96  Reviews,  etc.— Obituary.  {^Z'Sff^ 
Ueber  die  Bestandtheile  des  Mutterkornes.     (On  the  Constituents  of  Ergot.)  By 
Prof.  DragendorfF. 
Zur  Formel  der  Frangulinsdnre.     (The  Formula  of  Frangulic  Acid.)     By  E. 
Keussler. 
Bestimmung  der  Alkaloide  in  den  Chinarinden.  (Estimation  of  the  Alkaloids  in  Cin. 
x  chona  Barks.)    By  Edwin  Johanson. 
Ueber  die  Alkaloide  des  Delphinium  staphisagria.    (On  the  Alkaloids  of  Stavesacre 
Seeds.)    By  Provisor  Marquis. 
Ueber  Calcaria  Phosphorica.    (On  Calcium  Phosphate  5  see  "Amer.  Jour.  Phar.," 
1877,  P-  512  )    By  E.  Hirschsohn. 
Etude  sur  les  terebenthines  et  specialement  sur  la  terebenthine  de  Bordeaux.  (On  the 
Turpentines,  and  especially  on  the  Turpentine  of  Bordeaux.)  By  Albert 
Fronsac. 
This  is  a  creditable  thesis,  presented  to  the  Superior  School  of  Pharmacy  at 
'Montpellier. 
The  reception  of  the  following  pamphlets  is  hereby  respectfully  acknowledged  : 
Contributions  to  the  History  oj  Medical,  Education  and  Medical  Institutions  in  the 
United  States  of  America,  1776 — 1876.  Special  Report,  prepared  for  the  United 
States  Bureau  of  Education  by  N.  S.  Davis,  A.M.,  M.D. 
Higher  Medical  Education,  the  T rue  Interest  of  the  Public  and  of  the  Profession.  Intro- 
ductory Address  by  Wm.  Pepper,  M  D.,  Professor  of  Clinical  Medicine  in  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania. 
Higher  Medical  Education — The  New  Departure  in  Medical  Teaching  in  the  Univer- 
sity oj  Michigan.  Introductory  Lecture  by  A.  B.  Palmer,  A.M.,  M  D.,  Prof,  of 
Pathology  and  the  Practice  of  Medicine. 
Medical  Chemistry  and  Toxicology.  An  Address  delivered  before  the  International 
Medical  Congress  at  Philadelphia,  September,  1876,  by  Prof.  Th.  G.  Wormley,, 
M.D.,  etc. 
Note  sur  la  formation  de  Vacide  oxalique  pendant  la  destruction  des  matures  animates? 
par  le  procede  de  Fresenius  et  Babo.  (On  the  Formation  of  Oxalic  Acid  during  the 
Destruction  of  Animai  Matters  by  the  Process  of  Fresenius  and  Babo.)    By  M. 
Edm.  Van  Melckebeke,  D.Sc,  Pharmacien,  etc.,  Antwerp. 
Etude  sur  les  liquides  pathologiques  de  la  cavite  peritoneale.    (On  the  Pathological 
Liquids  of  the  Peritoneal  Cavity.)    By  Dr.  C.  Menu,  Pharmacien,  Paris. 
On  Keratitis  bullosa.    By  Dr.  M.  Landesberg,  of  Philadelphia. 
What  Anasthetic  shall  we  Use  ?    By  Prof.  Julian  J.  Chisholm,  M  D.,  Baltimore. 
(Argument  in  favor  of  chloroform.) 
Cholera  Infantum— Treatment  of  the  Cold  Stage.  By  E.  F.  Wells,  M.D.,  Minster,  O. 
Aiken  as  a  Health  Station.    By  W.  H.  Geddings,  M.D.,  Aiken,  S.  C. 
The  Annual  Medical  Directory  of  Regular  Physicians  in  the  State  of  Illinois  for  the 
Year  1878.    By  F.  A.  Emmons,  M.D.,  Chicago,  111. 
OBITUARY. 
James  A.  Taylor,  a  prominent  and  highly  respected  druggist  and  apothecary  of 
Atlanta,  Ga  ,  died  at  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  Jan.  14,  at  the  age  of  49  years,  1  month, 
and  was  buried  at  Atlanta,  Jan.  17.  At  the  latter  place  the  deceased  had  been  in 
business  for  over  25  years. 
