Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Nov.,  1889. 
Obituary. 
591 
by  it  practically  embraces  the  researches  to  the  present  time.  The  most  note- 
worthy alteration  has  been  made  in  that  part  of  the  text  which  embraces 
organic  chemistry,  which  has  not  only  been  considerably  enlarged,  but  has  also 
been  re-arranged  and  largely  re- written,  so  that  it  forms  an  excellent  compendium 
of  organic  chemistry  as  applied  to  medicine  and  pharmacy,  and  which  is  in 
accord  with  the  modern  views  prevailing  in  that  science. 
The  book  will  doubtless  prove  to  be  as  useful  as  the  preceding  editions  have 
been. 
The  following  printed  Proceedings  of  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations 
have  been  received : 
Georgia. — Fourteenth  meeting,  pp.  80.— See  page  537. 
Minnesota. — Fifth  meeting,  pp.  115. — See  page  538. 
Nebraska—  Eighth  meeting,  pp.  127.— See  page  378. 
New  Jersey. — Nineteenth  meeting,  pp.  114. — See  page  318. 
Ohio—  Eleventh  meeting,  pp.  130. — See  page  378. 
Report  of  the  Botanist,  Dr.  Geo.  Vasey,  for  the  year  1888. 
This  is  a  reprint  from  the  annual  report  of  the  U.  S.  Department  of 
Agriculture  for  the  year  1888,  and  is  devoted  to  a  description  of  grasses  and 
weeds  growing  in  the  arid  districts  of  the  United  States,  which  are  illustrated 
by  13  plates.  The  pamphlet  contains  also  a  comprehensive  paper  by  F.  W. 
Anderson  on  the  pastoral  resources  of  Montana. 
Digest  of  Criticisms  on  the  IT.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  sixth  decennial  edition  (1880). 
Part  II :  New  York,  1889.    8vo.  Pp.  277, 
This  pamphlet,  a  supplement  to  the  one  noticed  heretofore,  is  published  by 
the  Committee  of  Kevision  and  Publication,  U.  S.  P.,  and  is  intended  for  the 
use  of  incorporated  medical  and  pharmaceutical  societies  interested  in  the 
revision  of  the  pharmacopoeia.    The  pamphlet  is  not  for  sale. 
Monument — J.  B.  Van  Helmont.  Bruxelles,  1889.  Pp.  16. 
A  reprint  from  Bulletin  de  VAcademie  royale  de  Medecine,  giving  an  account  of 
the  inauguration  of  the  statue  of  that  celebrated  scientist  on  July  15  last,  in 
his  native  city,  Brussels. 
OBITUARY. 
George  Buck  died  in  Chicago,  October  2d,  at  the  age  of  62  years.  He  was  a 
native  of  Rochester,  England,  where  he  was  educated  and  trained  in  phar- 
macy. Emigrating  to  the  United  States  in  1855,  he  accepted  a  clerkship  with 
J.  H.  Reid  &  Co.,  Chicago,  with  whom  he  remained  until  1859,  when  he  com- 
menced business,  entering  into  partnership  with  Mr.  Rayner,  which  continued 
until  the  time  of  his  death.  Mr.  Buck  was  an  earnest  advocate  of  thorough 
pharmaceutical  education,  and  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Chicago  College  of 
Pharmacy,  which  institution  he  served  faithfully  in  various  capacities,  and 
since  1886  as  its  president.    He  was  active  in  the  efforts  to  secure  a  pharmacy 
