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Australasian (Supplement to Chemist anti Jlruggist 
VOL. III. 
from JUNE, 1880, T O MAY, 1881. 
letters to the Editor will he found arranged under the head of Correspondence . 
PAGE 
Aquarium, My first— by C. A. Atkin . . 6, 14, 24 
Ammonia in Water, Detection of . . . . 8 
Alumina, To Precipitate 15 
Antimony and Lead, Alloys of .. . ..11 
Apprentices and the Preliminary Examination 17 
Annual Dinner Phar. Society of Victoria 26, 34, 51 
Arsenic, On Poisoning by 28 
Australian Health Society, The 34 
American Bogus Diplomas . . . . . . 41 
Address to Students . . . . . . . . 49 
Annual Dinner of the Phar. Society of Victoria 75 
Annual Cricket Match 85 
PAGE 
Hasty and Sensational Journalism . . . . 65 
Iron Rust from Clothing, Removal of . . . . 11 
Illegally Prescribing 36 
In Memoriam — Prosper Vincent Ramel . . 83 
Iodine in Bromine and Metallic Bromides, 
Detection of 88 
Lunatic Asylum, Paying Patients in . . . . 2 
Legal and Magisterial . . . . 4, 27, 36, 61 
Liver Pads n 
London Purple 30 
Ballarat District Chemist’s Association, 6, 14, 21, 
28, 37, 53, 58, 60, 66, 67, 76 
Botanic Gardens, The . . 13 
Butter, Ancient Samples of 12 
British Medical Association . . . . . . 17 
Books Received 35, 43 
Botany, The latest in 80 
Correspondence, 7, 15, 23, 31, 46, 54, 64, 70, 80, 85, 94 
,, Answers to .. .. ..8 
Chloride of Methyl for Extracting Perfumes . . 20 
Chemists and Druggists’ Cricket Club . . . . 38 
Commercial Synthesis of Indigo Blue . . . . 39 
Chemically pure Hydriodic Acid . . . . 48 
Costless Ventilation 54 
Chemical cause of the Poisonous Nature of 
Arsenic . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 
Contributions to the Examination of Wine . . 86 
Castor Oil applied Externally 88 
Deputation to Minister of Lands . . . . 2 
Druggists and their Poisons 7 
Determination of Theine in Tea 64 
Drunkenness cured by Bark 72 
Dust, Rain, and Fog . . ' 86 
Formula 16 
Fucus Vesiculosus in 1826 12 
Flower Farming 69 
Fire at St. Arnaud 83 
Glass, Drilling 12 
Gelatine Suppositories . . . . . . . . 31 
Glue, To Prevent from Cracking . . . . 35 
Hydrogen Sulphide Gas in Nitrous Fumes, 
Combustion of 11 
Homceopathy in Brooklyn . . . . . , 31 
Modified Examination, Candidates Passed at, 3, 26, 
53, 76 
Modified Examination, Papers Used at . . 5, 82, 79 
Mortenson, Edward, Charged with Manslaughter 4 
Mucilage of Gum Arabic, Preservation of . . 7 
Microscopical Society of Victoria . . . . 10 
Melbourne International Exhibition, 44, 56, 78, 87 
Medical Society of Victoria . . . . . . 58 
Macrozamia Moorei . . 84 
Notes and Abstracts, 11,19,30,39,47,55,72,80,88,93 
Notice of Book 21 
Notes on Nitrite of Amyl 55 
New School of Pharmacy in Paris, The . . 72 
Notes on a hitherto Undefined Species of En- 
cephalartos — by Baron F. von Mueller . . 84 
New Method for the Examination of Coffee— by 
F. M. Rimmington 86 
Organic Chemistry, Recent Advances in . . 13 
Olives and Olive Oil 38 
Olive and Almond Oils 38 
Obituary Notice— Mr. Patching 80 
Olive Oil, Preparation of 87 
Pharmacy Board, Meetings of 2, 10, 18, 27, 42, 46, 
50, 67, 76, 91 
Pharm. Society of Victoria, 2, 10, 18. 26, 34, 50, 59, 
66, 67, 74, 81, 91 
Poisoning by Subcutaneous Injection of Morphia 3 
Preliminary Examination, 3, 8, 16, 26, 32, 53, 76, 79 
Pill Coating .. .. 7 
Pharmacy Act in New Zealand, The . . 7, 33 
Photographs, Prussian Blue 8 
Phosphorescence, A recent Application of . . 13 
Paraffine, Some of the Uses of 12 
Prosecutions under “ Poisons Act” . . 18, 27 
Pharm. Society of New South Wales . . 18, 82 
PAGE 
Poisoning Case at Colac, Accidental . . . . 22 
Police Magistrates’ Justice 25 
Plants in Sleeping Rooms 30 
Process for Detecting Nitrogen, Sulphur, and 
Chlorine in Organic Compounds . . . . 31 
Polygraph Composition and Ink .. .40 
Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand 43, 59 
Phosphate of Lime for clarifying Muddy Water 47 
Palm Oil 55 
Pharmaceutical Society of Queensland . . . . 59 
Pharmaceutical Education 71 
Phylloxera Vastatrix .. . .. ..64 
Pinus Insignus 72 
Pharmacy in New Zealand 91 
Pharmacy in Spain 94 
Quillaia Toothwash 72 
Quinia in the United States, Manufacture of . . 88 
Red Prussiate of Pottassa, To Prepare . . . . 39 
Relation between Medicine and Pharmacy, The 57 
Raw Oysters 93 
Refining Sugar 95 
Storekeepers’ Drugs 7 
Shellac, To Pulverise . . . . . . . . 8 
Scientific Summary . . . . 11, 35, 62, 77, 82, 92 
School of Mines, Sandhurst . . . . 14, 61, 82 
School of Mines, Ballarat . . 17, 21, 37, 43, 53, 60 
Syrupus Guaiaci, Some Remarks on . . . . 29 
Stills, To Clean and Deodorise . . . . . . 40 
Social Science Congress 45, 53 
Santonin Contaminated with Strychnia . . 47 
Soulan’s Process for Capping Bottles . . . . 64 
School of Pharmacy 66, 81, 89 
Show Bottles, A Brilliant Purple for . . . . 74 
Sham Veterinary Surgeons 93 
Safety for Cheques 93 
Tin-plate, Improvement in Crystallising '. . 11 
Titrations, Perception of Colour Change in . . 29 
Testing Spices 39 
Unguentum Hydrargyri Ammoniati, Note on 20 
University Constitution Amendment Bill . . 38 
Veterinary Medical Association .. .. 3,9 
Vapours for Inhalation 86 
Yan Yean Water 32, 73 
