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# The New Student's Reference Work/Mistletoe

See also Mistletoe on Wikipedia, and the disclaimer.
​ Mistletoe (mĭz′’l-tō) a parasitic green shrubs or herbs, which grow upon woody plants and absorb their sap by means of special sucking organs known as haustoria (which see). There are over 20 genera and 500 species, which are widely distributed but most abundant in the tropics. In portions of the south of England the parasite is very common. In winter its evergreen leaves stand out conspicuously from the bare branches of the trees. In the lore of British Druid and ancient German the mistletoe had prominent place. The mistletoe of Europe is Viscum album; while the common American mistletoe is Phoradendron flavescens, a small, shrubby, brittle form of yellowish color and with white berries, growing in bunches on deciduous trees of various kinds, found from New Jersey southward and westward. The mistletoes which grow in abundance upon various species of conifers, especially in the western mountain regions, are species of arceuthobium, which are greenish-yellow and brown, and with small scale-like leaves.
# The New Student's Reference Work/Mitchell, John

See also John Mitchell (United Mine Workers) on Wikipedia, and the disclaimer.
* JOHN MITCHELL
Mitchell, John, was born in Braidwood, Will County, Ills., Feb. 4, 1869. His school education was limited to the years between six and ten. At 13 he began working in the coalmines. At 16 he moved to the western mines, still as a common miner. At that age he was eligible to join the Knights of Labor, and did so. He returned to Illinois in 1890. He had studied much at night, and had given one year largely to the study of law. But at this time he joined the miners' labor association, and it is there that he feels he received his real education. In 1895 he was elected to the secretary-treasurership of the local district of the United Mineworkers of America. In 1897 he was appointed an organizer, a very important office in those days, when the men had still ​to be taught the advantages of organization. Next year he was elected national vice-president of the order, and was acting president in 1898, when the trouble in the coal regions became acute. From 1899 until 1907 he served as national president of the United Mine workers, and in that period led the mineworkers through their two great struggles (1900 and 1902) for improved conditions. His judgment and honesty of purpose and his moderation were recognized; and he preserved the sympathy of the public for the striking miners. He has been second vice-president of the American Federation of Labor since 1900. He is an influential member of the National Civic Federation, serving on the executive committee of its industrial department.
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol III:23

| Photo — Pickens | Pickerel — Pinckney | Nindar — Pittsburgh | Pittsfield — Plattdeutsch |
| Photo-Engraving Photography Photogravure Photophone Photosyntax Photosynthesis Phototaxis Phrenology Phrygia Phycomycetes Phylloclad Phyllodia Phyllotaxy Phylloxera Physical Education Physical Science Physics Physiography Physiology Physiology (of plants) Pianoforte Piaster Pibroch Picayune Pickens, Francis Wilkinson | Pickerel Pickering, Edward Charles Pickett, George Edward Pickwick Papers Picts Piedmont Piedmont Region, The Pierce, Franklin Piero dei Franchesi Pierre, So. Dak. Pierrepont, Edwards Pig Pigeon Pigments Pike Pike's Peak Pilate, Pontius Pile-Driver Pileus Pilgrim Fathers Pilgrim's Progress Pillory Pillow, Gideon Johnson Pilot Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth | Pindar Pindus Mountains Pine Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing Pineapple Pine Bluff, Ark. Pink Pins Pinturicchio Pipefish Piqua, O. Piracy Piræus Pisa Pisidia Pistol Pitcairn Island Pitch (science) Pitch Pith Pitman, Sir Isaac Pitt, William (Earl of Chatham) Pitt, William (son) Pittsburg, Kans. Pittsburgh, Pa. | Pittsfield, Mass. Pittston, Pa. Pius V Pius VI Pius VII Pius IX Pius X Pizarro, Francisco Plague Plainfield, N. J. Planetree Planets Plant-Breeding Planetagenet Plantain Plasmodium Plaster of Paris Plastering Plata, Rio de la Platæa Plateau, Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plating Platinum Plato Plattdeutsch |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol III:3

