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Obituary. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Phaem  . 
\    Sept.  1,  1871. 
has  proven  injurious  and  fatal ;  in  all  these,  however,  we  miss  an  inquiry  into 
the  purity  of  the  chloral  hydrate  used. 
Bratthwaife's  Retrospect  of  Practical  Medicine  and  Surgery.  Part  LXIII, 
July.  Uniform  American  Edition.  New  York.  W.  A.  Townsend,  publisher. 
1871.  8vo.,  307  pp.  Price  $2.50  a  year. 
The  half-yearly  Abstract  of  the  Medical  Sciences,  heino;  a  digest  of  British  and 
Continental  Medicine,  and  of  the  Progress  of  Medicine  and  the  Collateral 
Sciences.  Edited  by  William  Domett  Stone,  M.D.  Vol.  LIII.  July,  1871. 
Philadelphia.  Henry  C.  Lea.  8vo.,  296  pp.  Price  $2M  a  year. 
The  above  two  publications  contain  the  usual  amount  of  information,  system- 
atically arranged  for  convenient  reference. 
Die  literarischen  Erscheinungen  der  letzten  5  Jahre  1866 — 70,  auf  dem  Gebiete 
der  Medicin  und  Pharmacie.  Systematisch  geordnet  und  mit  einem 
Autorcn  Register  versehen,  von  Eduard  Baldamus  u.  Richardt  Haupt. 
Leipzig.    J.  C.  Hinrichs'sche  Buchhandlung.  1871. 
The  medical  and  pharmaceutical  literature  during  the  last  five  years,  1866 — 
1870 ;  systematically  arranged  and  with  an  index  of  authors.    8vo.,  96  pages. 
This  catalogue,  received  from  Messrs.  Scha3fer  &  Koradi,  Philadelphia, 
enumerates  all  medical  and  pharmaceutical  works  and  pamphlets  from  German 
publishers,  arranged  under  23  headings.  During  these  fiv^e  years  about  150 
different  publications  and  new  editions  were  issued  by  German  booksellers  on 
the  subjects  of  Pharmacy,  Pharmacology,  Toxicology  and  Materia  Medica. 
OBITUARY. 
Anselme  Payen,  born  at  Paris  on  the  6th  of  January,  1795,  was  educated 
at  the  polytechnic  school  at  Paris,  and  afterwards  devoted  himself  entirely  to 
chemistry,  studying  under  Yauquelin,  Thenard  and  Chevreul.  He  had  a  large 
laboratory  at  the  factory  of  his  mother  at  Grenelle,  which  had  been  established 
by  his  deceased  father  in  1793  for  the  manufacture  of  sal-ammoniac,  animal 
charcoal,  &c.,  the  decolorizing  and  disinfectant  properties  of  the  latter  not 
being  known  at  that  time.  Subsequently  he  established  a  second  factory  at 
Yaugirard,  and  there  paid  much  attention  to  the  purification  of  soda,  the  con- 
version of  starch  into  sugar,  and  the  preparation  of  borax  from  the  boracic 
acid  of  the  lakes  of  Toscana.  Payea  published  several  works  on  chemistry,  on 
the  manufacture  of  beer,  of  beetroot  sugar,  &c.,  and  numerous  memoirs  from 
his  pen,  the  fruit  of  his  researches,  have  been  published  in  the  scientific  jour- 
nals. At  the  universal  exposition  in  1867^he  was  president  of  classes  No.  70 
and  71.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the  proceedings  of  the  academy  of  med- 
icine of  which  he  was  a  prominent  member,  and  attended  the  meeting  of  that 
body  on  the  9th  of  May.  Three  days  later,  on  the  12th,  an  attack  of  apoplexy 
terminated  his  useful  life,  he  being  then  in  the  77th  year  of  his  age. 
Corrections. — The  sentence  on  page  352,  line  9  from  the  top,  should  read  as 
follows  :  When  the  ferrous  chloride  has  filtered  through,  add  sufficient  hot 
syrup  to  the  filter,  until  the  filtrate  measures  four  and  one  half  fluid  ounces,  and 
then  test  a  small  quantity,  &c. 
Also  on  same  page,  line  12  from  top,  read  :  Into  a  four  ounce  vial,  instead  of 
vials. 
