112 
Obituary. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharni 
Feb.,  1890. 
embraced  also  the  nitro-compounds  of  phenol,  eugenol,  pyrogallol,  hydro- 
quinone,  pyrocatechin  and  other  compounds. 
Paul  Balluff,  a  prominent  pharmacist  of  New  York  City,  died  there  of 
pneumonia,  January  8th,  at  the  age  of  64  years.  He  was  born  in  Riedlingen, 
Wiirtemberg,  and,  with  his  elder  brother,  served  his  apprenticeship  in  the 
pharmacy  of  his  father,  and  subsequently  as  assistant  in  several  pharmacies  in 
Germany  and  Switzerland.  After  attending  the  university  at  Tubingen  he 
passed  the  State's  examination  for  Wiirtemberg  in  1850,  but  in  1852  came  to 
this  country,  locating  at  first  in  Williamsburg,  N.  Y.,  and  afterward  in  New 
York  City.  He  was  a  very  active  member,  and  for  some  years  the  presiding 
officer,  of  the  German  Apothecaries  Society  of  New  York  and  of  the  New  York 
College  of  Pharmacy  ;  he  was  also  at  one  time  a  vice-president  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association.    Two  daughters  survive  him. 
Emlen  Painter,  Ph.G-,  President  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion, for  the  current  year,  died  at  Spuyten  Duyvel,  N.  Y.,  January  15th,  of  con_ 
sumption,  in  his  46th  year.  He  was  born  at  Concord,  Delaware  County,  Pa.; 
educated  there  in  the  Friends'  school,  and  became  an  apprentice  to  Chas. 
Shivers,  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  graduated  from  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  in 
1866.  In  the  following  year  he  went  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  was  in  busi- 
ness for  about  sixteen  years,  during  which  time  he  did  good  service  in  assisting 
in  the  establishment  of  the  California  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  as  Professor  of 
Pharmacy  in  this  institution.  He  returned  Bast  in  1883,  locating  in  New  York 
City,  where  he  conducted  the  Brunswick  Pharmacy  until  a  short  time  before 
his  death.  There  he  identified  himself  with  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy 
and  served  as  one  of  its  Trustees  with  his  accustomed  faithfulness  and  energy. 
In  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  he  was  on  several  occasions 
nominated  by  the  California  pharmacists  as  their  representative  ;  and  in  the 
meetings  he  soon  became  conspicuous  through  his  earnestness.  The  selection 
of  San  Francisco  as  the  place  for,  and  the  success  of  last  year's  meeting  is  largely 
due  to  his  energy  and  perseverance.  His  remains  were  interred  in  Woodland 
Cemetery,  in  Philadelphia.    The  deceased  leaves  a  widow  and  five  children. 
Charles  H.  Cressler,  Ph.G.,  died  in  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  of  pneumonia, 
January  29th,  aged  51  years.  He  learned  the  drug  business  in  his  native  town, 
with  Win.  Heyser,  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  in 
1861,  and  afterward  was  in  business  in  Chambersburg  until  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  was  to  some  extent  instrumental  in  bringing  to  the  prominent 
notice  of  physicians  two  drugs  of  American  origin,  both  of  which  were  admitted 
into  the  last  pharmacopoeia.  His  thesis  on  the  "  ergot  of  Indian  corn  " — now 
officinal  as  Ustilago — was  published  in  this  journal  1861,  p.  306  ;  and  he  pointed 
out  {ibid.,  1878,  p.  290.)  the  efficacy  of  the  rhizome  of  Aspidium  marginale,  now 
recognized,  with  that  of  male  fern,  under  the  official  title  Aspidium.  The 
deceased  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  and  rendered  faithful  service  for  a  series  of  years,  on  committees 
and  as  president.  He  also  took  a  prominent  part  in  all  measures  for  the 
advancement  of  his  native  town  and  county,  and  for  many  years  was  a  very 
efficient  member  of  the  school  board. 