| Lasalle — Laval | Lavender — Least Action | Leather — Lefebvre | Legal — Lemnos |
| Lassalle, Ferdinand Lasso Last of the Mohicans, The Last Rose of Summer, 'Tis the Las Casas, Bartolome de Lateran Latex Lathe Lathrop, George Parsons Latimer, Hugh Latin Empire Latin Literature Latitude Latter Day Saints Laud, William Launfal, Sir Laureate Laurel Laurens, Henry Laurens, John Laurentian Mountains Laurier, Sir Wilfrid Lava Laval-Montmorency, Francois Xavier de Laval University | Lavender Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent Law Law, John Lawrence (Kansas) Lawrence (Massachusetts) Lawrence, Abbott Lawrence, Amos Lawrence, Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence, James Lawrence, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Saint Lawton, Henry W. Lay of the Last Minstrel Layard, Sir Austen Henry Layering Lazarus, St., Order of Lazzaroni Lea, Henry Charles Lead Leadville Leaf Leander Leap Year Least Action | Leather Leatherstocking Tales, The Leavenworth Lebanon Lebanon, Pa. Le Brun, Charles Le Brun, Marie Lecky, William Edward Hartpole Leclaire, Edme-Jean Le Conte, Joseph Leconte de Lisle, Charles Marie Lecture-Bureaus Ledyard, John Lee, Ann Lee, Charles Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, Henry Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Robert Edward Lee, Sidney Leech Leech, John Leeds Leeward Islands Lefebvre, Francois Joseph | Legal, Right Reverand Emile I. Le Gallienne, Richard Legend Legendre, Adrien Marie Leghorn Legion Legion of Honor Legume Lehigh Lehigh University Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leicester Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leidy, Joseph Leighton, Lord Frederick Leighton, Robert Leipsic Leisler, Jacob Leith Leland, Charles Godfrey Lely, Sir Peter Leman, Lake Le Mans Lemberg Lemnos |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol III:5

| Lindsay — Liukiu | Liver — Lodge | Lodi — Long Island | Long Parliament — Louis XIII |
| Lindsay Lindsey, Benjamin Barr Linen Lines of Force Linnæus, Carl Linotype Linseed Oil Lion Lions, American Lipari Islands Liqueur Liquid Air Liquorice Lisbon Liszt, Franz Literature Literature for Children Lithography Lithuania Lithium Litmus Little Falls, N. Y. Little Rock Little Turtle Liukiu | Liver Livermore, Mary A. Liverpool Liverworts Livingstone, David Livorno, Italy Livy, Titus Livius Lizard Llama Lloyd-George, David Lloyd's, London Exchange Loadstone Loanda, St. Paul de Lobster Lochinvar Lock Lock (canal) Locke, John Lockport Locomotive Locust Locust (tree) Locy, William A. Lodge, Henry Cabot Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph | Lodi Lodz Lofoten Islands Log Logan Logan, John Alexander Logan, Major John A. Logans Logansport Logic Logwood Lohengrin Loire River Lollards Lombards Lombardy Lomond, Loch London London, Ontario London, Jack Londonderry Long Branch Long Island Long Island City Long Island Sound | Long Parliament Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Longitude Longstreet, James Loo-Choo Islands Loon Lope de Vega Lopez Lorain, O. Lorelei Loreto Lorne, John Douglas Southerland Campbell Lorrain, The Right Reverend Narcisse Zaphirin Lorraine Los Angeles Lossing, Benson John Lot Lotteries Lotus Lotze, Rudolf Hermann Loubet, Émile Louis Louis IX Louis XI Louis XIII |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol III:7

