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PUBLISHEDi 
Monthly. J 
APRIL 1, 1886, 
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INDEX TO LITERARY CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
. 57 
Introductory — Ourselves « » 
Proceedings of Societies — 
Pharmacy Board of Victoria 
Pharmaceutical Society of Aus- 
tralasia 57 
Royal Society of Victoria . . 58 
Field Naturalists’ Club, Victoria 68 
Agricultural Council, Victoria . . 
Royal Commission on Vegetable 
Products, Victoria 
Amateur Photographic Associa- 
tion 
Central Board of Health, Victoria 
Pharmaceutical Society of New 
South Wales 
Linnffian Society, N.S.W. 
Horticultural Society, N.S.W. . . 
Pharmaceutical Society of South 
Australia 
Royal Society of South Australia 
Royal Society, Queensland 
Trade Association for Canterbury 
Legal and Magisterial 
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61 to 64 
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Cases of Poisoning . . 
Intercolonial Intelligence 
Students’ Corner 
Pharmacalia . . . . . . . . 65 
Editorial Notes . . . . . . 66 
The Pharmacopoeia and the Pro- 
fession . . . . . . . . 66 
Picture of Pharmacy as it is . . 66 
The Cry from Madagascar . . 66 
Aberdeen University Principalship 66 
Combustible Dresses , . . . 66 
Oxford Fellowships . . . . 67 
Royal Gardens at Kew , , , . 67 
Translation of Bishop Moorhouse 67 
Intercolonial Conference . . 67 
The “ Manapouri ” Disaster .. 68 
Original Contributions — 
Common Risks of Asphyxia . . 69 
Victorian Pharmacy . . . • 70 
Hints to Young Pharmacists . . *70 
Transfusion of Blood in Anaemia 70 
New Remedies, Formulie, and Tests 71 
Scientific and Practical Notes •* 71 
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Botanical and Medical Jottings » • 
Dispensing Difficulties 
Honours to Pharmacists . . 
Distinctions to Physicians and Scien- 
tists , . • • . . . . 73 
Bibliographia . . . . . . 74 
Our Book Shelf , , . . , . 74 
Reviews .. •• •• **74 
Correspondence — 
The Accident on the “ Manapouri ” 75 
Annual Report of the Pharmaceu- 
tical Society of Australasia • • 75 
Hydrobromic Acid .. •• 75 
Births, Marriages, and Deaths . . 75 
Obituary Notices .. .. ..76 
Business Disposals, Transfers, &c. 76 
Personalities . . . . . . . . 77 
Facts and Figures . . . . . . 77 
Gazette — 
Applications for Patents . • . • 78 
Editor’s Box . . . . . . 78 
Exchange Column . . . . . • 78 
The London Markets • • • • 78 
INDEX TO 
Abraham’s Pills, Sydney * viii 
Atkin, C. Ager, Melbourne, , .. .. vii 
Due bdin & Sainsbuby, Melbourne v 
Elliott Bros., Sydney ...t, .. .. .. ix 
Felton, Grimwade & Co, Melbourne x 
Harrison, T. H., Melbourne vii 
Kempthorne, Prosser & Co., Dunedin v 
Longmore, Francis .. .. .. .. ..vii 
ADVERTISEMENTS. 
PAGE. 
Lynch & Co., London 
Agent Langton, Rivers, Melbourne 
Martin & Pleasance, Melbourne 
McKesson & Robbins, New York 
Miscellaneous Advertisements 
Offoed’s Veterinary Preparations, Melbourne, 
Sharland & Co., Auckland 
Soul, Washington, H., & Co., Sydney 
W&ON, W., Perfumer, Melbourne 
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