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Obituary. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Sept.,  1893. 
thesis  is  accompanied  by  four  excellently  executed  photogravures  of  longitu- 
dinal and  transverse  sections  of  Zingiber  officinalis,  Costus  villosus,  Curcuma 
longa  and  C.  zedoaria,  Hedychium  gardnerianum,  Alpinia  galanga  and  Curcuma 
leucorrhiza. 
Ueber  Hyoscin  und  Oscin.    Ueber  Cinchonin.    Notiz  uber  Tagetesblidhen. 
Vorlaufige  Mittheilung  iiber  Chinin,  Cinchonidin  u?id  Conchinin.  Von  O. 
Hesse.    Besonderer  Abdruck  aus  Liebig's  Annalen  der  Chemie.    Band  276. 
On  Hyoscine  and  Oscine.  On  Cinchonine.  Note  on  Tagetes  florets.  Pre- 
liminary Notes  on  Quinine,  Cinchonidine  and  Conchinine  (Quinidine).  By 
O.  Hesse.    Reprint  from  Liebig's  Annalen  der  Chemie.    Vol.  276. 
Will  take  the  liberty  of  offering  more  extended  extracts  from  the  above  in 
our  next  number. 
Phamacopcea  Danica,  1893.    Kjobenhavn.    H.  Hagerups,  Forlag,  1893. 
Pharmacopoeia  Danica,  1893.    Copenhagen.    H.  Hagerups,  Publisher,  1893. 
OBITUARY. 
Dr.  George  Randolph  Parry,  Ph.G.,  died  at  his  residence,  New  Hope,  Bucks 
County,  Pa.,  June  12,  1893,  aged  53  3-ears.  He  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
Sept.  3,  1S39  ;  learned  the  drug  business  with  Charles  Ellis,  Son  &  Co.,  and 
graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1862  ;  studied  medi- 
cine and  graduated  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1867.  He  began 
the  practice  of  medicine  at  Union  Springs,  New  York,  and  in  [880  removed  to 
New  Hope,  Pa.,  where  he  built  up  a  lar^e  practice.  He  w*as  a  member  of  the 
Bucks  County  Medical  Association  and  the  Historical  Association  of  Pennsyl- 
vania.   He  leaves  a  wife  and  two  daughters. 
John  Thomas  Hoskinson,  Jr.,  Ph.G.,  died  at  his  late  residence,  northwest 
corner  of  Front  and  Norris  Streets,  July  29,  1893,  aged  43  years.  He  was 
born  at  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  learned  the  drug  and  apothecary  business  with 
the  late  Daniel  S.  Jones,  Ph.G.,  and  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy  in  1871.  He  was  in  active  business  at  Front  and  Norris  Streets 
for  several  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Executive  Board  of  the  Alumni 
Association,  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  in  all  of  which  he  took  an  active 
interest,  attending  their  various  meetings. 
Edward  Hopper,  Ph.G.,  Class  of  1833,  died  at  his  late  residence,  No.  1206 
Spruce  Street,  August  7,  1893,  aged  S2  years.  He  learned  the  drug  business 
with  John  Hart,  and  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
He  started  in  business  for  himself  soon  after,  but  soon  relinquished  the  drug 
business  and  studied  law,  entering  the  office  of  John  Sergent,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  October  31,  1839,  enjoyed  a  large  practice  principally  in  the 
Orphans  Court  and  had  an  extended  knowledge  of  real  estate.  He  was  a 
manager  of  Will's  Hospital  and  President  of  the  Orthopaedic  Hospital.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  attended  the  meeting  at  9th  and 
Spruce  Streets,  and  frequently  preached  with  confidence  and  earnestness.  For 
the  last  20  years  of  his  life  he  was  a  victim  of  facial  neuralgia,  and  the  last  8 
months  was  confined  to  his  house  ;  at  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  one  of  the 
solicitors  of  the  college. 
