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would  require  more  space  than  we  have  to  spare,  to  comment  upon,  as 
they  deserve,  the  extraordinary  expressions  of  this  singular  production. 
When  the  president  of  the  largest  medical  body  in  our  midst  feels  at 
liberty  to  speak  thus  of  men,  who,  to  say  the  least,  have  made  laudable 
efforts  to  raise  their  status  during  the  last  three  decades,  because  some  of 
their  number  are  guilty  of  improper  practices,  and  his  language  is  "  pub- 
lished by  order,"  one  cannot  but  feel  surprised.  "  Two  wrongs  don't 
make  a  right,"  nor  is  the  return  of  evil  for  evil  the  wise  course  ;  yet 
were  a  similar  latitude  of  remark  indulged  in  by  the  apothecaries,  within 
the  strict  lines  of  truth,  they  could  easily  demonstrate  that  learning  is  not 
always  accompanied  by  infallibility,  nor  is  excessive  professional  pride 
the  mark  of  true  Hippocratic  wisdom.  But  as  there  are  some  points  in 
the  Address  which  call  for  a  candid  reply,  and  thajfc  due  justice  may  be 
done  to  the  author,  it  is  but  right  that  those  points  should  .be  quoted,  we 
propose  to  return  to  the  subject  in  a  future  number,  when  the  space  at 
command  will  enable  us  to  do  it. 
New  Medical  Journals. — Since  our  last  issue  we  have  received  numbers 
of  the  following  new  Journals  : — 
The  Cincinnati  Medical  and  Surgical  News.  Edited  by  A.  H.  Baker,  M.  D. 
(Monthly.) 
Louisville  Medical  Journal.  Edited  by  Thomas  W.  Colescott,  M.  D. 
(Monthly.) 
The  Kansas  City  Medical  and  Surgical  Review.  Edited  by  Drs.  Maughs 
&  Case.  (Monthly.) 
Journal  of  Rational  Medicine,  Cincinnati.  Edited  by  Dr.  C.  H.  Cleve- 
land. (Monthly.) 
Memoir  on  the  Salubrity  of  the  Isle  of  Pines.  By  Dr.  Don  Jose  de  la 
Luz.  Hernandez,  Havana. 
Obituary.  —Dr.  Charles  Fricke,  Professor  of  Materia  Medica  in  the 
University  of  Maryland,  and  previously  holding  the  same  office  in  the 
Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,  died,  on  the  25th  of  March,  at  his  residence 
in  Baltimore,  of  diptheria,  after  a  short  but  painful  illness,  in  the  37th 
year  of  his  age.  Dr.  Frick  was  one  of  the  most  promising  scientific  men 
of  his  native  city,  Baltimore,  and  remarkable  for  his  gentle  and  amiable 
manners,  which  rendered  him  beloved  by  all  who  knew*  him. 
  Professor  James  P.  Espy,  died  at  Cincinnati,  on  the   25th  of 
January,  in  the  75th  year  of  his  age.  Prof.  Espy  was  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  taught  school  in  Philadelphia  for  a  series  of  years.  He  is  chiefly 
known  as  a  meteorologist,  and  for  his  theory  of  storms.  For  many  years 
past  he  has  held  the  position  of  meteorologist  at  the  National  Observatory, 
at  Washington,  a  position  he  retained  at  the  period  of  his  demise. 
