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Obituary. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Oct.,  1887. 
macies,  and  arranged  in  alphabetical  order,  with  accounts  of  their  origin, 
mode  of  preparation,  recognition  and  examination.  The  nomenclature  is 
adapted  in  analogy  with  that  of  the  German  pharmacopoeia.  Not  less  than 
eighteen  different  pharmacopoeias,  including  that  of  the  United  States,  have 
been  consulted,  and  of  several  two  or  three  different  editions  have  been 
used.  Articles  which  have  not  been  admitted  into  any  one  of  the  pharma- 
copoeias, but  which  are,  to  some  extent,  medicinally  employed,  including 
the  new  remedies,  are  considered  more  or  less  extensively  in  accordance 
with  their  character  and  importance.  The  fascicles  before  us  describe  in 
the  manner  indicated  281  drugs  and  preparations,  the  list  opening  with 
absinthiinum  (absinthiin),  and  the  last  one  being  butyl-chloralum  hydra- 
turn  (butylchloral,  formerly  called  crotonchloral  hydrate).  In  cases  where 
different  formulas  are  authorized  in  the  several  countries  for  a  preparation, 
the  composition  is  shown  in  a  tabular  manner,  thus  bringing  to  prominent 
notice  not  only  the  difference  in  the  ingredients  used,  but  likewise  the 
variations  in  the  proportion  of  the  same.  This  portion  of  the  work,  there- 
fore, promises  to  become  a  kind  of  universal  pharmacopoeia,  through  the 
critical  compilation  of  pharmacopoeial  and  other  drugs  and  preparations 
used  in  more  than  a  dozen  countries  of  Europe  and  in  the  United  States. 
A  number  of  the  articles  having  been  carefully  examined,  we  found  them 
as  was  expected,  to  be  correct  and  complete  for  all  practical  purposes  of  the 
apothecary  and  druggist. 
OBITUARY. 
Stanislas  Martin  died  in  Paris  last  June  aged  81  years.  He  was  born  at 
Issoudun,  August  8th,  1806,  became  an  apprentice  in  pharmacy  in  1822, 
and  went  to  Paris  in  1837,  where  he  subsequently  established  himself  and 
was  engaged  in  business  until  some  years  ago.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
was  president  of  the  Paris  Societe"  de  Pharmacie,  and  in  former  years  con- 
tributed many  practical  papers  to  various  journals,  several  of  which  were 
translated  and  published  in  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy.  The  de- 
ceased was  an  honorary  member  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion. 
Stanislas  Limousin  died  in  Paris  after  a  lingering  illness,  April  9th,  last. 
He  was  born  in  Ardentes,  and  become  an  apprentice  in  Paris  in  the  store  of 
Mr.  Gobley.  For  about  twenty  years  he  was  established  in  business.  He 
contributed  numerous  papers  on  various  subjects  to  different  journals,  and 
originated  a  number  of  improvements  in  apparatus,  utensils  and  in  the 
administration  of  medicines,  among  the  latter  the  wafer  capsules  (cachets 
de  pain). 
Ernest  William  Reinecke,  Ph.  G.,  class  1870  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy,  died  in  Pittsburg,  June  1st,  of  typhoid  fever.  The  deceased  was 
a  studious  pharmacist  and  had  succeeded  in  building  up  a  prosperous  busi- 
ness in  his  native  city. 
