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themselves  with  microscopical  work,  Mr.  Brown  was  placed  in  charge  of  this 
new  laboratory,  and  it  is  due  to  his  enthusiasm  in  this  kind  of  work  that  many 
difficulties  were  surmounted,  and  that  he  remained  at  his  post  of  accepted  duty, 
though  his  health  had  become  considerably  impaired  through  an  attack  of  the 
grippe,  developing  into  tuberculosis  of  the  throat,  which  disease  terminated  his 
life  April  19.  His  widow  and  a  son  survive  him.  At  the  funeral  services  there 
were  present  many  of  his  co-laborers  in  the  College,  the  Alumni  Association, 
the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  the  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
Augustus  P.  Blomer,  class  1S65,  died  in  Philadelphia.  April  25th,  in  his  51st 
year,  of  consumption.  After  graduating  in  pharmacy  he  studied  medicine  and 
practiced  his  profession  successfully  in  his  native  city. 
Cornelius  Joseph  McCarthy,  class  1SS6,  died  in  Shenandoah.  Pa.,  April  16, 
after  a  lingering  illness,  at  the  age  of  29  years.  He  was  born  at  St.  Clair,  Pa., 
and  after  graduating,  entered  into  business  at  Shenandoah.  His  widow  and  a 
daughter  survive  him. 
VARIETIES. 
Influence  of  purgatives  on  bile. — Lowenstein  found  [Bull.  gin.  de  Thir., 
Nov.  15.  1S91  that  large  doses  of  aloes,  rhubarb,  carthartic  acid,  jalap, 
gamboge  or  podophyllotoxin  do  not  increase  the  biliary  secretion  ;  on  the  con- 
trary the  last  two  drug9  lessen  it :  however,  in  small  doses,  they  increase  the 
secretion.  Absence  of  bile  in  the  intestine  lessens  the  purgative  effects  of 
gamboge,  jalap  and  podophyllotoxin.  and  increases  the  effects  of  aloes  and 
rhubarb. 
A  case  of  fatal  poisoning  by  magnesium  sulphate  is  reported  by  Sang  in 
Lancet,  No.  355S,  Med.  Nezrs,  Feb.  6,  1892.  A  woman,  shortly  after  taking 
4  oz.  of  the  salt  dissolved  in  water,  was  seized  with  burning  pain  in  the  stomach 
and  bowels,  with  difficulty  of  breathing  and  a  sense  of  weakness  in  the  extrem- 
ities, There  was  neither  nausea  nor  vomiting  nor  purging.  Collapse  set  in 
and  the  patient  died  comatose. 
