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any. Here are their names : Carduus Pitcheri, 

 Torrey, a thistle found growing in the barren 

 sand dunes on the shores of Lakes Michigan, 

 Huron and Superior; Gaura Pitcheri, Torrey 

 and Gray; Falcata Pitcheri, Torrey and Gray, 

 " Pitcher's Hog Peanut," found by the Red River, 

 Arkansas ; Clematis Pitcheri, Torrey and Gray, 

 found in the same place (this plant, by a revision 

 of names, is now known as Clematis Simsii, 

 Sweet; Arenaria patula, Michaux, " Pitcher's 

 Sandwort " {Arenaria Pitcheri, Nuttall) . (Tor- 

 rey and Gray, in Flora of North America, vol. i.) 

 " This genus is not now commonly recognized, 

 though it is found in smaller Florae as a good 

 genus." (J. H. Barnhart.) 



His chief biographer, Dr. Frederick G. Novy, 

 (physician and surgeon, 1908), has gathered a 

 list of his forty-one papers, which include: 



1832. Penetrating Wound of the Abdomen 

 and Section of the Intestinal Canal Successfully 

 Treated on the Plan of Ramdohr. (American 

 Journal, Medical Sciences, vol. x.) (Under the 

 conditions this was a remarkable piece of sur- 

 gery.) 



1853. Are Typhus and Typhoid Fevers Iden- 

 tical? (Peninsular Medical Journal, vol. i, sec- 

 ond series.) 



1853. Epilepsy Treated by Ligation of the 

 Common Carotid Artery. (Peninsular Medical 

 Journal, vol. i.) 



