Reviews,  etc. — Obituary. 
I  Am.  Jour.  Pharm . 
I       July,  1876. 
fession  for  their  labors  in  microscopy,  and  d  priori  it  might  be  expected  that  only 
good,  reliable  and  typical  specimens  will  be  furnished.  The  photographs  are  pre- 
pared by  Dr.  Seller ;  the  plan  of  the  work  and  the  selection  of  the  specimens  is 
principally  due  to  Drs.  Hunt  and  Richardson,  under  whose  supervision  the  descrip- 
tive and  explanatory  text  is  prepaied.  For  the  present  it  is  purposed  to  give  in  each 
monthly  issue  pictures  of  at  least  one  pathological  and  three  normal  specimens,  to 
illustrate  the  differences  between  healthy  and  diseased  structures.  The  various  plates 
of  the  first  two  numbers,  which  are  now  before  us,  are  admirably  executed  and 
elegantly  printed  ;  the  descriptive  text  is  clear  and  concise,  and  free  from  theoretical 
speculations.  The  publication,  in  our  opinion,  meets  the  highest  expectations,  and 
deserves  to  be  in  the  hands  of  every  physician,  who  does  not  want  to  be  left  behind 
in  his  profession. 
Annual  Report  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  city  of  New  York,  ^dth  Session 
and  Fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  Alumni  Association,  1876,  8vo,  pp.  90. 
The  pamphlet  contains  the  reports  of  the  officers  of  the  college,  and  of  the 
board  of  pharmacy,  lists  of  officers  and  members  of  the  college  and  of  the  associa- 
tion, commencement  exercises,  with  the  valedictory  and  other  addresses,  minutes 
of  the  business  and  pharmaceutical  meetings,  and  several  papers  read  at  the  latter. 
Centennial  Newspaper  Exhibition,   1876.    New  York:  Compiled  by  Geo.  P.  Row- 
ell  &  Co.    8vo,  pp.  300. 
The  enterprising  firm  of  G.  P.  Rowell  &  Co.  have  undertaken  a  newspaper  exhi- 
bition at  the  Centennial  Eposition  Grounds.  Through  the  liberality  of  a  number 
of  proprietors  of  prominent  newspapers,  funds  were  secured  to  erect  a  handsome 
pavilion  for  the  accommodation  of  all  periodical  publications  of  this  country.  The 
exhibition  is  quite  interesting,  and  well  worthy  a  visit.  The  catalogue,  whose  title 
we  give  above,  gives  a  great  deal  of  information  which  is  of  interest  to  readers  and 
advertisers,  also  sketches  of  the  career  of  a  number  of  prominent  papers. 
OBITUARY. 
Prof.  Henry  Buignet  died  in  Paris,  May  9th,  aged  sixty  years.  The  deceased 
was  born  at  Chelles,  and  soon  after  passing,  in  1840,  the  examinations,  as  "  phar- 
macien  of  the  first  class,"  purchased  the  store  founded  by  Planch^  and  followed 
the  apothecary  business  for  several  years,  without,  however,  losing  sight  of  scien- 
tific pursuits.  In  1850,  he  became  connected  with  the  "Journal  de  Pharmacie  et 
de  Chimie,"  as  one  of  its  editors;  in  1855  he  was  elected  general  secretary  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Paris,  and  in  i860  he  received  the  degree  of  doctor  in 
sciences,  having  presented  a  thesis  containing  important  original  researches  on  the 
nature,  origin  and  transformation  of  sugar  in  acidulous  fruits.  Since  1842  he  had 
been  attached  to  the  Paris  School  of  Pharmacy  as  lecturer  (professeur  agrege),  since 
1 861  as  assistant  professor,  and  since  1 866  as  professor  of  physics  ;  two  years  later  he 
became  a  member  of  the  Academy  of  Medicine,  and  in  1871  of  the  Council  of 
Public  Hygiene  and  Salubrity.  The  majority  of  his  essays  relate  to  the  physics  of 
chemistry  5  of  his  chemical  investigations,  conducted  either  alone  or  conjointly  with 
Bussy,  we  may  mention  those  on  the  composition  of  manna,  on  the  influence  of 
heat  upon  ferric  salts,  on  the  preparation,  preservation  and  estimation  of  hydrocy- 
anic acid,  etc. 
