576  Reviews,  etc. — Obituary.  { Amf^lljr,f^!nn' 
The  pamphlet  concludes  with  a  number  of  reports  from  hospitals,  in  which  these 
preparations  of  pancreatin  have  been  tried. 
The  Physicians  Visiting  List,  for  1877.    Philadelphia  :  Lindsay  &  Blakiston. 
This  being  the  twenty-sixth  year  of  its  publication,  is  sufficient  proof  of  its  use- 
fulness for  the  medical  practitioner.  As  usual,  it  is  published  so  as  to  be  adapted 
for  the  records  of  from  25  to  100  patients  a  week. 
Letters  about  the  Exhibition.    New  York  :  Office  of  the  Tribune.  Large  8vo,  pp.  72, 
double  columns.    Price,  25  cts. 
This  is  a  republication  in  pamphlet  form  of  the  letters  written  by  the  special  cor- 
respondent of  the  New  York  Tribune,  and  originally  published  in  that  paper.  They 
are  written  with  good  judgment  and  in  an  acceptable  style. 
OBITUARY. 
Th.  Gobley,  a  distinguished  pharmacist  of  Paris,  died  recently  at  Luchon,  and 
was  buried  in  Paris.  He  entered  as  apprentice  with  Mr.  Guerin,  his  brother-in- 
law,  who  had  succeeded  Robiquet,  and  after  obtaining  the  title  of  pharmacien  at 
the  Paris  school,  commenced  business,  where  he  soon  established  a  considerable 
reputation.  In  1842  he  became  attached  to  the  school  of  pharmacy  as  professor,  and 
in  1868  he  was  made  a  member  of  the  council  of  public  hygiene,  in  both  of  which 
positions  he  labored  assiduously.  Many  of  his  scientific  investigations  are  of  con- 
siderable importance,  and  have  been  noticed  in  full  or  in  abstract  also  in  this  journal. 
The  deceased  repeatedly  held  offices  of  public  trust,  and  was  a  member  of  the  com- 
mission for  the  revision  of  the  new  Codex.  Having  been  married  to  a  daughter  of 
Robiquet,  he  was  happy  in  his  family  circle,  where  he  enjoyed  the  fruits  of  a  long 
and  useful  life. 
Henry  Etienne  St.  Claire  Deville  died  suddenly  on  October  nth.  The 
deceased  was  born  on  the  island  of  St.  Thomas  in  181 8,  and  was  for  many  years 
professor  of  chemistry  at  the  College  de  France  at  Paris,  and  a  member  of  the 
French  Academy  of  Sciences.  He  enjoyed  a  high  reputation  as  a  scientific  investi- 
gator, and  became  widely  known  through  his  researches  on  the  platinum  metals, 
magnesium,  aluminum,  silicium,  boron,  the  artificial  production  of  crystallized 
minerals,  etc.  Many  of  his  valuable  contributions  to  science  have  been  noticed  in 
former  volumes  of  this  journal. 
