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Reviews,  etc. 
'  Am.  Jour  Pharm. 
\       May,  1876. 
report  on  the  Arnold  arboretum  by  the  Director,  C.  S.  Sargent.  Six  well-executed 
lithographs  accompany  this  pamphlet,  which  concludes  the  first  volume  of  the 
series. 
Report  of  the  Board  of  Administrators  of  the  Charity  Hospital  to  the  General  Assembly 
of  Louisiana,  session  of  1875.    New  Orleans:  8vo,  pp.  105. 
Besides  the  special  reports  and  statistical  tables,  which  may  be  looked  for  in  such 
a  publication,  we  find  a  historical  sketch  of  this  institution,  by  James  Burns,  M.D., 
which  goes  back  to  the  times  of  Louis  XIV  and  of  the  foundation  of  the  colony, 
but,  as  may  be  expected,  enters  more  into  the  details  of  the  operations  during  the 
years  last  past. 
The  reception,  from  the  authors,  of  the  following  reprints  is  hereby  acknowl- 
edged : 
Studies  upon  essential  oils.    By  G.  Dragendorff. 
Structure  and  developement  of  Pareira  stem,  Chondodendron  tomentosum  R.  et.  P.  By 
John  Moss. 
Vaseline.    By  John  Moss. 
On  further  researches  on  the  dissociation  of  Molecules  in  solution.    By  Chas.  R.  (J. 
Tichborne. 
The  Opium  habit  and  "  Opium-mania  cures."    By  Stanford  E.  Chaille,  A.  M., 
M.D.,  &c. 
This  last  pamphlet  exposes  the  criminal  doings  of  a  doctor,  with  whose  practices 
the  readers  of  the  "Journal"  have  already  become  acquainted,  on  page  464, 
volume  for  1873.  The  Ext.  Picus  porteana  appears  to  have  been  changed  now  into 
an  "  opiumania  cure,"  and  the  composition  was  most  likely  changed  also,  since 
Mr.  J.  Johnson  reports  it  to  contain  "  a  good  deal  of  substance  in  solution  "  and 
found  only  about  five  grains  of  opium  in  half  a  fluidounce,  whereas  Prof.  Wayne 
obtained  4.-4.  grains  of  morphia  in  the  same  quantity. 
OBITUARY. 
Zadoc  Douglass  Gilman  died  in  the  city  of  Washington,  D.  C,  March  15th, 
in  the  60th  year  of  his  age,  after  a  brief  illness.  He  was  a  native  of  Alexandria, 
Va.,  but  removed  with  his  parents  to  Washington,  where,  after  having  received  a 
good  education,  he  entered  the  drug  business  with  Mr.  Seth  Todd,  remaining  with 
his  employer  as  assistant.  After  the  death  of  the  latter,  Mr.  Gilman  purchased  the 
store  and  business,  which  he  conducted  until  his  demise.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
members  of  the  various  local  societies  organized  in  the  National  capital  for  the  pro- 
motion and  advancement  of  pharmacy,  and  liberally  contributed  to  their  support. 
Energetic,  yet  amiable  and  courteous  in  conducting  his  business,  he  was  devoted  to 
his  family,  and  an  active  and  useful  member  in  the  various  public  organizations 
in  which  he  interested  himself.  Within  less  than  two  years,  the  National  College 
of  Pharmacy  has  lost  in  him  by  death,  the  third  member  of  its  first  Board  of  Trus- 
tees. 
