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Obituary. 
(  Am.  Jock.  Pharw. 
t     Mar.  1,1873. 
OBITUARY. 
Professor  Dr.  J.  F  Hermann  Ludwig  died  at  Jena  on  the  morning  of  Ja»~ 
7th,  in  the  fifty-fourth  year  of  his  age.  In  him  pharmacy  loses  one  of  her  most 
devoted  and  accomplished  scholars,  and  one  of  her  most  conscientious  and 
successful  teachers  For  the  following  biographical  notes  we  are  indebted  to 
the  "  Fharmaceutische  Zeitung:  Bom  at  Greussen,  Sondershausen,  on  the 
12th  of  August,  1819,  he  served  his  apprenticeship  there  in  the  "eagle-phar- 
macy," and  subsequently  as  assistant  in  various  parts  of  Geimany  and  Switzer- 
land. In  1844  he  went  to  Jena  to  study  chemistry  and  pharmacy.  In  the  fol- 
lowing' year  he  became  the  assistant  in  the  pharmaceutical  institute  of  the  emi- 
nent Wackenroder,  and  in  1847  Professor  of  Agricultural  Chemistry  in  the 
Agricultural  Institute  at  Jena.  In  1852  he  habilitated  himself  as  Lecturer  in 
the  University  of  Jena,  and,  after  Wackenroder's  death,  in  1854,  he  succeeded 
his  teacher  as  Director  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Institute,  in  which  capacity  he 
labored  uninterruptedly  until  last  winter,  wheu  he  was  prostrated  by  sickness, 
which  terminated  his  useful  career. 
Since  1854  Professor  Ludwig  has  been  acting  as  Inspector  of  Pharmacies,, 
and  as  a  member  of  the  State  Board  for  Chemical  and  Pharmaceutical  Affairs- 
When,  iu  1869,  a  pharmaceutical  examining  board  was  created  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Jena,  Ludwig  was  appointed  one  of  the  members.  Since  1860  he  and 
Dr.  Mirus  conducted  the  chemieo-Iegal  investigations  for  the  grand-duchy  of 
Weimar  and  adjacent  states,  and,  in  conjunction  with  Prof.  Reichardt,  under- 
took the  analysis  of  the  springs  of  the  larger  towns  of  his  state  to  cetermine 
their  fitness  for  drinking  and  culinary  purposes.  His  chemical  and  pharma- 
ceutical researches  were  published  in  the  "  Archiv  der  Pharmacie,"  of  which 
journal  he  was  co-editor  with  the  late  Dr.  L.  Bley  from  1863  to  1867,  and  was 
the  sole  editor  since  1868.  Of  larger  works,  Prof.  Ludwig  published  transla- 
tions of  A.  Philippe's  History  of  the  Apothecaries,  &c,  and  of  Tardieu  and 
Roussin's  Toxicology,  the  latter  work  in  connection  with  Dr.  Thiele  ;  and,, 
together  with  Prof.  Hallier,  an  edition  of  Clamor  Marquart's  Pharmacy. 
As  an  earnest  student,  he  accumulated  valuable  collections;  but,  overworked1 
as  he  had  been  for  years,  with  a  compensation  inadequate  for  his  numerous 
responsible  duties,  he  leaves  a  wife  and  four  children  in  very  moderate  circum- 
stances. 
The  deceased  was  an  honorary  member  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  and  a  corresponding  member  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy. 
George  "\Vaugh,  a  prominent  member  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of 
Great  Britain,  died,  at  the  age  of  71  years,  on  the  12th  of  January,  at  his 
residence,  Queensborough  Terrace,  Kensington  Gardens.  The  deceased  was 
for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Council  of  that  Society,  aud  may  be  regarded 
the  originator,  as  he  has  been  one  of  the  most  active  promoters,  of  the  Jacob- 
Bell  Testimonial  Fund. 
