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Obituary. 
(  Am.  Jour  Pharm. 
I      Nov.,  1892. 
— which  leads  to  studies  of  a  different  nature — cannot  be  reproduced  by  ordi- 
nary types. 
Diseases  of  the  Lungs,  Heart  and  Kidneys.  By  N.  S.  Davis,  Jr.,  A.M.,  M.D., 
Professor  of  Principles  and  Practice  of  Medicine,  Chicago  Medical  College, 
etc.  Philadelphia :  The  F.  A.  Davis  Compan}'.  1892.  i2mo.  Pp.  359. 
Extra  cloth,  $1.25. 
This  neat  volume  constitutes  No.  14  in  the  Physicians'  and  Students'  ready- 
reference  series,  and  has  been  elaborated  by  the  author  from  his  notes  on  lec- 
tures delivered  by  him  in  the  Chicago  Medical  College.  The  diseases  of  the 
organs  named  are  grouped  together  as  follows  :  Section  I,  Diseases  of  the 
bronchi,  of  the  lungs  and  of  the  pleura;  Sect.  II,  diseases  of  the  pericardium,, 
of  the  heart  muscle,  of  the  endocardium  and  of  cardiac  innervation  ;  Sect. 
Ill,  functional  inactivity  of  the  kidneys,  diseases  of  renal  circulation,  renal 
inflammations,  renal  degeneration  and  disorders  of  the  renal  pelvis.  The 
nature,  causes,  symptoms,  anatomical  changes  and  manner  of  treatment  are 
concisely,  and  at  the  same  time  clearly  and  fully  set  forth,  and  particular  atten- 
tion has  been  given  to  the  treatment,  for  which  explicit  directions  are  given 
in  regard  to  the  drugs,  serviceable  at  particular  stages  of  the  disease,  and  their 
mode  of  action.  The  book  appears  to  be  thoroughly  practical,  and,  therefore,, 
eminently  useful  for  both  physicians  and  students  of  medicine. 
Recherches  sur  le  dkveloppement  du  fruit  et  Vorigine  de  la  pulpe  de  la  Casse 
et  du  Tamarin.  Par  Gustave  C.  E.  Tremeau.  L,ons-le  Saunier.  1892.  40. 
Pp.  31. 
Researches  on  the  development  of  the  fruit  and  the  origin  of  the  pulp  of 
cassia  fistula  and  of  tamarind. 
A  thesis  from  the  Paris  School  of  Pharmacy,  containing,  in  addition  to  the 
text,  nine  large  plates  of  drawings  under  the  microscope  illustrating  the 
author's  observations. 
OBITUARY. 
Carl  Schorlemmer,  LL.D.,  F.  R.  S.,  Professor  of  Chemistry  to  Owens  Col- 
lege, Victoria  University,  Manchester,  England,  died  there  June  27,  1892.  He 
was  born  in  Darmstadt,  September  30,  1834,  in  which  city  he  was  educated, 
studying  subsequently  in  Giessen.  In  1858  he  was  chosen  by  Professor  Roscoe, 
of  Owens  College,  as  his  assistant,  and  a  few  years  later  he  became  a 
professor  in  the  same  institution,  a  position  which  he  held  until  the  time  of 
his  death.  In  1862  his  famous  investigations  on  the  hydrocarbons  of  the 
formula  CnH,n  +  2  in  the  liglit  oils  of  cannel  coal  tar  were  published,  which 
were  followed  by  others  on  boghead  coal,  petroleum,  etc.,  and  paved  the  way 
for  the  sound  foundation  upon  which  organic  chemistry  has  since  been  laid. 
Schorlemmer's  name  is  widely  known  as  the  author  of  text-books  on  the 
chemistry  of  the  carbon  compounds,  and  as  the  co-author,  with  Roscoe,  of  their 
great  "Treatise  on  Chemistry,"  published  simultaneously  in  England  and  in 
Germany.  For  some  time  before  his*  death  he  had  been  engaged  upon  a  his- 
tory of  chemistry,  which,  Professor  Roscoe  states,  extends  to  the  end  of  the 
eighteenth  century,  and  though  not  completed,  its  speedy  publication  is 
looked  to  with  great  interest. 
