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OBITUARY. 
At  the  meeting  of  the  College  of  Physicians  of  Philadelphia,  on  May 
5th,  the  following,  among  other  resolutions,  were  passed  : 
"  Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  Dr.  Dunglison  the  American  medical 
profession  has  lost  one  of  its  highest  ornaments,  the  professional  corps 
one  of  its  most  distinguished  members,  physiological  science  one  of 
its  most  able  expounders,  and  medical  literature  one  of  its  most  useful, 
erudite  and  abundant  authors." 
Prof.  J.  Nickles,  of  the  faculty  of  sciences  at  Nancy,  died  early  in 
April,  from  the  irritating  effects  of  Fluorine  or  one  of  its  compounds,  in 
the  investigation  of  which  he  was  engaged.  Prof.  Nickles  was  suffering 
from  a  severe  cold  at  the  time,  which  was  greatly  aggravated  by  the 
fluoric  compound.  He  was  the  foreign  collaborator  of  the  "  Journal  de 
Pharmacie,"  and  the  scientific  correspondent  of  the  American  Journal 
of  Science  and  the  Arts.  The  Editors  of  the  Journal  de  Pharmacie 
promise  a  more  detailed  notice. 
Louis  Felix  Joseph  Garot,  pharmacien  of  Paris,  was  born  on  the  8th 
of  March,  1798,  and  died  on  the  7th  of  May,  1869,  at  Versailles,  to  which 
city  he  had  retired  after  practising  pharmacy  for  45  years.  He  was  a 
pupil  of  the  elder  Robiquet,  and  afterwards  served  in  the  hospitals  and 
the  Pharmacie  Central,  the  friend  of  Guibourt,  Soubeiran,  Girardin  and 
others,  who,  with  himself,  were  an  honor  to  their  profession.  Various  of 
his  papers  are  interspersed  in  the  volumes  of  the  Journal  de  Pharmacie. 
In  1847  he  lost  a  son  of  great  promise,  and  about  the  same  time  M.  Dor- 
vault  married  his  daughter. 
JVl.  Cap,  from  whose  notice  we  extract  these  lines,  says  Garot  was  the 
type  of  a  well  informed,  conscientious  and  disinterested  pharmaceutist. 
Charged  on  several  occasions  with  different  sanitary  and  benevolent  labors 
in  the  public  service,  he  has  always  acquitted  himself  with  devotedness 
and  intelligence  ;  but  it  was  the  amenity  of  his  disposition  and  his  equible 
temper  and  goodness  of  heart  that  won  for  him  the  general  affection  of 
his  friends. 
Dr.  Charles  D.  Meigs,  of  Philadelphia,  formerly  Professor  of  Obste- 
trics, in  Jefferson  Medical  College,  died  at  his  residence  at  Media,  near 
this  city,  where  he  had  retired  some  years  ago,  on  the  20th  inst.,  in  the 
78th  year  of  his  age.  Dr.  Meigs  was  a  native  of  Georgia,  having  trans- 
ferred his  residence  to  Philadelphia  in  early  life.  Among  the  most  noted 
practitioners  in  his  branch,  he  was  elected  to  tlie  Jefferson  School,  where 
during  a  long  series  of  years  he  lectured  to  a  large  class  of  students.  Dr. 
Meigs  was  noted  for  his  scholarship,  and  was  the  author  of  several  medi- 
cal works.  As  a  lecturer  he  was  fluent  and  eloquent,  but  erratic  and 
unsystematic,  yet  always  popular  with  his  class.  As  a  practitioner  he 
enjoyed  an  undiminished  reputation,  and  as  a  citizen  was  widely  known 
and  respected. 
