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Varieties. 
(  An;,  .lour.  Pharm' 
1        Feb.,  1893. 
many  societies  ;  among  others  he  was  an  honorary  member  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  and  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Notice  of  the  death  of  the  following  graduates  of  the  Philadelphia  College 
-of  Pharmacy  has  been  received  : 
Elmer  Lindsay  Cameron,  Class  1892,  died  of  consumption,  December  22, 
at  his  home  at  Chambersburg,  Pa. 
James  M.  Cunningham,  Class  1864,  died  suddenly  at  the  drug  store  under 
the  Continental  Hotel,  January  4th,  aged  48  years.  After  graduation  he  was 
in  business  at  Pottstown,  Pa.,  and  was  a  member  of  the  legislature  of  Penn- 
sylvania for  Montgomery  County  during  the  years  1885  and  1887.  Recently 
he  was  manager  of  the  store  in  Philadelphia  where  he  died. 
Parker  P.  Ink,  class  1871,  died  at  West  Orlando,  Fla.,  November  2,  1892,  at 
the  age  of  forty-five  years.  He  served  his  apprenticeship  at  Frederickton,  O., 
and  after  graduating  commenced  business  at  Washington,  la.,  acting  also  for 
•some  time  as  salesman  .for  some  western  firms.  His  health  failing,  he  sold  his 
store  and  moved  to  Florida  about  four  years  ago  and  engaged  in  the  cultivation 
of  the  grape.  The  mild  climate  proved  beneficial  to  his  health,  until  a  few 
weeks  before  his  death,  he  was  taken  seriously  ill  with  pulmonary  consump- 
tion.   His  body  was  taken  to  Washington,  la.,  for  interment. 
James  P.  Milner,  class  1865,  died  October  25  last  at  his  residence,  523  Pine 
Street,  Philadelphia,  aged  48  years.  After  graduating  in  pharmacy  he  studied 
medicine,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  conducted  the  drug  business  at  Sixth 
and  Ivombard  Streets,  in  connection  with  his  medical  practice. 
Edwin  Myers,  class  1877,  died  Novbr.  11,  last,  at  his  residence,  2856  Ger- 
mantown  Avenue,  Philadelphia,  at  the  age  of  44  years.  He  was  formerly  in 
business  for  himself  in  this  city. 
Francis  Henry  Poley,  class  1876,  died  Septbr.  16,  1892,  at  the  age  of  38  years, 
in  Norristown,  where  he  was  engaged  in.  the  drug  business. 
John  W.  Simes,  class  1836,  died  December  29,  last,  aged  77  years.  His  inau- 
gural essay  on  Solanum  Dulcamara  was  published  in  this  journal,  April,  1836. 
The  deceased  had  carried  on  the  drug  business  for  many  years  at  22d  and 
Market  Streets,  Philadelphia,  and  was  the  last  of  three  well-known  brothers, 
who  formerly  were  engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  different  parts  of  the  same 
city. 
John  Wendell,  class  i860,  died  suddenly  of  heart  disease,  January  6,  aged 
54  years.  He  was  formerly  in  business  at  Fourth  and  Brown  Streets,  Phila- 
delphia, but  retired  from  active  business  several  years  ago. 
George  W.  Wolfersberger,  class  1887,  died  Octbr.  21,  1892,  while  studying 
medicine  at  the  Jefferson  Medical  College,  in  his  twenty-eighth  year.  He  was 
a  native  of  Campbellstown,  Pa.,  and  had  been  in  business  for  himself  for  a  few 
years  at  6th  and  Vine  Streets,  Philadelphia. 
VARIETIES. 
Poisoning  by  Sulphonal. — Dr.  J.  B.  Marvin  reported  to  the  Medico-Chirur- 
gical  Society  of  Iyouisville  the  case  of  a  man  who  had  taken  on  his  own  pre- 
scription, 240  grains  of  sulphonal  in  five  doses  during  two  days,  and  died  on  the 
evening  of  the  following  day. — Med.  and  Surg.  Rep.,  Jul}'  9,  1892,  p.  66. 
See  also  Amer.  Jour.  Phar.,  1891,  p.  424. 
