EDITORIAL. 
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apissated,  descending  sap  of  Papaver  somniferuni,  commonly  called  Opium, 
requires,"  &c.  "  None  of  the  medicinal  powers,  operations  or  effects,  either 
of  Morphine  or  Oxyd  of  Morphinium,  seem  to  depend,"  &c.  44  To  this  I 
doubt  not  that  the  Iodo-quininiate  of  Iodide  of  Potassium,"  &c,  &c. 
These  extracts  are  merely  made  to  illustrate  the  groat  latitude  Dr.  Tully 
assumes  in  dealing  in  nomenclature,  apart  from  his  views  on  the  several 
subjects  treated,  which,  when  the  first  part  of  the  work  has  been  completed, 
we  will  endeavur  to  notice,  as  they  deserve  more  time  and  space  than  our 
limits  and  leisure  will  now  permit. 
A  Discourse  on  the  times,  character  and  writings  of  Hippocrates,  read  before 
the  Trustees,  Faculty  and  Medical  Class  of  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  at  the  opening  of  the  term  1852-3.    By  Elisiia  Bartlett, 
M.  D.,  Prof.  Materia  Medica,  &c.    New  York,  1852. 
Introductory  lectures  too  often  prove  a  bore  to  the  audience  who  are 
condemned  to  listen,  because  a  tale  too  often  told  loses  its  interest,  and  lec- 
turers are  prone  to  hedge  in  the  limits  of  their  discourses  by  the  well 
denned  lines  of  their  specialities.    Occasionally,  breaking  through  this 
time- sanctioned  custom,  the  preliminary  hour  of  "  a  course"  is  rendered 
a  season  of  intellectual  pleasure;  the  speaker  enlists  the  attention  of  his 
hearers,  and  together  they  proceed  to  gather  flowers  in  the  fields  of  learning 
to  visit  the  men  and  scenes  of  ancient  story,  and  to  contemplate  the  life- 
histories  of  men  celebrated  in  building  up  medical  science.    To  this  class 
belongs  the  "Discourse"  of  Dr.  Bartlett,  and,  despite  its  inordinate  length, 
we  doubt  not  it  was  listened  to  with  continued  interest. 
Notice  of  the  Life  and  Professional  services  of  William  R.  Grant.  M.  D.  A 
discourse  at  the  opening  of  the  lectures  in  the  Medical  Department  of  Pennsylva- 
nia  College  for  the  session  1852  53.  By  Henry  S.  Patterson,  M.  D.,  Pro- 
fessor of  Materia  Medica  and  Therapeutics. 
The  character  of  the  late  Professor  Grant,  is  eloquently  depicted  by  his 
colleague,  as  full  of  earnestness  in  the  pursuit  of  his  profession,  and  of  seri- 
ousness in  the  business  of  life.  Conscientious  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty  to 
his  class, his  patients,  his  brethren,  and  to  his  inner  self,  he  was  ready,  when 
death  approached,  to  leave  the  scene  of  his  mortal  career  with  the  confidence 
and  hopefulness  incident  to  a  wTell  spent  life. 
Physicians''  Visiting  List,  Diary,  and  Book  of  Engagements  for  1853. 
Philadelphia,  Lindsay  Blalciston. 
A  year's  experience  has  proved  the  usefulness  of  this  little  unpretending 
annual,  and  won  for  it  the  favorable  opinion  of  many  practitioners. 
Dr.  Buchxer,  Sr.,  the  learned  Pharmaceutist  and  distinguished  Journ- 
alist of  Bavaria,  died  on  the  6th  of  June  last,  in  the  70th  year  of  his  age. 
Dr.  Buchner  was  born  at  Munich,  on  the  Gth  of  April,  1783.  lie  com- 
menced the  apothecary  business  in  1803  with  Ostermaier,  and  continued  it 
