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Obituary. 
5  A.M.  Jour  Phabm 
\     Dec  1,  1874. 
intimate  acquaintance  with  the  various  industrial  pursuits.  In  the  "  List  of  the 
chief  works  consulted,"  occupying  three  pages,  the  most  important  works  of 
American,  English,  French  and  German  origin  are  enumerated;  and  the  list 
of  arts  and  trades  under  the  heading  of  Abbreviations,  covers  more  than  five 
pages. 
The  work  is  printed  in  three  columns,  in  a  small  but  very  clear  type,  the 
three  languages  being  distinguished  by  a  different  style  of  type  to  facilitate 
consultation  ;  the  technical  terms  specially  employed  are  pointed  out  by  an 
affix  indicating  the  art  or  trade- 
It  is  of  especial  interest  to  all  those  who  read  technical  journals  and  works 
published  in  any  of  the  three  languages  indicated  upon  the  title. 
Proceedings  of  the  Fourth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  held  in  Kepler  Hall,  Jersey  City,  Wednesday,  February  11th, 
1874.    Newark,  1874.    8vo,  pp.  79. 
We  have  given  an  account  of  this  meeting  in  our  April  number.  The  pam- 
phlet before  us  contains  the  Proceedings  in  full,  they  having  been  reported 
phonographically  by  Mr.  Jas.  S.  Munson,  of  New  York. 
The  Medical  Use  of  Alcohol ;  and  Stimulants  for  Women.  By  James  Ed- 
munds, M.  D.,  Member  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians,  of  London,  &c. 
New  York  :  National  Temperance  Society  and  Publication  House,  1874. 
12mo,  pp.  96.    Price,  in  cloth,  60  cents ;  in  paper,  25  cents. 
The  three  lectures  published  in  this  pamphlet  contain  the  well-known  argu- 
ments advanced  in  favor  of  total  abstinence  from  alcoholic  beverages. 
OBITUARY. 
Elie  de  Beaumont — his  full  name  being,  Jean  Baptiste  Armand  Louis  Leonce 
Elie — died  September  21st,  at  Canon,  Calvados,  where  he  was  born  in  1798,  Sept. 
23d,  having  almost  completed  his  76th  year.  He  was  one  of  the  most  highly 
distinguished  geologists  of  the  present  century — his  favorite  science  being  in- 
debted to  him  for  many  investigations  and  observations  of  the  utmost  impor- 
tance. 
Carl  Friedrich  Meissner  died  at  Basle,  Switzerland,  in  May  last,  where, 
at  the  University,  he  had  formerly  labored  as  Professor  of  Botany.  The  de- 
ceased was  well  known  as  an  active  co-laborer  of  Martius,  particularly  on  the 
"  Flora  Brasiliensis." 
Wilson  H.  Pile,  Jr.,  died  last  month  in  this  city,  at  the  age  of  34  years.  He 
had  embraced  pharmacy  as  a  profession,  and  studied  under  his  father  Dr.  W. 
H.  Pile,  with  whom  he  was  afterwards  associated  in  business.  He  graduated 
at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1861,  and  his  thesis  "  On  cane 
sugar  in  its  relations  to  simple  and  other  syrups,"  was  published  on  page  197 
of  the  Journal  for  that  year. 
