432  Obituary.  {ASept.t  Si" 
at  this  Institute.  To  us,  the  report  on  the  department  of  physics,  detailing  a 
number  of  investigations  made  by  the  students,  has  been  of  particular  interest. 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Visitors,  Trustees,  Treasurer  and  Superinten- 
dent of  the  New  Hampshire  Asylum  for  the  Insane,  to  the  Legislature,  June 
Session,  1872.  Manchester:  James  M.  Campbell,  State  Printer,  1872.  8vo, 
54  pages. 
This  pamphlet  contains  such  information  as  may  be  looked  for  in  such  doc- 
uments.   The  institution  appears  to  be  well  managed. 
Case  of  excessive  hypodermic  use  of  morphia.  Three  hundred  needles  removed 
from  the  body  of  an  insane  woman.  Reported  by  Judson  B.  Andrews,  M.D. 
8vo,  8  pages. 
This  reprint,  from  the  American  Journal  of  Insanity,  for  July,  relates  the 
history  of  an  unfortunate  female,  who  had  become  addicted  to  the  hypodermic 
use  of  morphia,  consuming,  during  the  period  prior  to  her  admission,  on  the 
average  three-sixteenths  oz.  morphia  per  week. 
Ueber  einige  in  Turkestan  gebrosuchhchen  Heilmittel.    Von  Dr.  Georg  Dra- 
gendorff,  ord.  Prof,  der  Pharmacie  an  der  Universitat  Dorpat.    St.  Peters- 
burg :  1872.    8vo,  30  pages. 
On  some  remedies  used  in  Turcestan. 
This  is  a  highly  interesting  memoir,  reprinted  from  the  Pharmaceutical  Jour- 
nal of  Russia,  and  we  shall  take  occasion  to  present  to  our  readers  some  ex- 
tracts in  our  next  number. 
OBITUARY. 
Frederick  Augustus  Gruner  died  at  Bern,  Switzerland,  on  the  evening  of 
May  6th,  in  his  55th  year,  having  been  born  November  13th,  1817.  The  de- 
ceased, who  had  been  President  of  the  Swiss  Pharmaceutical  Society,  and  edi- 
tor of  the  Swiss  Pharmaceutical  Weekly,  was  a  devoted  student  of  natural  his- 
tory and  connected  with  various  scientific  bodies.  He  was  highly  esteemed 
by  the  community  in  which  he  lived,  and  elected  to  various  positions  of  trust 
and  confidence.  He  was  a  corresponding  member  of  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy. 
Mr.  Gruner  devoted  much  time  during  the  last  few  years  to  collections  of 
Botany  and  Materia  Medica,  and  his  portable  students'  cabinets  have  been 
highly  spoken  of  by  such  authorities  as  Professors  Fliickiger,  Gastell  and  Buch- 
ner. 
Professor  Dr.  Wilhelm  Eisenlohr,  who  died  at  Karlsruhe,  Germany,  in 
July  last,  was  born  January  1st,  1799,  and  was  therefore  in  his  74th  year  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  The  deceased  was  an  excellent  mathematician,  and  well 
known  as  a  physicist;  his  researches  on  light,  electricity  and  kindred  subjects, 
have  secured  for  him  a  high  position  among  scientific  investigators.  Amiable 
in  his  disposition,  earnest  in  purpose  and  possessing  an  extensive  knowledge, 
he  labored  for  many  years  faithfully  and  successfully  at  the  Polytechnic  Insti- 
tute of  the  city  where  he  died. 
