^"^-fck'^ssT""'}         Reviews,  etc. — Obituary,  127 
volatile  oil  of  mustard  i  :  6300,  thymol  i  :  3100,  sodium  hydrate  i  :  1050,  salicylic 
acid  I  :  1000,  oil  of  cinnamon  i  :  1000,  xylol  i  :  800,  benzoic  acid  i  :  680,  creasot 
I  :  500,  cresylic  acid  i  :  460,  crystallized  carbolic  acid  i  :  150,  sulphuric  acid  i  :  55, 
borax  I  :  50,  glycerin  i  :  5.  Altogether  47  different  substances  were  experimented 
with,  of  which  the  least  effectual,  commencing  with  the  weakest,  were  :  saltpetre, 
zinc  sulphate,  potassium  chlorate,  boric  acid,  petroleum,  sodium  benzoate,  quinia 
hydrochlorate,  sodium  salicylate  and  tannin. 
The  reception  of  the  following  reprints  and  reports  is  acknowledged: 
Sketch  of  Heinrich  Wilhelm  Do^e.  By  Frederick  Hoffmann.  With  portrait.  From 
the  "  Popular  Science  Monthly,"  December,  1879. 
Reduction  du  Chlorure  d'' Argent  (Reduction  of  Chloride  of  Silver).  By  Dr.  D,  Tom- 
masi.    From  "Journ.  de  Phar.  et  de  Chlmie." 
Recherches  sur  la  Constitution  des  Hydrates  Ferriques  (Researches  on  the  Constitution 
of  the  Ferric  Hydrates).  By  Dr.  D.  Tommasi.  From  "Revue  hebdom.  des 
Sciences." 
Notes  on  Hospital  and  Prinjate  Practice.  By  Henry  Gibbons,  Sr.,  M.D.  Read  before 
the  California  State  Medical  Society. 
Some  Important  Topical  Remedies  and  their  use  in  the  Treatment  oj  Skin  Diseases.  By 
John  V.  Shoemaker,  A.M  ,  M.D.  Read  before  the  Medical  Society  of  the  State 
of  Pennsylvania. 
Neurasthenia  [Ner<ve- exhaustion)  nvith  Remarks  on  Treatment.  By  Geo.  M.  Beard, 
A.M.,  M.D.    From  "  St.  Louis  Med.  and  Surg.  Jour. " 
Morbid  Fear  as  a  Symptom  of  Nervous  Disease.  By  G.  M.  Beard,  M.D.  Read 
before  the  American  Neurological  Association. 
OesophagismuSyHJoith  Remarks  on  the  Subject.  By  J.  J.  Henna,  M.D.  From  the 
"Hospital  Gazette,"  Oct.  18,  1879. 
Proceedings  of  the  Association  of  Medical  Officers  of  American  Institutions  for  Idiotic 
and  Feeble-minded  Persons.    Philadelphia  :  J.  B.  Lippincott  &  Co.    8vo,  pp.  108. 
This  pamphlet  contains  the  proceedings  of  the  meetings  held  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
June,  1878,  and  at  Lincoln,  111.,  May,  1879. 
Report  of  the  Committee  on  Public  Health  Relati've  to  Lunatic  Asylums.    Albany  :  C. 
Van  Benthuysen  &  Sons.    8vo,  pp.  51. 
Presented  to  the  legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York. 
OBITUARY. 
Charles  Howard  Dingee  was  one  of  three  graduates  of  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy  of  the  class  of  1826 — the  first  upon  whom  the  diploma  of  the  College* 
was  conferred.    His  associate  graduates  were  Charles  McCormick  and  William 
Sharp. 
Mr.  Dingee  was  born  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  May  22d,  1805.  His  early 
education  was  at  a  Friends'  school  on  Pine  street,  near  Second  street.    He  after- 
