576  Reviews,  etc.— Obituary.  { Am-NJ0™r ^7h7arm- 
The  Physicians  Visiting  List  for  1878.    Philadelphia:  Lindsay  &  Blakiston. 
This  is  the  twenty-seventh  year  of  the  publication  of  this  visiting  list,  a  fact 
which  speaks  for  its  convenience  and  usefulness.-  It  is  gotten  up  in  the  usual  good 
style. 
Practical  Hints  on  the  Selection  and  Use  of  the  Microscope.    By  John  Phin,  Editor  of 
the  "American  Journal  of  Microscopy."    Second  edition.    New  York:  The 
Industrial  Publication  Company,  1877     nmo,  pp.  181.    Price,  cloth,  75  cents. 
Two  years  ago  we  noticed  the  first  edition  of  this  little  work,  and  we  now  wel- 
come the  second,  which  is  considerably  enlarged,  and  contains  numerous  wood- 
cuts, among  them  three  or  four  of  microscopes  of  as  many  manufacturers,  in  order 
to  explain  some  of  the  devices.    Intended  for  beginners,  the  little  work  will  serve 
its  purpose  well  as  expressed  in  its  title. 
Outlines  of  Modern  Chemistry,  Organic;  based  in  part  upon  Richel's  "Manuel  de 
Chimie."    By  C.  Gilbert  Wheeler,  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  University  of 
Chicago.    Chicago:  Jansen,  McClurg  &  Co.,  1877.    i2mo,  pp.  231. 
This  little  work  is  intended  as  an  introduction  into  organic  chemistry.  Its 
arrangement  is  quite  convenient  for  the  beginner}  but  though  it  was  apparently 
in  part  intended  for  the  use  of  medical  and  pharmaceutical  students,  the  informa- 
tion given  is  in  many  cases  scarcely  sufficient  or  accurate  enough.    Thus,  opium  is 
stated  to  be  obtained  from  the  seeds  of  the  poppy  j  Veratria  sabadillia  and  colchi- 
nia  (?)  are  enumerated  as  constituents  of  Veratrum  album  besides  jervia,  while  the 
occurrence  of  veratria  in  sabadilla  seed  is  not  mentioned,  or  of  jervia  in  our  Vera- 
trum viride.    Digitalin,  picrotoxin  and  cantharidin  are  classed  with  the  alkaloids, 
and  the  interesting  alkaloids  berberina,  sanguinarina,  etc.,  are  not  even  mentioned. 
Distribution  des  Prix  aux  Ellves  internes  en  Pharmacie  des  Hbpitaux.    Paris,  1877. 
Pp.  30. 
Distribution  of  Prizes  to  the  Pharmaceutical  Intern  Students  of  the  Paris  Hos- 
pitals. 
We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  Stan.  Martin  for  a  copy  of  this  pamphlet. 
OBITUARY. 
Ashel  Boyden  died  at  his  residence,  in  Boston,  October  22d.  He  was  born  in 
Walpole,  Mass.,  October  31st,  18 10,  learned  the  apothecary  business  at  Medford 
and  began  business  with  his  brother  Arnold  in  1830  in  a  locality  now  occupied  by 
the  Cochituate  water  reservoir,  and  in  the  vicinity  of  his  last  store.  He  was  devoted 
to  the  business  of  his  choice,  and  an  earnest  advocate  of  pharmaceutical  progress. 
He  was  a  member  and  for  some  time  President  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of 
Pharmacy,  joined  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its  first  annual 
meeting,  in  1853,  served  one  term  as  its  treasurer,  and  for  a  number  of  years  has 
been  a  faithful  attendant  at  its  annual  meetings,  where  his  kind  disposition  secured 
for  him  numerous  friends.    The  deceased  leaves  a  widow  and  three  children. 
