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Obituary. 
f  A.m.  Jcur.  Pi  am. 
t      Feb.,  1879. 
admit  of  any  doubt,  when  it  is  remembered  that  the  chief  editor,  Dr.  Billings,  who 
is  in  charge  of  the  National  Medical  Library  at  Washington,  has  prepared  a 
National  Catalogue  of  Medical  Literature,"  which  has  been  most  favrorably  com- 
mented upon  by  all  who  have  examined  the  manuscript  or  had  occasion  to  consult 
the  portion  which  was  published  a  few  years  ago. 
The  National  Dispensatory.    By  Professors  Alfred  Stille  and  John  M.  Maisch. 
Philadelphia:  Henry  C.  Lea. 
On  going  to  press,  we  are  informed  that  the  index  of  this  work  is  now  in  the 
hands  of  the  printer,  and  the  book  will  be  issued  in  a  few  days. 
OBITUARY. 
Benjamin  Lyman,  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Lymans,  Clare  &  Co.,  of 
Montreal,  and  of  Lyman  Brothers,  of  Toronto,  Canada,  died  in  the  latter  city 
December  5,  1878,  of  inflammation  of  the  lungs.  He  war  born  at  Derby,  Vermont, 
in  1 810,  and  when  a  young  boy  came  with  his  parents  to  Montreal,  where  he  entered 
the  drug  business  established  in  1803  by  his  uncle,  Dr.  M.  J.  Lyman,  and  wit!) 
which  establishment  he  has  been  connected  ever  since.  His  extensive  business 
relations  did  not  prevent  him  from  taking  a  lively  interest  in  all  public  affairs  ot 
the  city  where  he  resided,  and  he  warmly  supported  the  various  movements  made  in 
Canada  for  the  elevation  of  pharmacy.  The  deceased  leaves  a  widow,  two  sons 
and  two  daughters. 
Professor  John  B.  Biddle,  M.  D.,  died  in  his  native  city,  Philadelphia, 
January  19th.  He  was  born  in  1 8 1 5,  graduated  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  and* 
in  1865,  was  called  to  the  chair  of  Materia  Medica  and  Therapeutics  in  the  Jefferson 
Medical  College,  which  position  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death.  The  deceased 
was  widely  and  favorably  known  and  was  the  author  of  a  work  entitled  "  Materia 
Medica  for  the  Use  of  Students,1'  which  has  been  adopted  as  a  text  book  in  many 
medical  colleges. 
Dr.  Jacob  Bigelow  died  in  Boston  on  January  10th,  at  the  age  of  91  years. 
He  graduated  from  Harvard  College  in  1 806,  published  the  Florula  Bostoniensis'm 
1815,  and  a  few  years  afterwards  his  illustrated  American  Medical  Botany,  was  elected 
Professor  in  18 15,  and  inaugurated  or  participated  in  various  movements  of  educa- 
tional interest  and  hygienic  importance.  The  deceased  was  one  of  those  prominent 
men  whose  lives  are  intimately  connected  with  the  early  history  of  medicine  in  this 
country.  He  was  the  oldest  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  and 
was  an  honorary  member  of  the  Philadelphia  Col'ege  of  Pharmacy. 
Edward  T.  Hehr  died  suddenly  at  Hazleton,  Pa.,  on  Christmas  day,  1878.  He 
was  born  at  Minersville,  Pa.,  and  graduated  in  1871  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy. 
