192  EDITORIAL. 
College  of  Pharmacy ;  and,  by  liis  own  written  contributions,  the  encourage- 
ment which  he  extended  to  the  efforts  of  younger  men,  and  the  measures  set 
on  foot,  or  ardently  supported  by  him,  for  the  improvement  in  various  ways 
of  the  profession  to  which  he  was  attached,  he  contributed,  I  think,  more  than 
any  other  one  individual,  to  the  impetus  which  has  carried  the  pharmacy  of 
this  country  to  its  present  relatively  high  position.  Should  this  notice  reach 
him  in  his  retirement,  the  author  hopes  that  he  will  receive  it  kindly,  as  the 
testimony  of  one  who  has  known  him  for  more  than  forty  years,  has  always 
esteemed  him  highly,  and  entertains  a  grateful  sense  of  the  early  aid  and 
encouragement  extended  by  him  to  his  own  professional  labors." 
Two  lectures,  descriptive  of  the  state  of  the  medical  profession  in  Great 
Britain  and  on  the  Continent  of  Europe,  the  results  of  the  author's  observa- 
tions during  his  transatlantic  visits,  are  particularly  interesting  to  the 
general  medical  reader.  The  biographical  memoirs  of- Dr.  Joseph  Parrish 
and  Dr.  S.  G.  Morton — men  whose  deeds  on  the  fields  of  medicine  and 
science  have  secured  them  a  grateful  remembrance  in  and  out  of  the 
medical  profession — fitly  conclude  the  volume.  From  these,  as  from 
others  of  the  addresses,  it  would  afford  us  much  gratification  to  quote,  but 
the  small  space  at  command  constrains  us  to  forego  the  pleasure.  The  book 
is  handsomely  printed,  and  is  dedicated  to  the  Graduates  of  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania  of  the  Classes  for  1836  to  1860  inclusive. 
A  Medico-legal  Treatise  on  Malpractice  and  Medical  Evidence,  comprising 
the  elements  of  Medical  Jurisprudence.  By  John  J.  Elwell,  M.D.,  Mem- 
ber of  the  Cleveland  Bar.  New  York,  John  S.  Voorhees,  No.  20  Nassau 
St.,  New  York,  1860 ;  pp.  588. 
We  acknowledge  the  reception  of  this  work  from  the  publishers  just  as 
we  were  going  to  press,  and  too  late  to  notice  it  in  this  number. 
The  Chemical  News,  with  which  is  incorporated  the  Chemical  Gazette, 
London,  in  16  page  numbers,  quarto,  issued  weekly. 
This  work  succeeds  the  Chemical  Gazette,  so  long  and  favorably  known 
as  a  depository  of  scientific  and  industrial  chemistry,  and  so  ably  con- 
ducted by  Dr.  Wm.  Francis.  Its  successor  is  got  up  in  a  more  popular 
style,  evidently  addressed  more  to  the  masses  than  was  th6  "  Gazette," 
which  was  noted  for  its  strict  adherence  to  the  publication  of  chemical 
papers  of  a  scientific  cast.  The  Chemical  News  embraces  Chemistry,  scien- 
tific and  technical,  Pharmacy,  Toxicology,  notices  of  patents  and  books, 
correspondence,  laboratory  memoranda,  etc.,  and  is  conducted  by  Wm. 
Crookes. 
Notes  and  Queries,  a  medium  of  intercommunication  for  Literary  men, 
Artists,  Antiquaries,  Genealogists,  &c,  London,  24  pp.  quarto,  weekly. 
The  reception  of  a  number  of  this  periodical  is  acknowledged  from 
Daniel  Hanbury. 
