Tannin is a powerful astringent

and is useful in affections of the alimentary canal, also applied 1loeally to suppre hemorrhage from the gums, lips, nose, etc.. Gall, Franz Joseph, founder of phrenology; born in Tiefenbronn, Ba- — Germany, March 9, 1758. He studied medicine at Strasburg and Vienna, and settled in the latter city in 1785 as a physician. In 1196 he began to give courses of lectures on Phrenology in Vienna; but the lectures were prohibited in 1802 by the Austrian government as being subversive of the accepted religion. With Spurzheim, who became his a ociate in 1804, he quitted Vienna in 1805, and began a lecturing tour through Germany, Holland, Sweden, and Switzerland. He reached the height of his fame when in 1807 he settled as a physician in Paris. He continued to practise medicine and pursue his researches at Montrouge, near Paris, till his death, Aug. 22, 1828.. Gall, St., an Irish monk of the 6th and 7th centuries; born in Ireland, about 550. He was educated at the monastery of Bangor, accompanied St. Columba to France about 585, and took ak with him in all his mi ionary labors.