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Obituary. 
( Am.  Jour.  Phariii. 
t      April,  1892 
diseases  and  remedies.  By  Henry  Beasley.  Seventh  edition.  Philadelphia  : 
P.  Blakiston,  Son  &  Co.  1892.    i6mo.    Pp.  599. 
The  title  of  this  compilation  is  quite  descriptive  of  the  contents  of  the  book. 
The  remedies,  arranged  in  alphabetical  order,  are  briefly  defined  as  to  origin 
and  character ;  then  their  medical  properties  are  named,,  and  the  diseases  in 
which  each  drug  has  been  recommended  ;  and  finally  the  behavior  to  solvents, 
the  vehicle  in  which  the  drug  is  best  exhibited,  the  dose,  and  the  pharmaceu- 
tical preparations  containing  the  drug.  Such  information  is  introductory  to 
the  formulary  proper.  As  might  be  expected  the  number  of  prescriptions 
given  varies  very  considerably,  and  naturally  is  depending  upon  the  importance 
of  each  drug  as  a  remedial  agent.  The  selections  appear  to  have  been  well 
made,  credit  being  given  to  a  large  number  of  prominent  physicians.  An  index 
of  diseases  is  appended,  in  which  the  various  drugs  are  indicated,  under  the 
heads  of  which  appropriate  prescriptions  are  found. 
OBITUARY. 
Professor  Dr.  Hermann  Kopp  died  at  Heidelberg  February  20,  1892,  in  the 
seventy -fifth  year  of  his  age.  He  was  the  son  of  Joh.  Heinrich  Kopp,  M.D., 
a  physician  of  considerable  reputation,  and  was  born  in  Hanau,  October  30, 
1817.  After  studying  natural  sciences  at  the  universities  of  Heidelberg,  Mar- 
burg and  Giessen,  he  was  connected  with  the  latter  as  lecturer  (1841),  professor 
extraordinary  (1843)  and  professor  of  physics  and  chemistry  (1853)  until  1864, 
when  he  accepted  a  similar  position  at  the  university  of  Heidelberg,  retiring 
from  the  chair  in  1890.  His  researches  were  mainly  devoted  to  chemical 
physics,  such  as  atomic  volume,  crystallography,  isomorphism,  boiling  point, 
specific  gravity,  the  relation  of  chemical  composition  and  physical  properties, 
etc.,  the  results  of  his  labors  having  been  mostly  published  in  Poggendorff's 
Annalen  and  in  the  Annalen  der  Chemie  und  Pharmacie  (Liebig's).  Of  the 
latter  periodical  he  was  co-editor  with  Liebig,  Woehler  and  others  from  1851 
to  1871  ;  from  1847  to  1862  co-editor  of  the  Jahresbericht  der  Chemie,  and  one 
of  the  contributors  to  the  Handworterbuch  (1842-1861).  Aside  from  his 
important  labors  in  the  laboratory  and  in  connection  with  the  publications 
indicated,  his  historical  studies  are  of  pre-eminent  value.  His  history  of 
chemistry  appeared  in  1843  to  1847  in  four  volumes,  and  was  followed  from 
1869  to  1875  by  three  volumes  of  contributions  to  the  history  of  chemistry ;  in 
1873  by  a  stately  volume  treating  of  the  development  of  chemistry  in  modern 
times,  and  in  1886  by  two  volumes  on  the  history  of  alchymie.  As  a  teacher 
Kopp  was  highly  appreciated  not  only  for  his  eminent  knowledge,  but  like- 
wise for  urbanity  and  kindly  interest  in  his  students. 
Wellington  H.  Boyle  died  near  Hughesville,  Pa.,  January  30,  1892.  Previous 
to  187 1  Mr.  Boyle  attended  for  a  series  of  years  to  the  business  of  the  American 
Journal  of  Pharmacy,  while  the  late  Chas.  Ellis  was  chairman  and  treasurer  of 
the  publication  committee.  Mr.  Boyle  was  for  more  than  thirty  years  con- 
nected with  the  house  of  Chas.  Ellis  &  Co.,  afterward  Chas.  Ellis,  Son  &  Co., 
and  for  some  time  was  one  of  the  partners.  After  the  dissolution  of  the  firm 
about  fourteen  years  ago  he  lived  on  his  farm,  where  he  died  in  the  seventy- 
eighth  year  of  his  age. 
