272  Reviews,  etc. — Obituary.  {Am'A^m 
We  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  the  following  investigations  from  the  laboratory 
of  the  Pharmaceutical  Institute  at  Dorpat : 
Werthbeslimmung  des  Wismuths  und  des  kauflichen  Magisterium  Bismuthi.    Von  Jul. 
Lowy. 
Valuation  of  bismuth  and  its  commercial  subnitrate. 
Beitrdge  zur  Ermittelung  einiger  Hopfensurrogate  im  Biere.    Von  Wilh.  Meyke. 
On  the  recognition  of  some  substitutes  for  hops  in  beer. 
Khabarber  Analysen.    Von  Dragendorff. 
Analysis  of  rhubarb. 
Ein  Beitrag  zur  Kenntniss  der  Mutterkorn-Alkaloide.    Von  Theod.  Blumberg. 
On  the  alkaloids  of  ergot. 
We  likewise  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  the  following  pamphlets  : 
Descriptive  and  Statistical  History  of  Tobacco.    By  E.  H  Gilmore.  Washington, 
D.  C,  1878.    Price,  25  cts. 
Annual  Review  of  the  Drug  Trade  of  Neiv  York  for  the  year  1877.    Prepared  by 
D.  C.  Robbins.    New  York,  1878. 
Bathing,  Cupping,  Electricity,  Massage,  etc.    By  David  Prince,  M.D.    Reprint  from 
the  "American  Practitioner,"  Feb.,  1878. 
Proceedings  of  the  Louisiana  State  Medical  Association,  etc.    New  Orleans,  1878. 
This  State  Association  was  organized  at  New  Orleans  in  January  last. 
Medicinal  Plants  indigenous  in  Michigan.    By  A.  B.  Lyons,  M.D.    Pp.  25. 
The  paper  was  read  before  the  Detroit  Academy  of  Medicine. 
OBITUARY. 
Daniel  Henchman,  probably  the  oldest  apothecary  in  the  United  States,  died  in 
his  native  city,  Boston,  April  13,  at  the  advanced  age  of  88  years.  Born  in  1790, 
he  purchased  the  lot  where  he  carried  on  business  in  18 14,  and  erected  a  store  and 
dwelling  house,  which  is  still  standing.  The  lower  floor  was  originally  divided  into 
two  stores,  one  of  which  was  occupied  by  Mr.  Henchman,  and  enlarged  by  the 
addition  of  the  other  store  when  this  was  vacated  by  its  first  tenant.  In  this  place 
the  deceased  carried  on  the  drug  and  apothecary  business  for  63  years,  and  the  store 
even  to  this  day  presents  an  ancient  appearance.  In  it  may  be  seen  long  rows  of 
old-fashioned  plain-blown  glass  jars,  capped  with  tin  covers,  painted  green  and 
ornamented  with  quaint  and  elaborate  labels,  consisting  of  grotesque  figures,  scroll- 
work and  letters  in  gilt  and  yellow.  Several  shelves  are  filled  with  earthen  jars  of 
various  shapes,  and  decorated  after  the  style  known  to  pottery  dealers  as  "  flowing 
blue."    The  only  modern  embellishment  was  a  small  Tuft's  soda  fountain. 
The  deceased  was  one  of  the  early  presidents  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of 
Pharmacy,  and  during  his  life-time  held  many  offices  of  honor  and  trust,  the  duties 
of  which  he  discharged  with  that  faithfulness  and  strict  integrity  which  marked  all 
his  acts,  public  and  private.  We  well  remember  the  meeting  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  of  1865,  when  we  met  the  deceased  for  the  first  time, 
and  the  peculiar  fascination  of  listening  to  his  vivid  descriptions  of  customs  and 
occurrences  of  half  a  century  ago.    Requiescat  ! 
