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Reviews ,  etc. — Obituary. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm; 
Feb.,  1877. 
vomica,  Delphinium  staphisagria,  Potentilla  tormentilla,  Ecbalium  elaterium,  Con- 
volvulus scammonia,  Lavandula  vera,  Nepeta  cataria,  Marrubium  vulgare,  Erythro- 
xylon  coca,  Cytisus  scoparius,  Prunus  laurocerasus,  Eucalyptus  globulus,  Cephaelis 
ipecacuanha,  Rosmarinus  officinalis  and  Laurus  nobilis.  As  in  the  preceding  num- 
bers, the  illustrations  are  superbly  executed,  the  text  is  clear  and  comprehensive,  and 
not  the  least  important  feature  is  the  copious  references  to  the  literature  on  the 
various  subjects  in  the  English  language. 
OBITUARY. 
Professor  Joseph  Carson,  M.D.,  died  in  Philadelphia  December  30,  at  the  age 
of  68  years.  He  was  elected  to  the  chair  of  Materia  Medica  in  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  in  1836,  and  held  that  position  until  1850,  when  he  accepted 
the  professorship  of  Materia  Medica  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  from  which 
he  retired  in  the  spring  of  last  year,  in  consequence  of  impaired  health.  The 
deceased  had  been  editor  of  the  "  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  "  from  November,. 
1836,  until  July,  1850,  during  a  portion  of  which  time  he  was  assisted  by  Prof. 
Robert  Bridges  and  afterwards  by  the  late  Prof.  Wm.  Procter  as  Associate  Editors, 
He  took  an  active  part  in  the  revision  of  several  editions  of  the  "  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia,"  and  was  honored  with  the  position  of  President  of  the  last 
decennial  convention  for  its  revision,  which  assembled  in  Washington  in  1870. 
He  was  an  active  member  of  various  scientific  societies,  in  several  of  which  he 
served  as  officer. 
Dr.  Carson  contributed  a  number  of  valuable  papers  on  subjects  of  the  materia 
medica  to  this  journal,  most  of  which  appeared  during  his  occupancy  of  the  edi- 
torial chair 5  and  in  1847  he  published  a  valuable  work,  entitled  "Illustrations  of 
Medical  Botany,"  which  was  embellished  with  100  handsomely  illustrated  litho- 
graphic plates. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  mental  and  social  qualities,  and  a  successful  teacher  of 
his  favorite  branch  of  science. 
Charles  W.  Badger  died  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  after  a  brief  illness,  January  17th. 
He  had  been  for  many  years  engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  that  city,  and  took  a 
prominent  and  active  part  in  the  organization  and  objects  of  the  local  pharmaceu- 
tical associations  of  his  State.  He  was  a  member — and  the  first  and  thus  far  the  only 
life  member  under  the  present  by-laws  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
As  a  man  of  the  highest  integrity,  sound  judgment  and  good  business  habits,  he 
was  highly  respected  and  honored  with  various  positions  of  public  trust;  as  a  mark, 
of  respect,  the  pharmacists  and  druggists  of  Newark  closed  their  places  af  business 
during  his  funeral  on  Saturday,  January  20. 
Henry  A.  Hughes,  the  oldest  member  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation in  the  State  of  Kentucky,  died  in  Louisville  Nov.  21  last,  aged  55 J  years. 
He  was  born  and  raised  in  Paris,  Bourbon  county,  Ky.,  and  commenced  business 
in  Louisville  in  1847. 
