96  Obituaries.  { Am-  XT"' 
OBITUARIES. 
Proffessor  Dr.  Joaquin  DoNDe  Ibarra  died  of  consumption,  in  the  city  of 
Merida,  Yucatan,  November  i,  1875.  The  deceased  was  born  in  Campeche,  July 
6,  1827,  where  he  received  his  education,  until  he  removed  to  Puebla  in  1844, 
where  he  studied  pharmacy  under  Prof.  Mariano  Cal,  and  graduated  with  honors 
in  1846. 
In  1847  he  went  to  the  capital  of  the  republic  to  place  himself  under  the 
instruction  of  Dr.  Jose  M.  Vargas,  and  passed  another  examination  in  1849,  and 
subsequently  at  the  university,  which  conferred  upon  him  the  title  of  Associate. 
In  1850  he  opened  a  School  of  Pharmacy  in  Campeche,  and  in  1853  one  in 
Merida,  laboring  in  the  latter  until  a  few  months  before  his  demise.  During  this 
time  he  lectured,  for  a  number  of  years,  on  botany  in  the  Catholic  Institute,  and 
since  1870  acted  as  Director  of  the  class  in  Industrial  Chemistry,  founded  by  the 
Society  "Jesus  Maria."  In  the  same  year  the  State  School  of  Medicine  and 
Pharmacy  was  established,  he  being  one  of  the  founders,  and  elected  honorary 
professor  in  1875.  He  was  likewise  active  in  founding,  in  1871,  the  only  Medical 
Society  in  the  State,  and  contributed  much  towards  its  usefulness.  The  Academy 
recognized  his  sterling  qualities  by  making  him  an  honorary  member. 
At  the  exposition  held  in  Yucatan,  in  1 871,  he  exhibited  chemical  products  and 
was  awarded  a  first-class  medal,  and  received  another  award  for  his  red  phosphorus. 
In  the  manufacture  of  ordinary  soap  he  introduced  various  improvements,  and 
worked  out  new  processes  for  the  tanning  of  hides,  in  which  he  instructed  many 
artizans,  having  the  public  good  constantly  in  view  rather  than  his  private  interests. 
The  manufacture  of  the  safety  phosphorus  matches,  in  Yucatan,  was  introduced 
by  him  in  1869. 
For  many  years  he  was  associated,  in  the  pharmaceutical  business,  with  Mr. 
Font,  laboring  principally  in  the  laboratory. 
His  literary  labors  comprise  a  number  of  articles  originally  published  in  the 
"  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  1871 — 73,"  in  "L'Union  Pharmaceutique,"  of 
Paris,  "  La  Emulacion  "  and  "  La  Revista  de  Merida." 
Dr.  Donde  was  a  man  of  sterling  qualities,  earnest  in  his  labors,  but  modest  and 
genial  as  a  companion  ;  his  loss  was  deeply  felt  by  the  community  in  which  he 
labored  for  so  many  years  as  a  teacher,  pharmacist  and  public  benefactor. 
Edward  H.  Andrew  died  in  New  York,  January  5th,  in  his  45th  year,  of 
rheumatism  of  the  heart.  He  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Sam.  R.  Andrew,  and  was  born 
in  Woodbury,  Conn.,  October  14,  183 1.  He  began  his  apprenticeship  with  C.  B. 
Whittlesey,  New  Haven,  in  1847.  But  his  health  failing  in  1852,  he  traveled  for 
two  years,  and  was  then  engaged  with  G.  W.  De  la  Vergne,  New  York,  until  the 
war,  when  he  joined  the  9th  New  York  regiment.  Subsequently,  he  engaged  with 
Caswell,  Hazard  &  Co.,  and  occupied,  for  thirteen  years,  an  important  position,  in 
which  he  secured  the  friendship  and  confidence  not  only  of  his  employers,  but  of 
the  medical  profession  and  the  public,  and  enjoyed  the  reputation  of  being  a  most 
correct  and  reliable  dispenser. 
