Am.  Jour.  Pharm,  ( 
April  1, 1871.  J 
Obituary. 
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in  this  country,  within  the  year  indicated,  as  could  well  have  been  selected, 
and  as  no  explanation  is  offered,  it  must  be  inferred  either  that  the  compiler 
was  almost  wholly  without  authorities  for  reference,  or  that  the  whole  chapter 
is  an  intentional  caricature,  set  prominently  in  relief  against  the  scecond  chap- 
ter, called  English  and  Continental  Pharmacy,  which,  curious  to  relate,  con- 
tains twenty  recipes  of  American  origin,  more  than  are  given  in  the  American 
chapter  itself ! 
The  chapters  on  materia  medica  and  chemistry  are  fuller  and  better  than 
Avhat  precedes  them,  yet  are  nearly  without  reference  to  American  items  of 
materia  medica.  As  the  chapter  on  Bibliography  gives  no  mention  of  the  last 
and  complete  edition  of  the  U.  S.  Dispensatory,  published  in  Feb.,  1870,  this 
meagreness  is  probably  due  to  want  of  authorities  or  of  time  to  consult  them. 
At  the  end  of  the  obituary  chapter  is  placed  an  autobiographical  notice  of 
Henry  Deane,  of  Clapham,  which  appears  not  to  have  been  intended  for  publi- 
cation, but  which  is  well  worthy  the  perusal  of  all  young  apothecaries  who  are 
striving  for  knowledge  under  difficulties. 
The  last  half  of  the  volume  (about  300  pages)  consists  of  the  proceedings  and 
papers  of  the  British  Conference  Meeting,  at  Liverpool,  and  a  chapter  by  Mr. 
Ince,  called  a  century  of  old  books,  which,  being  paged  separately,  is  probably 
to  be  had  as  a  separate  pamphlet  of  100  pages,  which  is  full  of  curious  extracts 
of  Old  time  pharmacy  and  chemistry,  and  reflects  great  credit  on  the  diligence 
of  the  compiler.  In  conclusion,  we  may  be  permitted  to  hope  that  the  faults 
of  this  volume  have  arisen  mainly  from  the  unfortunate  illness  of  its  Editor  and 
the  necessity  of  his  collaborators  of  hurrying  up  the  work  at  the  last  moment, 
and  that  the  next  volume  will  exhibit  more  homogeneousness.  We  would  also 
respectfully  suggest  that  one  of  the  really  valuable  points  of  a  good  "  year 
book"  is  the  faithfulness  with  which  the  printed  sources  of  the  information  ob- 
tained is  recorded,  not  only  in  name,  but  in  volume  and  page,  giving  original 
sources  when  possible.  In  this  respect  the  "  year  book  "  is  seriously  in  fault,  and 
will  perplex  the  future  historian  of  pharmacy  who  may  aim  to  sift  out  the  true 
sources  of  the  information  which  if  offers. 
OBITUARY. 
Eugene  L.  Massot,  whose  death  we  published  last  month,  together  with 
resolutions  of  respect  by  a  public  meeting,  was  a  native  of  Louisville,  Ken- 
tucky, where,  according  to  information  from  Mr.  Hubert  Primm,  he  was  born 
in  1824,  and  afterwards  learned  the  drug  business  in  Galena,  Illinois.  In  1852 
Mr.  Massot  commenced  business  in  St.  Louis,  at  4th  and  Almond,  moving  sub- 
sequently to  4th  and  Spruce,  where  he  afterwards  continued.  His  business 
maxim  was  that,  "  honesty  is  the  best  policy,"  which,  aided  by  his  good  business 
qualities,  built  up  for  him  a  large  and  profitable  trade,  and  established  a  char- 
acter for  fairness  and  uprightness  that  won  the  confidence  of  the  medical  and 
pharmaceutical  professions  and  the  public.  To  him  largely  is  due  the  credit 
of  the  establishment  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  on  a  firm  basis, 
giving  his  personal  exertions  and  money.  Mr.  Massot  became  a  member  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1857;  was  elected  one  of  its  vice- 
presidents  in  1862  and  again  in  1870,  and  had  he  lived  would  probably  have 
