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Antoine  Alexandre  Brutus  Bussy  died  at  Paris,  February  1st,  in 
his  eighty-eightli  year,  having  been  born  at  Marseilles,  May  10,  1794. 
JEe  served  his  apprenticeship  in  pharmacy  in  Lyons,  and  in  1818  went  to 
Paris,  at  first  as  Boudet's  assistant  and  afterwards  as  superintendent  of 
Robiquet's  laboratory.  In  1821  he  became  assistant  to  the  chair  of  chem- 
istry at  the  Ecole  de  Pharmacie,  and  remained  connected  witli  this  insti- 
tution in  the  various  capacities  of  professor,  administrator  and  director 
until  1873,  wlien  he  resigned.  In  1832  he  graduated  as  doctor  in  medicine, 
lectured  also  for  several  years  on  pharmacology,  was  a  member  of  the 
Academ.y  of  Sciences  since  1850,  was  repeatedly  elected  president  of  the 
Paris  Society  of  Pharmacj^  and  of  the  Academy  of  Medicine,  and  was  an 
honorary  member  of  many  learned  societios,  also  of  the  Philadelphia  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy. 
The  deceased  published,  conjointly  with  Boutrou-Charlard,  a  valuable 
work  on  the  adulteration  of  drugs,  translated  into  the  French  language 
Faraday's  chemical  manipulations,  studied  the  constituents  of  a  number  of 
drugs,  and  investigated  the  mode  of  preparation  and  the  chemical  compo- 
sition of  many^elements  and  compounds  ;  in  1829  he  isolated  magnesium 
from  its  chloride  by  means  of  potassium. 
Translations  of  several  of  his  essays  and  many  short  notes  of  his 
researches  have  been  published  in  the  earlier  volumes  of  this  journal. 
Sir  Robert  Chrihtison  died,  at  Edinburgh,  January  27th,  in  his 
eighty-fifth  year,  having  been  born  in  the  same  city  in  July,  1797.  In 
1819  he  graduated  as  M.D.  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  and  afterwards 
continued  his  studies  in  London  and  Paris,  receiving  in  the  latter  city  the 
instructions  of  Robiquet  and  Orfila.  Returning  to  his  native  city  in  1822, 
he  was  appointed  Professor  of  Medical  Jurisprudence,  and  seven  years 
-afterwards  published  his  celebrated  "  Treatise  on  Poisons,"  the  first  origi- 
nal work  on  toxicology  written  in  the  English  language.  In  1832  he  suc- 
ceeded Dr.  Duncan  in  the  chair  of  Materia  Medica  at  the  University,  and 
in  1842  published  his  "  Dispensatory,"  based  upon  the  "  New  Edinburgh 
Dispensatory"  of  his  predecessor.  He  also  wrote  many  memoirs,  chiefly 
on  subjects  of  materia  medica  and  toxicology,  a  number  of  which  have 
been  republished  in  the  earlier  volumes  of  this  journal. 
In  1823  Dr.  Christison  became  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physi- 
cians of  Edinburgh,  and  from  1838  to  1846  served  as  its  president.  From 
1857  to  1873  he  was  a  member  of  the  Medical  Council  representing  the  med- 
ical profession  in  Scotland.  In  1868  he  became  President  of  the  Edin- 
burgh Royal  Society,  succeeding  Sir  David  Brewster,  was  created  a  baro- 
net in  1871,  celebrated  his  professional  "jubilee  "  in  1872,  and  resigned  his 
chair  in  1877.  The  deceased  heartily  sympathized  with  the  efforts  made 
to  elevate  pharmacy,  and  for  many  years  was  an  honorary  member  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain,  and  of  kindred  societies. 
Charles  Rohkrt  Darwin  died  April  20th,  and  was  buried  at  West- 