Volume III
| M — Macdonald, George | Macdonald, John — McKinley | McKinney — Maelstrom | Maeterlinck — Mahrattas |
| M Mab Mabie, Hamilton Wright Macadam, John Loudon McAll Mission Macaroni MacArthur, Arthur Macassar Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macbeth (king) Macbeth (play) Maccabæus, Judas Maccabees Maccabees of the World, Knights of the McClellan, George Brinton McClernand, John Alexander McCloskey, John McCook, Gen. Alexander McDowell McCook, Gen. Daniel McCook, Gen. Robert Latimer McCormick, Cyrus H. McCosh, James McCutcheon, George Barr Macdonald, Etienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald, George | Macdonald, Right Hon. Sir John Alexander Macdonald, Sir William C. McDonogh, John McDonough, Thomas McDowell, Irvin Macduff Mace Macedonia Maceo, Antonio McGee, Hon. Thomas D'Arcy McGill University McGregor, Robt Machiavelli, Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machine-Gun McKay, Alexander Charles McKeesport, Pa. McKenna, Joseph Mackenzie, Alexander Mackenzie, Sir Morell Mackenzie River Mackenzie, Sir George Mackenzie, William Lyon Mackerel Mackinaw McKinley, William | McKinney, Tex. MacLaren, Ian Maclaren, John J. Maclure, William McMahon, Count Marie Edme Patrice Maurice McMaster, John Bach McMonnies, Frederick William Macon, Ga. Macon, Nathaniel McPherson, James B. Macready, William Charles Macrosporangium Macrospore Macrosporophyll Madagascar Madeira (island) Madeira (river) Madison (Indiana) Madison (Wisconsin) Madison, James Madison Square Garden Madoc Madras Madrid Maelstrom | Maeterlinck, Maurice Mafia Magdalen Islands Magdelena Magdeburg Magellan, Ferdinand Magellan Magenta Maggiore, Lago Magi Magic Lantern Magna Charta Magnesium Magnetism Magnolia Magpie Magruder, John B. Magyars Mahan, Alfred Thayer Mahanoy City, Pa. Mahdi Mahogany Mahomet Mahone, William Mahrattas |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol III:8

| Main — Malta | Malta, Knights of — Manganese | Mango — Man | Manzoni — Margaret |
| Main Maine Maine, Henry James Sumner Maintenon, Française D'Aubigne, Marquise de Mainz Maize Majolica Majorca Malaga Malakka Malakka, Strait of Malay Peninsula Malays Malden, Mass Maldive Islands, The Male Cell Malibran, Maria Felicita Malines Mallard Mallock, William Hurrell Mallory, Stephen Russell Malory, Sir Thomas Malpaquet Malt Malta | Malta, Knights of Malthus, Thomas Robert Malvern Hill, Battle of Mamelukes Mammalia Mammoth Mammoth Cave, The Man, Isle of Managua Managua Lake Manassas, The Battle of Manasseh Manatee Manchester, Conn. Manchester (England) Manchester (New Hampshire) Manchester, Va. Manchuria Mandalay Manderson, Charles Frederick Mandingos Mandolin Manetho Manfred Manganese | Mango Mangosteen Mangrove Manhattan Trade-School for Girls Manila Manilla Hemp Manioc Manistee Manitoba Manitoulin Mantowoc, Wis. Mankato Mann, Horace Manna Manning (Henry Edward), Cardinal Manometer Manometric Flame Mansfield Mansfield, Richard Manteuffel, Edwin Hans Karl Mantua Manual Training in Public Schools Manuel II Manures Man without a Country, The | Manzoni, Alessandro Map Maple Maple-Sugar Maracaibo, Gulf of Marat, Jean Paul Marathon Maratti, Carlo Marble Marble Faun, The Marcellus, Marcus Claudius March March, Francis Andrew Marchand, Hon. Felix G. Marchantia Marchesi, Pompeo Marconi, Guglielmo Marco Polo Marcy, William Learned Mardi Gras Mare Island, Cal. Marengo Margaret of Anjou Margaret of Navarre Margaret |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol IV

