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Obituary. 
Ara.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Sept.,  1887. 
Les  anciens  gres  artistiques  flamands  dans  le  nord  de  la  France  a  la  fin  du  XVII 
siecle ;  par  D.  A.  Van  Bastelaer.  (Ancient  Flemish  artistic  earthenware 
in  the  north  of  France,  at  the  end  of  the  17th  century).  Pp.  26,  with  a 
colored  plate. 
Instructions  sommaires  pour  les  agents  de  la  police  repressive  en  matiere  d'exercice 
illegal  des  professions  medicales ;  par  D.  A.  Van  Bastelaer.  (Summary  in- 
structions for  the  agents  of  repressive  police,  relating  to  the  illegal  prac- 
tice of  the  medical  professions).    Pp.  45. 
Address  of  Ft.  B.  Kilmer,  President,  at  the  17th  Annual  Meeting  of  the  New 
Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Studies  on  the  Stratification  of  the  Anthracite  Measures  of  Pennsylvania.  By  H. 
A.  Wasmuth,  Instructor  of  Mining.  University  of  Pennsylvania.  Pp.  18, 
with  four  plates  of  geological  sections ;  reprint  from  the  Journal  of  the 
Franklin  Institute. 
A  Successful  Case  of  Partial  Incision  of  the  Larynx.  By  Lennox  Browne,  F. 
R.C.S.  Ed.  etc.    Pp.  7 ;  reprint  from  the  British  Medical  Journal. 
A  Review  of  the  most  Important  Advances  in  Surgery,  Medicine  and  Pharmacy  in 
the  Last  Forty  Years.  By  C.  W.  Moore,  M.D.,  San  Francisco.  Pp.  16  ;  re- 
print from  the  Pacific  Record  of  Medicine  and  Surgery. 
OBITUAEY. 
Notice  of  the  death  of  the  following  graduates  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  has  been  received : 
Wm.  G.  Barrowman,  class  1886,  died  at  Moosic  Lake,  Pa.,  July  30th,  of  con- 
sumption, at  the  age  of  21  years.  He  learned  the  business  in  Scranton,  and 
after  graduation  was  assistant  in  Wilkes  Barre. 
John  P.  Curran,  Jr.,  class  1879,  died  at  his  residence  in  Philadelphia,  August 
6th,  of  consumption.  Until  about  three  months  ago  he  was  in  business  at 
Thirteenth  and  Jefferson  streets. 
Allen  Wesley  Hauck,  class  1886,  died  in  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico,  July  27th.  He 
was  a  native  of  Lebanon,  Pa.,  and  in  his  new  western  home  had  made  many 
firm  friends.  While  charging  a  soda-water  fountain  the  apparatus  exploded, 
wounding  him  so  seriously  that  in  a  short  time  he  bled  to  death.  His  body 
was  sent  to  his  former  home. 
Chas.  H.  McConnell,  class  1886,  died  suddenly  of  congestion  of  the  brain,  July 
22.  He  was  in  business  in  West  Philadelphia  with  D.  F.  Shull&Co.  as  a  partner. 
Wm.  D.  Porter,  class  1887,  lost  his  life  at  Mahanoy  Junction,  Pa.,  while 
endeavoring  to  rescue  a  companion  from  drowning.  He  had  been  assistant  in 
the  store  of  Dr.  C.  Frueh  for  some  time. 
George  S.  Speaker,  class  1879,  died  after  a  short  illness  of  typhoid  fever  August 
25th,  aged  29  years.  He  graduated  at  the  Boys'  High  School  in  1875,  and  since 
that  time  was  in  the  service  of  Mr.  Whittem,  Chestnut  Hill,  in  this  city. 
