Obituary. 
f  A.m.  Jour.  Pharm. 
t      March,  1897. 
present.  Results  of  examinations  of  more  than  100  samples,  official  and  unoffi- 
cial, were  tabulated.  If  completeness  in  the  analysis  of  plants  is  at  all  desir- 
able, then  the  importance  of  such  work  is  at  once  apparent,  and  to  the 
future  collaborators  of  materia  medica  such  knowledge  will  prove  extremely 
valuable. 
Professor  Remington  called  attention  to  a  new  form  of  prescription  balance, 
which  is  manufactured  by  the  Micrometer  Balance  Scale  Company,  of  Troy, 
N.  YM  and  is  illustrated  by  the  accompanying  engraving.  The  arms  are  of 
unequal  length  and  there  is  but  one  pan.  The  knife  edges  are  delicately 
adjusted  and  the  ordinary  weights  are  discarded.  The  principal  feature  of  the 
device  is  embodied  in  two  graduated  cylinders,  in  combination  with  a  screw. 
The  inner  cylinder  is  rigidly  attached  to  the  arm,  and  by  moving  the  outer 
cylinder  either  to  or  from  the  fulcrum,  weighing  is  accomplished,  the  weight 
being  read  on  the  index. 
There  being  no  further  business,  a  motion  to  adjourn  was  affirmed. 
T.  S.  Wikgand, 
Registrar. 
OBITUARY. 
Auguste  Triad,  the  eminent  French  plant  anatomist,  died  in  Paris,  October 
16,  1896.  His  most  noteworthy  papers  pertained  to  the  vascular  system  of 
plants.  Under  the  auspices  of  the  French  Government  he  explored  various 
regions  of  North  America  in  1848  and  1849,  and  many  of  the  cactus  species  of 
European  gardens,  as  well  as  the  Yucca,  which  bears  his  name,  were  introduced 
by  him. 
On  August  9,  1896,  John  C.  Allen  died  at  his  home,  335  South  Fifth  Street, 
this  city,  in  the  ninetieth  year  of  his  age.  He  was  educated  as  a  druggist, 
having  graduated  with  honor  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in 
1829.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  College  in  1829,  and  for  many  years 
was  noted  as  being  the  oldest  living  alumnus.  He  was  a  direct  descendant  of 
Nathaniel  Allen,  one  of  the  commissioners  of  Penn,  for  laying  out  Phila- 
delphia. 
Henry  Bower,  a  well-known  business  man  of  this  city,  died  at  his  late  resi- 
dence, 130  South  Twenty-third  Street,  March  26,  1896,  aged  sixty-three  years. 
He  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1854,  and  after 
graduation,  entered  business  as  a  chemical  broker.  Subsequently,  he  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  chemicals.  Glycerin  was  one  of  the  products  made,  and 
several  years  ago  he  received  the  Klliott-Cresson  Medal  from  the  Franklin 
Institute  for  the  process  for  the  utilization  of  crude  glycerin.  He  was  con- 
si  lered  an  authority  on  subjects  relating  to  the  manufacture  of  chemicals,  and 
was  the  author  of  a  number  of  articles  on  these  subjects.  He  was  one  of  the 
Board  of  Managers  of  the  Franklin  Institute  and  a  member  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Henry  Trimen,  M.B.,  F.R.S.,  F.L.S.,  died  at  Peradeniya,  Ceylon,  October 
16th,  in  his  fifty-third  year.    He  was  appointed  Director  of  the  Botanical  Gar- 
