112 
Reviews. 
Am.  Joar.  Pharro, 
Feb.,  1894. 
tute  ;  Reviser  of  Medical  Terms  for  Webster's  International  Dictionary.  Phila- 
delphia :  Lea  Bros.  &  Co.  1893. 
This  dictionary,  although  not  as  voluminous  as  Dunglison's  Dictionary,  is 
still  as  full  as  a  student  would  desire.  The  tables  contain  much  interesting 
and  useful  information.  Especially  is  that  the  case  with  the  table  on  Bacteria 
and  Fungi,  which  is  arranged  in  five  columns,  the  name,  origin,  morphologi- 
cal characters,  temperatures  at  which  it  flourishes  in  degrees  Centigrade,  and 
properties.  The  article  takes  up  thirty-four  pages,  most  of  it  being  taken  up 
by  the  table.  Other  tables  are  those  on  the  arteries,  canals  and  foramina, 
exanthemata,  joints,  muscle  (21  pages),  nerves  (6  pages),  poisons  and  antidotes 
and  rales  and  other  adventitious  respiratory  sounds.  The  explanatory  descrip- 
tions are  short  and  clear,  and  on  the  whole  the  work  ranks  well  with  the  Dun- 
glison's Dictionary,  published  by  the  same  house.  The  paper,  typography  and 
binding  are  excellent.    The  work  consists  of  650  pages. 
The  following  reports  of  pharmaceutical  associations  have  been  received  : 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  Forty-first  annual  meeting  ;  Chi- 
cago, August  14  to  21,  1893. 
This  the  first  part  of  the  proceedings  containing  the  minutes,  reports,  papers 
and  discussions  of  the  meeting. 
Minnesota. — Ninth  annual  meeting  ;  Hotel  St.  Louis,  Lake  Minnetonka  ; 
June  13  and  14,  1893. 
New  York  State. — Fifteenth  annual  meeting  ;  Lake  wood,  N.  Y.,  June  27, 
28  and  29,  1893  ;  containing  as  a  frontispiece  a  well-executed  portrait  of 
Prof.  P.  W.  Bedford. 
The  following  pamphlets  have  been  received  : 
A  Pathology  and  Treatment  of  Nervous  Catarrh.    By  Seth  Scott  Bishop, 
M.D.,  of  Chicago. 
Reprint  from  the  Journal  of  the  American  Medical  Association. 
Report  on  Nasal  Surgery.    By  M.  T.  Coomes,  A.M.,  M.D.,  of  Louisville,  Ky. 
Reprinted  from  American  Practitioner  and  News. 
Formalin,  Uiabetin,  Rubidium  Iodide,  Creosote  Carbonate.  Schering. 
Four  phamplets  giving  description  and  uses  of  the  various  medicaments. 
Central  Experimental  Farm,  Ottawa,  Canada.  Bulletin,  No.  /p.  Contain- 
ing Grasses  :  their  uses  and  composition.  Published  by  direction  of  the  Hon. 
A.  R.  Angers,  Minister  of  Agriculture. 
OBITUARY. 
Dr.  Frank  P.  Sher,  Ph.G.,  Class  1875,  died  at  his  late  residence,  1002  Snyder 
Avenue,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  14,  1893,  aged  38  years  and  9  months, 
of  acute  pneumonia.  He  learned  the  drug  business  with  J.  W.  Dallam  &  Co., 
at  Second  and  Callowhill  Streets,  and  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy  in  1875.  Afterwards  he  attended  the  Jefferson  Medical  College, 
and  graduated  in  medicine.  For  some  years  he  conducted  a  drug-store,  at 
1813  South  Sixth  Street,  in  connection  with  the  practice  of  medicine.  About 
four  years  ago  he  relinquished  the  drug  business  and  removed  to  1002  Snyder 
Avenue,  where  he  devoted  his  entire  time  to  the  practice  of  medicine.  He 
was  well  known  in  the  lower  section  of  the  city,  and  had  an  extensive  practice, 
and  was  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  was  connected  with 
several  political,  social  and  fraternal  organizations. 
