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Obituaries, 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm . 
t       Feb.  1875. 
stract  of  the  papers,  several  of  which  are  of  more  than  ephemerous  value.  It  should 
be  mentioned  yet,  that  this  volume  is  embellished  with  a  number  of  well-executed 
woodcuts,  illustrating  chiefly  several  new  apparatus  and  some  articles  of  Materia 
Medica  ;  also,  with  the  excellent  likeness  of  the  late  Professor  Procter,  first  pub- 
lished in  our  November  number. 
The  different  volumes  of  the  "  Proceedings  "  contain  such  a  vast  amount  of  use- 
ful, practical  and  scientific  information,  and  are  sold  at  a  mere  nominal  price,  so 
that  no  progressive  pharmacist  should  be  without  them.  They  may  be  obtained 
singly  or  in  complete  sets  by  addressing  Prof.  J.  M.  Maisch,  145  North  Tenth  street, 
Philadelphia. 
Accidents,  Emergencies  and  Poisons.    Distributed  through  the  Howard  Hospital  and 
Infirmary  for  Incurables,  15 18  and  1520  Lombard  street,  Philadelphia. 
This  pamphlet  of  125  pages  is  intended  to  instruct  in  the  management  of  acci- 
dents, emergencies  and  poisons  until  the  arrival  of  skilled  assistance.  Intended  for 
the  general  public,  the  directions  given  here  are  simple,  easily  understood  and  very 
practical,  and  for  this  reason  we  regard  it  of  very  great  value  to  the  pharmacist,  who 
is  usually  applid  to  in  such  cases  if  the  services  of  a  physician  cannot  be  at  once  ob- 
tained.   It  is  for  sale  by  James  Hammond,  1224  Chestnut  street,  Philadelphia. 
Bulletin  of  the  Bussey  Institution  (Jamaica  Plain,  Boston).    Part  III.  1875.  Cam- 
bridge :  John  Wilson  &  Son.  8vo. 
We  have  reported  on  Part  I  of  this  publication  on  page  496  of  our  last  volume, 
and  now  mention  the  papers  published  in  the  third  part,  the  second  not  having  been 
received  :  On  the  valuation  of  the  soluble  phosphoric  acid  in  superphosphate  of 
lime  \  On  the  average  amounts  of  potash  and  phosph.oric  acid  contained  in  wood- 
ashes  from  household  fires  5  and  On  the  importance  as  plant-food  of  the  nitrogen  in 
vegetable  mould.  These  thiee  essays  are  from  the  pen  of  Professor  Frank  H.  Storer^ 
Contributions  to  the  Annals  of  Medical  Progress  and  Medical  Education  in  the  United 
States  before  and  during  the  War  of  Independence.  By  Joseph  M.  Toner,  M.  D. 
Washington:  Government  Printing  Office,  1874.    8vo,  pp.  118. 
The  title  fully  explains  the  aim  of  this  pamphlet,  of  giving  biographical  and  his- 
torical notes>  concerning  the  medical  profession  during  the  Colonial  period  of  our 
country's  history  5  it  is  intended  to  form  a  part  of  a  complete  representation  of  the 
rise,  progress  and  present  condition  of  the  system  of  education  in  the  United  States. 
OBITUARIES. 
John  Milhau  died  at  his  residence,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  December  23d, 
1874,  at  2  A.  M.,  in  the  eightieth  year  of  his  age,  having  been  born  in  Baltimore, 
Md.,  in  the  year  1795.  His  parents  were  of  French  origin,  and  had  fled  to  Mary, 
land,  having  lost  their  entire  fortune  in  the  great  French  Revolution.    He  was  edu- 