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| Front Matter Title page verso Special Articles School System at Gary, Ind. Story of Silk Story of Sugar Story of Tea Marconi's Own Explanation of the Wireless Telegraph The Story of Washington in Art Portraits of U. S. Presidents Story of Lincoln in Art Articles Pliny — Poplin Popocatepetl — Princeton Principé — Pyxis Q — Quito R — Regnault Regulus — Rochambeau Rochefort — Runner Rupert — Ryswick S — Salvador Salvation — Saxhorn | Front Matter Title page verso Special Articles School System at Gary, Ind. Story of Silk Story of Sugar Story of Tea Marconi's Own Explanation of the Wireless Telegraph The Story of Washington in Art Portraits of U. S. Presidents Story of Lincoln in Art Articles Pliny — Poplin Popocatepetl — Princeton Principé — Pyxis Q — Quito R — Regnault Regulus — Rochambeau Rochefort — Runner Rupert — Ryswick S — Salvador Salvation — Saxhorn | Articles … (cont.) Saxifrage — Sedge Sedgwick — Shaw A. Shaw G. — Simpson Sinai — Somerset Somerville — Spraying Springbok — Stockton, F. Stockton, R. — Swansea Swaziland — Syringa T — Telephotography Telescope — Thrush Thucydides — Tourgee Toumaline — Turenne Turgenev — Tzarsko U — Utrecht | Articles … (cont.) Saxifrage — Sedge Sedgwick — Shaw A. Shaw G. — Simpson Sinai — Somerset Somerville — Spraying Springbok — Stockton, F. Stockton, R. — Swansea Swaziland — Syringa T — Telephotography Telescope — Thrush Thucydides — Tourgee Toumaline — Turenne Turgenev — Tzarsko U — Utrecht |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol III:24

* Platte — Plerome
* Platte
* Plattsburg, N. Y.
* Plautus, Titus Maccius
* Playfair, Lyon
* Plagrounds
* Plays
* Pleiades, The
* Plerome
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol III:4

| Le Moine — Lepanto | Lepidoptera — Lexington (Kentucky) | Lexington (Mass.) — Lightning | Lignite — Lindisfarne |
| Le Moine, Sir James MacPherson Lemon Lemur Lena Lenormant, Charles Lenox Library, The Lens Lent Lenticel Leo Leo I Leo III Leo X, Giovanni dei Medici Leo XIII Leochares Leominster Leon (Spain) Leon (Mexico) Leonardo da Vinci Leonidas I Leopard Leopardi, Giacomo Leopold I Leopold II Lepanto | Lepidoptera Lepidus, Marcus Æmilius Leprosy Lepsius, Karl Richard Le Sage, Allan René Lesbos Leslie, Charles Robert Lesseps, Ferdinand, Vicomte de Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim Lethbridge Lethe Letters Leuthen Leutze, Emanuel Levant Levee Leven, Loch Lever Lever, Charles James Leverrier, Urbain Jean J. Levi and Levites Lewes, George Henry Lewis and Clark Expedition Lewiston Lexington (Kentucky) | Lexington (Massachusetts) Lexington (Va.) Leyden, Lucas van Leys, Henri Jean Auguste Lhasa Lianas Liberia Libraries Libraries, How to Use Library of Congress, The Lichens Lick Observatory Kiddon, Henry Parry Liebig, Justus Liége Liegnitz Lifeboat Life-Preservers Life-Saving Service Light Light-Horse Hary Lighthouse Lightning Lightning Arrester Lightning Rods | Lignite Ligules Li, Hung Chang Lilac Lily Lille Lilliput Lily of the Valley Lima Lima, Peru Lime Lime (bush) Lime-Light Limerick Limestone Limoges Limpet Lincoln Lincoln, Ill. Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Lincoln, Robert Todd Lind, Jenny Linden Lindisfarne |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol III:6

| Louis XII — Lucca | Lucerne — Lyell | Lymph — Lytton |
| Louis XIV Louis XV Louis XVI Louis XVII Louis XVIII Louis Napoleon Louis Philippe Louisa of Prussia Louisburg Louisiana Louisiana Purchase, The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Louisville Lourenço Marques Louvain Louvre Low, Seth Low, Will Hicok Lowell Lowell, James Russell Loyola, Ignatius de Lubbock, Sir John Lübeck Luca della Robbia Lucca | Lucerne Lucerne, Lake Lucian Lucifer Lucknow Lucretius Lucullus Luini, Bernardino Luke Lumbering Lundy's Lane Lungfishes Lungs Luray Cave Lute Luther, Martin Luxembourg (Paris) Luxemburg Luxfer Prisms Luzon Lyall, Edna Lycopodiales Lycurgus Lydia Lyell, Sir Charles | Lymph Lynchburg, Va. Lynch-Law Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley Lyne, Sir Wm. J. Lynn Lynx Lyon, Mary Lyon, Gen. Nathaniel Lyons Lyons Lyre Lyre-Bird Lysias Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Edward Robert, Earl of |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol III:9

