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OBITUARY. 
William  A.  Gellatly  died  in  New  York,  February  13,  at  the  age  of 
fifty-four  years.  Born  in  Edinburgh,  he  came  to  this  country  when  four 
years  old,  and  at  the  age  of  thirteen  he  entered  the  house  of  W.  H.  SchiefFe- 
lin  &  Co.,  as  an  errand  boy,  rising  through  various  positions  to  that  of  a 
partner  in  1860.  His  entire  career  was  marked  by  strict  integrity  and 
honorable  generosity. 
John  P.  Binns,  a  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy, 
Class  1882,  died  in  this  city  December  2,  1884,  in  the  24th  year  of  his  age. 
William  Braithwaite,  M.  D.,  died  in  Leeds,  England,  January  31, 
aged  seventy-eight  years.  Since  1840  he  edited  the  "  Retrospect  of  Medi- 
cine," which  is  published  in  half-yearly  volumes,  and  which  will  now  be 
continued  under  the  editorial  charge  of  his  son,  Dr.  James  Braithwaite. 
