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Obituary. 
J  Am.  Jour.  Pharin. 
\     August,  1884. 
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1274,  Philadelphia  P.  O.,  and  will  be  acknowledged  in  the  columns  of  the 
"Medical  News"  of  Philadelphia. 
D.  Hayes  Agnew,  M.  D.  Chairman. 
J.  M.  Barton,  M.  D.,  Secretary. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
A  Dictionary  of  the  Action  of  Heat  upon  certain  Metallic  Salts,  including 
an  index  to  the  principal  literature  upon  the  subject.  Compiled  and 
arranged  by  J.  W.  Baird,  M.A.,  Ph.C.  New  York  :  Bermingham&  Co. 
1884. 
This  is  a  paper  of  about  70  pages  which  was  contributed  by  Prof.  Prescott 
to  the  "Journal  of  the  American  Chemical  Society."  The  notes  have  been 
compiled  from  a  large  number  of  journals  and  standard  works,  involving 
very  considerable  labor,  for  the  results  of  which  those  who  may  have  occa- 
sion to  consult  the  pamphlet,  are  indebted  to  the  author  and  compiler. 
The  Electro-osteotome,  a  new  instrument  for  the  perfornance  of  the  opera- 
tion of  ostiotomy.  By  Dr.  Milton  J.  Roberts,  Professor  in  the  New  York 
Post-graduate  Medical  School,  etc. 
Reprint  from  the  "Medical  Record." 
OBITUARY. 
William  Wood  Stockton,  Ph.G.,  of  Mount  Holly,  N.  J.,  died  at  Huron, 
Dakota,  April  23d,  of  nervous  prostration,  at  the  age  of  30  years.  He  learned 
the  drug  business  in  Philadelphia  with  J.  W.  Smith,  graduated  from  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1876,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  had 
been  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account  for  about  six  months. 
Frank  Conrath,  Ph.G.,  M.  D.,  a  native  of  Hesse-Darmstadt,  came  to 
this  country  at  the  age  of  eleven  years,  learned  the  drug  business  in  Mil- 
waukee, graduated  in  Philadelphia  in  1875,  afterwards  studied  medicine  in 
Chicago,  and  graduated  from  Rush  Medical  College  in  1880.  For  nearly 
two  years  he  continued  his  studies  in  Berlin,  Vienna  and  Prague,  and  in 
1882  located  in  Milwaukee,  soon  obtaining  an  extensive  practice.  Inflam- 
mation of  the  lungs,  which  turned  into  acute  consumption,  terminated  his 
useful  career  on  May  loth  last,  at  the  age  of  33  years. 
John  S.  Goodyear,  Ph.G.,  a  graduate  of  the  class  of  1837,  died  in  Phil- 
adelphia, June  15th,  aged  71  years.  He  was  in  business  at  Seventeenth  and 
Pine  streets  upwards  of  37  years. 
