NECROLOGY. Dr. William Carr Glasgow died at his home in St. Louis, March 22. He belonged to one of the pioneer families of St. Louis and was born in this city in 1845. He graduated in Vienna, also at the St. Louis Medical College and was, throughout his professional life, a leading physician and a highly esteemed citizen. A. D. Gibbons, senior member of the firm of Gibbons & McAchran, of Bloomfield, Ia., died April 16, at the age of seventy-four years. He had been in business in that city for fifty-four years. He was successful in a business way and also gaining the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. A. D. GIBBONS. Jopes, of Greenfield, Mo., died at his home April 9, after a lingering illness. He was seventy-three years of age and one of the oldest practitioners of medicine and pharmacy in the Southwest. A number of prominent citizens from abroad attended the funeral. Marcelin Barthelot died suddenly in his laboratory at Paris, March 18. The announcement of the death of his wife caused him to sink to the floor in a stupor from which he never recovered. He was born in Paris in 1827 and was the son of a physician. He was a life senator of the French Republic and since the death of Pasteur, the perpetual secretary of the Academy of Sciences. In 1901, the golden jubilee of his entrance into the scientific world was celebrated and the French Republic took a prominent part on the program. His history of the Origin and Development of Alchemy is pre-eminently the standard work on that subject and represents much of his life labors. Berthelot was an honorary member of many scientific organizations throughout the civilized world, among them the Academy of Science of Boston. He was an honorary member of the Paris School of Pharmacy. Sir Thomas Hanbury died at Ventimiglia, Italy, March 9. He was born in England, June 21, 1832. He was brought up as a tea broker and spent many years in China. He became a staunch friend of the Chinese merchants and protected their interests in various ways. He had much to do with the establishment of the foreign settlement in Shanghai. He established schools for boys and girls in four neighborhoods in Italy and received recognition from the government. Among other things, he was awarded a gold medal as a benefactor of public instruction. In 1903, he bought a sixty-acre botanical garden in Surrey and presented it to the Royal Horticultural Society of England. He presented the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain with a valuable collection of rare and modern materia medica which was made by his brother, Daniel. He was one of those making possible the biennial Hanbury medal, the sum now amounting to $250 on each award. He was one of the wealthy men who made use of his money for educational and scientific purposes. DR. FERDINAND KINSBACH. Dr. Ferdinand Kinsbach, of 3232 Hillside Avenue, Riverside, Cincinnati, for over thirty years a druggist at Court and Walnut Streets, was found dead in his room in the Walnut Hotel last week. There are circumstances surrounding his death which are mysterious, and which may never be explained. Kinzbach had been staying at the hotel because he was unable to go to his home nights on account of a break in the Eighth Street viaduct, which hindered street car traffic. It was discovered after his death that he had registered as C. W. Dale, but why he did so can not be learned. Kinzbach had remained in his room all day, saying he did not wish to be disturbed. At mid night the clerk tried to arouse him, but receiving no answer, entered his room by way of a window. Dr. Kinzbach lay dead upon the floor upon his face. Coroner Cameron could not find any evidences of poison, and pronounced death due to heart paralysis. Kinzbach was very well known in Cincinnati, and was considered as a very bright man and scholar. He was a gold medalist when he graduated from the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy in 1879. He was a good chess player, and his store was headquarters for the royal game. He has been for years almost a recluse, practically living in his store. He leaves a widow and several young children. Dr. William Stephan, his brother-in-law, will be appointed administrator, and will sell the stock in the store at once. |