'>Lloyd Library and Museum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>917 Plum Street<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cincinnati, OH 45202<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>513/721-3707<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>archivist@lloydlibrary.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#996633'>Bringing Science, Art, and History to Life/<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#996633'>Because the Past is the Path to the Future<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>