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Obituary. 
/Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I      Dec,  1884. 
Ueber  den  Gerbstoff  der  Castanea  vesca.    Von  Paul  Nass.   Pp.  39. 
On  the  tannin  of  Castanea  vesca. 
Ueber  die  Ausscheidung  des  Stryehnins.  Von  Peter  von  Rautenfeld.  Pp.  44.. 
On  the  excretion  of  strychnine. 
The  excretion  of  the  unaltered  alkaloid  takes  place  through  the  urine  ;  it 
begins  soon  after  the  strychnine  has  been  taken,  and  continues  for  several 
days,  the  duration  depending  upon  the  quantity  of  the  poison  taken. 
Studien  uber  die  Darstellung,  Zusammensetzuny  und  Eigensehaften  des 
Sennits  (Cathartomannits).    Von  Albert  Seidel. 
Studies  upon  the  Preparation,  Composition  and  Properties  of  Sennit 
(Cathartomannit). 
OBITUARY. 
George  Bentham,  the  celebrated  botanist,  died  in  London,  September 
10th,  in  the  eighty-fourth  year  of  his  life.  His  most  important  works  are  : 
"Genera  Plantarum,"  for  which  Sir  J.  D.  Hooker  was  his  co-laborer; 
"  Flora  Australiensis,"  in  which  he  was  assisted  by  Baron  von  Mueller,  and 
his  elaboration  of  several  natural  orders  in  Martius  et  Eichler's  "Flora 
Brasiliensis,"  and  in  De  Candolle's  "  Prodromus."  Numerous  contributions 
to  the  Transactions  and  the  Journal  of  the  Linnsean  Society  give  proof  of 
his  well-directed  labors  in  his  favorite  science. 
Adolf  Fennel  died  in  Cincinnati,  September  29th,  in  his  sixty-first 
year.  He  was  born  and  educated  in  Cassel,  was  apprentice  in  pharmacy  in 
Eschwege,  served  as  assistant  in  various  parts  of  Germany  and  Switzer- 
land and  came  to  the  United  States  in  1851.  Ten  years  later  he  established 
himself  in  business  in  Cincinnati,  and  in  1871  he  was  elected  Professor  of 
Pharmacy  in  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy,  which  chair  he  after- 
wards exchanged  for  that  of  Chemistry. 
Caleb  H.  Needles  died  in  his  native  city,  Philadelphia,  October  10th 
last,  aged  64  years.  He  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy in  1841,  writing  his  thesis  on  Juniperus  Sabina,  which  was  published 
in  this  Journal,  vol.  xiii.  For  many  years  he  conducted  the  business  estab- 
lished by  his  father  on  the  corner  of  Twelfth  and  Race  streets.  He  took 
considerable  interest  in  the  College  of  Pharmacy  and  in  the  Trade  Associa- 
tion, of  which  latter  body  he  was  the  first  President. 
Seymour  Snowden  Burns,  of  Minersville,  Pa.,  died  in  Pottstown, 
September  25th,  of  typhoid  fever,  aged  27  years.  He  graduated  from  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1878. 
Curtis  J.  Bollman,  Ph.G.,  Class  1884,  died  at  his  home,  Mansfield, 
Ohio,  November  15th,  of  typhoid  fever,  aged  23  years. 