| Maria — Marlowe, Christopher | Marlowe, Julia — Marten | Martha — Mason | Masons — Matthew |
| Maria Louisa Maria Theresa Mariazell Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinett, Josephe Jeanne Marietta Marigold Marine Corps Marinette Mario, Giuseppe Marion, Francis Marion, Ind. Marion, Ohio Marius, Gaius Marjaram Marjorie Fleming Mark Mark Antony Markham, Edward Mark Twain Marl Marlboro, Mass. Marlborough, John Churchill Marlitt, E. Marlowe, Christopher | Marlowe, Julia Marmion, Lord Marmont, Auguste Frederic Louis Viesse de Marmora, Sea of Marmoset Marmot Maroons Marque and Reprisal, Letters of Marquesas Islands Marquette, Jacques Marquette Marryat, Frederick Mars (mythology) Mars (planet) Marseillaise La Marseilles Marsh, George Perkins Marshall, Thomas Riley Marshall, John Marshalltown Marshmallow Marston Moor Marston, Philip Bourke Marsupials Marten | Martha Martha's Vineyard Martial Law Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialus Martin Martineau, Harriet Martineau, James Martinique Marvel, Ik Marx, Karl Mary the Virgin Mary I of England Mary II of England Mary Magdalene Mary Queen of Scots Maryland Maryland, my Maryland Masaccio, Tommaso Guidi Masaniello Mascart, Eleuthere Elie N. Mashonaland Mason and Dixon's Line Mason, George Mason, James Murray Mason, Lowell | Masons Mass Massachusetts Massachusetts Indians Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massasauga Massasoit Masséna, André Massillon, Jean Baptiste Massillon Mastiff Mastodon Matabeleland Matamoros, Mariano Matanzas Matapediac River, Quebec Matches Mather, Cotton Mather, Increase Matheson, Most Reverend Samuel P. Mathew, Theobald Mathieu, Olivier Elzear Matsys, Quentin Matterhorn Matthew |
# The New International Encyclopædia/Parliament, Houses of

Edition of 1905. See also Palace of Westminster on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
​PARLIAMENT, Houses of, or New Palace of Westminster. The seat of the British legislature, a great mass of buildings on the Thames in London, built at a cost of $15,000,000 after plans by Sir Charles Barry on the site of the previous building, which was destroyed by fire in 1834. The edifice covers an area of eight acres, and contains 1100 apartments, 100 staircases, and 11 courts. The exterior, in rich late-Gothic style, is made impressive by three massive towers: Victoria Tower, 340 feet high; Middle Tower, 300 feet high; and Saint Stephen's or the Clock Tower, 318 feet high. The latter contains a clock with dials 23 feet in diameter, and a great bell, ‘Big Ben,’ weighing 13 tons. The interior is fitted up with much magnificence. In it are the sumptuous House of Peers and the simpler House of Commons, an octagonal central hall. Saint Stephen's Hall on the site of Saint Stephen's Chapel, the former meeting-place of the Commons, the residence of the Speaker and other officials, the libraries, committee rooms, and lobbies connected with the two Houses, and offices. With the edifice is connected Westminster Hall (q.v.). An unsuccessful attempt to destroy the palace by explosions of dynamite was made in 1885. For illustration, see Plate accompanying the article London.
# The New International Encyclopædia/Parliament of Dunces, The

Edition of 1905. See also Unlearned Parliament on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
​PARLIAMENT OF DUNCES, The. The Parliament of 1404, under Henry IV., to which, because no lawyers were admitted, the name Unlearned or Lawless (Parliamentum Indoctum) was given by Sir Edward Coke.
# The New International Encyclopædia/Parker, Thomas Jeffery

