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quently  met  with,  some  of  which  are  not  so  easily  overcome  as  badly 
prepared  and  sometimes  adulterated  subcarb.  of  iron.  Nothing  is  so 
convincing  that  such  mistakes  are  made  by  them,  as  little  home  manipula- 
tions like  the  above.  Yours, 
Jos.  L.  Lemberger. 
JBraithwaite's  Reirospect  of  Practical  Medicine  and  Surgery.  Forty-fourth 
part.  Uniform  American  Edition.  New  York,  1862.  "W.  A.  Town- 
send,  36  Walker  street.    Pp.382.  Octavo. 
The  attention  of  our  medical  friends  and  readers  is  called  to  this  valu- 
able abstract  of  the  periodical  medical  literature  of  the  past  six  months. 
Journal  des  Economistes  ;  revue  de  la  science  economique  et  de  lastatisque. 
2d  serie,  No.  97.  Jan.,  1862.  36  francs  per  an.,  chaque  numero  separe- 
ment  3  fr.  50. 
The  above  noted  journal  has  been  received.  It  is  filled  with  important 
articles.  Among  these  are  "  The  moral,  intellectual  and  material  condition 
of  the  operatives  in  the  cotton  manufacture,"  "  The  principal  branches  of 
mining  industry  in  France  and  Belgium/'  "  Bulletin  of  Financiering  in 
France  and  abroad,"  and  various  other  subjects  relating  to  political 
economy. 
Obituary. — Charles  Augustus  Smith,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  died  in  that 
city  on  the  19th  of  March,  1861,  of  congestion  of  the  brain,  in  the  fifty- 
second  year  of  his  age.  The  subject  of  this  notice  has  long  been  favorably 
known  as  a  pharmaceutist,  having  for  many  years  conducted  a  very 
reputable  establishment  in  Cincinnati,  the  city  of  his  adoption.  Be- 
coming in  bad  health,  he  retired  from  business  and  spent  some  time 
in  the  Atlantic  States  among  his  friends,  and  on  the  recovery  of 
health  returned  to  Cincinnati.  Some  time  thereafter  he,  in  conjunction 
with  another  party,  purchased  the  Bluelick  Springs,  and  undertook  the 
introduction  of  that  noted  mineral  water  into  general  use,  but  the  specu- 
lation proved  a  failure.  Subsequently  Mr.  Smith  entered  the  employment 
of  Eckstein  &  Co.,  of  Cincinnati,  in  charge  of  the  manufacturing  depart- 
ment of  that  large  house.  He  afterwards  became  the  editor  and  proprie- 
tor of  "  The  Druggist,"  of  Cincinnati,  and  so  continued  until  the  period 
cf  his  decease.  Mr.  Smith  was  present  as  a  delegate  from  the  Cincinnati 
College  of  Pharmacy  at  the  organization  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  in  1852,  and  has  always,  when  present  at  its  meetings,  taken 
a  marked  interest  in  its  proceedings.  His  name  is  known  in  connection 
with  «  Smith's  Steam  Displacer,"  as  described  in  one  of  the  volumes  of 
the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy. 
In  social  life  Mr.  Smith  possessed  the  esteem  of  a  large  circle  of 
acquaintance,  among  whom  his  genial  disposition  has  long  made  him  a 
welcome  and  agreeable  companion,  and  his  well-known  face  and  voice  will 
be  missed  in  the  future  meetings  of  our  National  Association. 
