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Obituary. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
X     June  1, 1874. 
Mr.  John  Vanderbeugle,  in  a  paper  read  at  one  of  the  meetings,  directs 
attention  to  Fowler's  solution  containing  an  excess  of  carbonate  of  potassium, 
on  account  of  which  precipitates  occur  when  it  is  mixed  with  solutions  of  salts 
of  morphia  and  other  alkaloids;   the  addition  of  a  little  acid  is  therefore 
necessary. 
A  few  formulas  which  were  in  use  about  forty  years  ago,  have  been  contrib- 
uted by  G.  C.  Close. 
The  officers  of  the  Association  for  the  present  year  are  G.  W.  C.  Phillips, 
President ;  B.  F.  Mclntyre,  Phil.  A.  White,  Wm.  Wright,  Jr.,  Vice-presidents  ; 
Theob.  Frohwein,  Treasurer  ;  and  P.  W.  Bedford,  Secretary.  The  following 
delegates  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  have  been  appointed  : 
P.  A.  White,  S.  A.  Ambler,  J.  L.  A.  Creuse,  B.  F.  Mclntyre,  L.  M.  Royce. 
Treatment  of  Nervous  and  Rheumatic  Affections  by  Static  Electricity.  By  Dr. 
A.  Arthius.  Translated  from  the  French  by  J.  M.  Etheridge,  M.D.  Chicago  : 
W.  B.  Keen,  Cooke  &  Co.,  1874.    12mo.  pp.  144. 
This  little  work  has  been  written  for  the  purpose  of  proving  the  medicinal 
effects  of  static  electricity,  and  its  superiority  over  dynamic  electricity.  The 
physician  will  find  it  to  contain  many  valuable  facts  and  suggestions  in  the 
application  of  a  remedial  agent,  which  the  author  believes  to  be  destined  to 
render  most  important  service  to  the  medical  art. 
On  the  Polarization  of  Zodiacal  Light.    By  Arthur  W.  Wright.    8  pages. 
A  reprint  from  the  May  number  of  the  American  Journal  of  Science  and 
Arts. 
OBITUARY. 
Charles  Ellis  died  suddenly  at  his  residence  in  this  city,  aged  74  years. 
The  deceased  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy,  which  institution  he  served  in  various  capacities  for  a  number  of 
years  as  secretary  and  as  president,  which  latter  office  he  resigned  in  1869. 
He  had  also  presided  for  one  year  over  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associ- 
ation. 
During  his  long  and  useful  life,  and  while  actively  engaged  in  business,  Mr. 
Ellis  contributed  about  fourteen  papers  and  a  number  of  translations  to  the 
earlier  volumes  of  this  Journal,  mainly  on  pharmaceutical  and  chemical  sub- 
jects ;  he  had  been  a  member  of  its  Publishing  Committee  for  42  consecutive 
years  until  1872,  and  had  acted  the  greater  part  of  this  time  as  its  treasurer. 
For  a  full  biographical  sketch  of  the  deceased  we  refer  our  readers  to  the 
report  on  deceased  members  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  which 
will  be  published  in  a  future  number. 