Edition of 1905. See also Thomas Jeffery Parker on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
PARKER, Thomas Jeffery (1850-98). A zoölogist, born in London. He received his education in the Royal School of Mines and in the University of London. From 1872 to 1880 he was demonstrator under Huxley at South Kensington and lecturer in biology in Bedford College, London. In 1880 he became professor of biology in the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. He published a number of memoirs on New Zealand animals, important of which are: On the Structure and Development of Apteryx and On the Cranial Osteology, Classification, and Phylogeny of the Dinornithidæ. He also wrote the following text-books, in which great literary and artistic ability are joined with extensive knowledge and pedagogical skill: Zoötomy (1884); Lessons in Elementary Biology (1890); A Text-book of Zoölogy (with W. A. Haswell, 1897). The last named is the guide followed in the classification of animals in this Encyclopædia. Professor Parker died at Warrington, New Zealand, November 7, 1898.
# The New International Encyclopædia/Parker, William

Edition of 1905. See also Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Shenstone on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
PARKER, Sir William (1781-1866). An English admiral, born at Almington Hall, Staffordshire. He went to sea when twelve years old on the Orion, which shared in Lord Howe's victorious engagement with the French fleet in 1794. As commander of the Amazon he was engaged in arduous service on the Portuguese and Spanish coasts and made a notable capture of the French frigate Belle Poule (1806). He was made a rear-admiral in 1830, and was knighted in 1834 for his services aboard the flagship Asia during the three preceding years. He remained in England as an Admiralty lord until 1841. when he was made vice-admiral in command in the East Indies, and his prompt action in capturing the ports and blockading the mouth of the Grand Canal brought the Chinese war to an end.
In 1845-52 he was commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean, and in 1857 he retired. He was created admiral of the fleet in 1863.
# The New International Encyclopædia/Parloa, Maria

Edition of 1905. See also Maria Parloa on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
​PARLOA, pär′lō̇-ä′, Maria (1843—). An American domestic economist, born in Massachusetts. She appeared in Boston as a lecturer on cooking in 1877, was special instructor, or lecturer, at various seminaries in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and gave courses of lessons in sick-room cookery to Harvard medical students. In 1878 she visited Paris for study; in 1881 lectured in Western cities, and in 1882 opened a cooking-school in New York City. Her publications include: Miss Parloa's New Cook Book and Marketing Guide (1882); The Young Housekeeper; Home Economics; and other books of a similar nature.
# The New International Encyclopædia/Parliament of Fowls, The

Edition of 1905. See also Parlement of Foules on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
​PARLIAMENT OF FOWLS, The, or The Assembly of Fowls. One of Chaucer's minor poems, written in his favorite form of a vision. A student reading the “Dream of Scipio” in Cicero's Republic falls asleep, and is led by Scipio into a garden where nature assembles the birds on Saint Valentine's Day, and holds a court of love. The poem is taken partly from Boccaccio's Tescide and alludes to other Italian sources, but is based mainly on Macrobius's Commentary on Scipio's Dream, a favorite book in the Middle Ages.
# The New International Encyclopædia/Parker, Willard

Edition of 1905. See also Willard Parker (surgeon) on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
PARKER, Willard (1800-84). An American surgeon, born at Lyndeborough, N. H. He graduated from Harvard in 1820, and from its medical school in 1830, when he was made professor of anatomy in Vermont Medical College, and in the same year professor of anatomy in the Berkshire Medical College, in which latter institution he became professor of surgery in 1833. The following year was spent in the hospitals of London and Paris; and upon his return he was appointed professor of surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, a post he occupied for thirty years. He then became professor of clinical surgery. In 1854 he first described and reported cases of what is now known as malignant pustule. In 1865 he was made president of the New York State Inebriate Asylum at Binghamton, and in 1867 a member of the Metropolitan Board of Health. He was the first to point out the phenomenon of concussion of the nerves, as distinguished from that of the nerve centres, a condition which had previously been confounded with congestion or inflammation. Dr. Parker made several important discoveries in practical surgery, among which were the operation of cystotomy for the relief of certain cases of chronic cystitis, and that for the cure of abscess near the vermiform appendix, called at that time perityphlitis. He was also a successful operator in many important cases of ligature of the larger arteries. Consult his biography in Medical Record, xxv. 492 (New York, 1884).