Reviews,  etc, — Obituary. 
J  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
(       Aug.,  1880. 
cers  for  the  ensuing  year:  Daniel  Meyers,  President  ;  S.  P.  Churchill,  ist  Vice 
President}  S,  S.  West,  2d  Vice  President;;  A.  Mayell,  Secretary;  L.  A.  Cobb, 
Treasurer.  Executive  Committee — E.  M.  Hepler,  W.  H.  Hartness,  E.  A.  Shel- 
lentrager,  M,  L.  Tray  and  L.  Dreher. 
REVIEWS  m  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
The  Directory  of  Chemlits  and  Druggists,  as  well  as  Chemical  Manufacturers,  Whole- 
sale Druggists,  Dry  Salters,  and  other  Kindred  Trades  in  England,  Scotland  and 
Wales,  as  also  the  Principal  Towns  of  Ireland.  London  :  Kelly  &  Co.,  51  Great 
Queen  street,  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  Vv^.  C,  1880. 
From  the  above  title  one  can  see  how  useful  to  any  extending  their  business  such 
a  volume  would  be,  whether  as  furnishing  them  with  information  when  desiring  to 
import,  or  finding  out  the  best  outlets  for  goods  which  they  may  feel  they  are  able 
to  sell  to  advaritage  abroad.  The  work  is  well  arranged  and  distinctly  printed,  and 
can  be  had  by  writing  as  above.    Price,  fifteen  shillings. 
Nasopharyngal  Catarrh.    Bv  M.  P\  Coomes,  M.D.    Louisville:  Bradley  &  Gilbert^ 
1880. 
The  above  treatise  upon  a  disease  that  has  baffled  the  best  efforts  of  the  profes- 
sion treats  first  of  the  anatomy  of  the  parts  involved,  the  various  methods  of  treat- 
ment, both  local  and  constitutional,  of  the  various  forms  it  assumes.  Of  course,  it 
is  out  of  our  province  to  criticise. 
The  Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain,  1880. 
The  regulations  of  the  library,  the  method  of  arrangement.  The  book  is  a 
pretty  closely  printed  volume  of  445  pages,  and  indicates  about  4,500  titles. 
OBITUARY. 
John  J.  Frost. -A  note  from  Vincent  Davis,  Secretary  of  the  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy  of  Kentucky,  informs  us  of  the  death  of  Mr.  John  J.  Frost,  late  Presi- 
dent of  the  Pharmacy  Board  of  that  State,  which  took  place  in  Lexington  on  June 
I  St.    The  following  resolutions  were  passed  by  the  Board  : 
Resol'ved,  That,  in  the  death  of  John  J.  Frost  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  has 
lost  a  prudent,  wise  and  faithful  officer  and  counselor,  the  profession  of  pharmacy 
an  accomplished  and  conscientious  member,  and  the  community  at  large  a  valued 
citizen. 
Resolved,  That  a  certified  copy  of  these  proceedings  be  forwarded  to  the  family 
of  the  deceased,  with  assurances  of  the  sympathy  of  the  members  of  this  Board  j 
also  that  a  copy  of  the  same  be  entered  upon  the  records  of  the  Board,  and  a  copy 
sent  to  the  Secretaries  of  the  American  and  the  Kentucky  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tions. W.  H.  Aver  ILL,  President. 
Vincent  Davis,  Secretary. 
