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joying  the  fruits  of  extraordinary  charters,  procured  by  questionable  means,  for 
laying  the  tracks  in  Broadway,  his  name  was  placed  at  the  head  of  the  list  as  the 
oldest  property  holder  on  that  thoroughfare  represented  in  the  case. 
Accustomed  to  do  his  full  duty,  he  expected  the  same  of  others  5  kind  and  genial 
m  disposition,  his  bearing  was  always  courteous  and  dignified  5  sociable  and  friendly 
an  his  inclinations,  those  in  whom  he  felt  an  interest  were  always  welcome  to  him  j 
prompt,  reliable  and  judicious  in  his  business  relations,  he  possessed  the  qualities  in- 
suring success. 
Professor  Carlos  Murray  died  at  Buenos  Ayres,  July  17th,  1874.  The  de- 
ceased was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  "Asociacion  Farmaceutico  Bonaerense,"  in  1856, 
which,  after  the  incorporation  of  Buenos  Ayres  into  the  Argentine  Republic,  was 
changed  into  the  Argentine  National  Pharmaceutical  Society.  Since  the  publication 
of  the  "  Revista  Farmaceutica,"  in  1858,  he  was  one,  and,  for  a  long  period,  its  sole 
editor.  In  1861,  he  was  elected  Secretary,  and,  in  1864,  President  of  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Society,  to  which  latter  position  he  was  re-elected  several  times. 
In  1863,  he  presented  a  project  for  the  establishment  of  a  School  of  Phar- 
macy. The  Society  accepted  the  idea,  but  the  Government,  for  economical 
reasons,  unable  to  carry  this  project  out,  ordered  the  foundation  of  the  School,  in 
connection  with  the  School  of  Medicine,  by  establishing  two  new  chairs  of  Pharma- 
cology and  Natural  History.  The  deceased  was  a  member  of  the  Committee  which 
perfected  this  plan  with  the  Rectorate  of  the  University,  and,  in  1864,  he  was  selected 
to  fill  the  chair  of  Pharmacology,  which  he  occupied  until  his  death.  Two  years 
later,  he  published  his  "  Tratado  de  Farmacia  y  Farmacognosia,"  which  was  noticed 
in  this  Journal  in  1866,  page  412. 
Carlos  Murray  was  at  the  head  of  a  successful  pharmaceutical  establishment,  and 
sTOtwithstanding  his  numerous  duties  pointed  out  above,  he  wrote  a  number  of  valu- 
able papers,  which  were  published  in  the  "  Revista  Farmaceutica,"  served  as  Sec- 
retary of  the  Palaeontological  Society  of  Buenos  Ayres,  and  maintained  a  scientific 
correspondence  with  ten  or  twelve  American  and  European  societies  with  which  he 
was  connected  as  honorary  member. 
By  his  death,  the  cause  of  pharmacy  in  the  Argentine  Republic  has  lost  one  of 
its  most  active  and  energetic  promoters.  The  deceased  waf-  an  honorary  member 
of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
The  successor  of  Carlos  Murray  in  the  chair  of  Pharmacology  is  one  of  his  for- 
mer pupils,  D.  Martin  Spuch. 
Dr.  Leonhard  Elsner  died  at  Postdam,  Germany,  November  29th,  in  his  73d 
year.  Originally  a  pharmacist,  he  studied  chemistry,  and  was,  in  1834,  selected  Pro- 
fessor to  the  Polytechnic  School  at  Berlin,  and,  in  1852,  chemist  at  the  royal  porce- 
lain factory.  Besides  a  number  of  essays  on  chemical  subjects,  he  published  a  guide 
for  qualitative  analysis,  and,  since  1845,  the  widely  known  annual  "  Chemisch-tech- 
nische  Mittheilungen." 
Correction. — "American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,"  1874,  page  549,  thirteenth 
line  from  top,  read  ten  (physicians)  instead  of  tivo  . 
