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Obituary. 
Am,  Jour.  Pharni 
April,  1893. 
Prantl  had  specially  reserved  for  himself,  remains  unfinished,  in  consequence 
of  his  untimely  death  at  the  age  of  forty-three  years. 
Rudolf  John  Christian  Brunnengraeber  died  at  Rostock,  Germany,  February 
19,  in  the  sixty-first  year  of  his  age.  He  was  born  in  Schwerin,  May  19, 
1832,  and  after  attending  there  the  classical  school  (Gymnasium)  until  1849, 
became  an  apprentice  in  pharmacy  in  Berlin,  where  he  subsequently  continued 
his  studies  at  the  University  to  prepare  for  the  State's  examination,  which  he 
passed  at  the  University  of  Rostock,  at  which  institution  he  afterward,  in  1862, 
graduated  as  Ph.D.  In  the  same  city  he  became  the  proprietor  of  a  pharmacy 
in  1859  and  combined  with  the  business  the  manufacture  of  various  chemicals. 
He  took  a  most  prominent  part  in  pharmaceutical  affairs  in  Germany  and  in 
the  welfare  of  the  National  Apothecaries'  Society,  of  which  he  became  one  of 
the  directors  in  1869  and  continued  in  that  position  until  the  time  of  his  death, 
serving  as  president  from  1878  until  1891.  For  thirteen  years  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Health  of  the  German  empire,  and  he  served  in  many  other 
positions  of  honor,  trust  and  responsibility.  He  was  first  vice-president  at  the 
fifth  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress,  held  in  London  in  1881,  and  in  the 
following  year  he  was  elected  an  honorary  member  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association. 
Isaac  J.  Martin,  Ph.G.,  M.D.,  died  at  Ellicott  City,  Md.,  December  15,  1892, 
in  the  seventy-eighth  year  of  his  age.  He  was  born  of  Quaker  parents  at  Port 
Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  September  15,  1815,  and  after  the  death  of  his  parents  was  raised 
by  relatives  in  Philadelphia.  In  1832,  he  was  apprenticed  to  Edward  B.  Garri- 
gues,  then  in  business  at  Sixth  and  Spring  Garden  Streets.  He  graduated 
from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1835,  and  took  his  preceptor's 
store  in  1837.  Owing  to  poor  health  he  moved  to  Maryland  in  1841,  conducted 
for  some  time  a  seminary  in  Harford  County,  studied  medicine,  and  in  1849 
located  at  Ellicott's  Mills,  now  Ellicott  City,  where  for  a  short  time  he  taught 
school,  but  in  1850  opened  the  drug  store  with  which  he  was  connected  to  the 
time  of  his  death,  and  which  is  now  conducted  by  his  sons.  Dr.  Martin,  in 
1843,  became  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  several  years 
later  was  licensed  to  preach. 
James  C.  Craven  died  at  his  home  in  Philadelphia,  March  25,  after  along; 
illness.  He  was  born  and  educated  in  Philadelphia,  learned  the  drug  business 
with  Bullock  &  Crenshaw,  and  graduated  in  pharmacy  in  1869.  He  then 
determined  to  prepare  himself  for  the  ministry,  studied  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  and  at  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Divinity  School,  and  was  ordained 
in  1875.  Subsequently  he  was  called  to  rectorships  of  churches  in  Providence, 
R.  I.,  Dubuque,  la.,  and  Jenkintown,  Pa.,  resigning  the  latter  position  last 
August  on  account  of  his  health. 
Isaac  Tull,  a  native  of  Philadelphia,  graduated  in  pharmacy  in  1872,  and 
afterward  conducted  a  store  at  Fortieth  and  Docust  Streets.  Some  years  ago 
he  removed  to  Morgantown,  N.  C,  where  he  carried  on  the  drug  and  apothe- 
cary business  until  the  time  of  his  death,  which  took  place,  of  meningitis, 
December  22,  1892,  the  deceased  being  in  the  forty-second  year  of  his  age. 
