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was the first to call the attention of the Academy to its 

 virtues and to publish it abroad, yet Dr. Trash's ever ready 

 and zealous application of knowledge to use, by thorough 

 tests and reports, subserved greatly to establish its reputa- 

 tion) ; Mansanita leaves (Arctostaphylos of this coast) as an 

 antilithic, kidney, and bladder tonic ; Tincture of Kalmia 

 latlfoiia, as an extraordinary sedative; besides unnumbered 

 others we forbear to mention. 



Dr. Trask, in conjunction with Dr. Wooster, published 

 the Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal in the year 1858, 

 being the first periodical of medical literature ever pub- 

 lished in California. It promptly received the support and 

 indorsement of the profession ; was frequently quoted by 

 older journals of the Eastern States and Europe. The first 

 list of graduated physicians was published in the December 

 number of 1858. After some years of conscientious and 

 laborious editorial work, the journal passed out of his 

 hands, and finally into the charge of Drs. Henry Gibbons, 

 Sr and Jr. , who still ably and successfully preside over its 

 fortunes. 



We have been obliged to omit much that is familiar to 

 the public because of the unexpected and impromptu — 

 indeed , very short notice —that precludes the possibility to 

 consult, by requisite correspondence, the proper sources of 

 reliable information — e. g., his connection with the Mexican 

 Boundary Survey, as geologist of this State and the State 

 of Nevada. The meagre appropriations of those early days 

 must, however, have made nis relation more nominal than 

 real. We have not dwelt upon his patriotic enlistment in 

 the G-rand Army of the Eepublic. 



All mankind who recognize the immortals — and who 

 does not ? — of every name, nation, or creed under the sun, 



