4i6  .      Reviews,  etc.— Obituary.  { Amx^™^7h8arm, 
La  -vanille  d  la  Reunion.    Par  A.  Delteil.    Montpellier:  Firmin  et  Cabirou,  1878. 
4to,  pp.  52- 
This  is  a  thesis  presented  by  the  author  to  the  Ecole  superieure  de  Pharmacie  de 
Montpellier,  for  obtaining  the  degree  of  Pharmacien  de  ire  classe,  and  treats  of  the 
history  and  botanical  relations  of  vanilla  ;  its  culture  5  the  preparation  of  the  fruit; 
the  chemistry  of  vanilla  5  its  diseases,  falsifications,  properties  and  uses,  and  finally 
of  the  pharmacy  of  vanilla. 
This  is  followed  by  a  short  notice  of faham,  Angraecum  fragrans,  Dupetit-Thouars , 
the  leaves  and  fruit  of  which  contain  coumarin.  An  appendix  contains  meteorolo- 
gical observations  made  at  the  island  of  Reunion   (Bourbon)   during  the  years 
As  director  of  the  agronomic  station  of  that  island,  the  author  enjoyed  special 
facilities  for  investigating  the  subject  of  his  thesis. 
Kinologische  Studien.    Door  Dr.  J.  E.  De  Vrij. 
We  are  indebted  to  the  author  for  Nos.  31,  32  and  33  of  his  "  quinological 
studies,"  which  are  reprinted  from  "  Nieuw  Tijdschrift  voor  de  Pharmacie  in  Neder- 
land,"  and  treat  of  quinamina,  one  of  the  constituents  of  East  Indian  bark  of  Cinch, 
succirubra;  of  quinetum,  the  crude  mixed  alkaloids  as  obtained  from  Indian  cin- 
chona 5  and  of  Cinch.  Hasskarliana. 
We  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  the  following  pamphlets  : 
An  Outside  Viecw  of  Pharmacy.  By  Rev.  J.  M.  Manning,  D.D.  Address  delivered 
at  the  Third  Annual  Commencement  (1S71)  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of 
Pharmacy. 
The  Pith  of  the  Dried  Corn  Stalk  as  a  Uterine  Tent,  and  General  Remarks  upon  the 
Use  of  Uterine  Tents  in  Gynecological  Practice.  By  W.  T.  Goldsmith,  M.D., 
Atlanta,    From  the  "Transactions  of  the  Medical  Association  of  Georgia." 
Neuralgia  and  its  Modern  Therapeusis.  By  Jas.  B.  Baird,  M.D.,  Atlanta.  From 
the  same  publication. 
Amputations  and  Excisions  of  the  Cervix  Uteri  ,•  their  Indications  and  Methods.  By 
J.  Byrne,  M.D,,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  From  Vol.  II  of  "Gynaecological  Transac- 
tions," 1878. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioners  of  Fairmount  Park.  Philadelphia,  1878.  Pp.  154. 
Handsomely  illustrated. 
OBITUARY. 
F.  J.  Malaguti  died  in  May,  aged  75  years.  He  was  formerly  one  of  the 
chemists  of  the  porcelain  factory  at  Sevres  and  afterwards  professor  of  chemistry  at 
Rennes  and  rector  of  the  academy  in  that  city.  The  deceased  was  well  known  for 
his  careful  and  thorough  investigations,  chiefly  in  organic  chemistry.  Several  of 
his  papers,  of  special  interest  to  pharmacists,  were  published  in  the  earlier  volumes 
of  this  journal. 
