The Squibb corporation was founded in 1858 by Edward Robinson Squibb in Brooklyn, New York. Squibb was known as an advocate of quality control and high purity standards early within the pharmaceutical industry. He went on to self-publish an alternative to the U.S. Pharmacopeia titled "Squibb's Ephemeris of Materia Medica," after failing to convince the American Medical Association to incorporate higher purity standards. "Materia Medica", Squibb products, and Edward Squibb's opinion on the fundamentals of pharmacy are found in many medical papers of the late 1800s. The "American Journal of Pharmacy" published more than one hundred papers of Squibb's research surrounding the industry.