VI 
CONTENTS. 
versus Hanburv, 296.—“ An Impostor,” 300.— Review: An Introduction to Phar¬ 
maceutical Chemistry. John Attfield, Ph.D., F.C.S., etc., 300.— Obituary : Robert 
Warington, F.R.S., F.C.S., 304.— Books Received, 304.— Correspondents, 304. 
No. VII. 
The Library, 305.—Law for Regulating the Supply of Medicines to Foreign-going 
Ships, 306. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society : Meeting of Council, 309.—List of Mem¬ 
bers, Associates, and Apprentices ( continued ), 309.—Pharmaceutical Meeting: 
Donations to the Librai*y and Museum, 310.—Kamala, 310.—Lofoden Norwegian 
Cod-liver Oil. Mr. Robert Howden, 312.—Supplementary Remarks on the Pre¬ 
paration of Medicated Pessaries and Suppositories. Mr. Henry B. Brady, 321.— 
Edinburgh Meeting, 325. 
Provincial Transactions .- Liverpool Chemists’ Association, 328.—Sheffield Associa¬ 
tion of Chemists and Druggists, 330. 
Original and Extracted Articles: Fatal Explosion of Nitro-Glycerine at Newcastle, 332. 
—Suppositories. Mr. C. Ferneley.—Suppositories. Mr. Barnard S. Proctor, 333.— 
The Methylated Spirit Licence, 334.—On the Determination of Organic Matter in 
Water ( concluded ), 335.—Gleanings from British and Foreign Journals in Botany, 
339.—Japanese Tea, 343.—Scale of Medicines and Medical Stores, 344.—Chemists’ 
Assistants’ Association, 345.—“Pyretic Salts,” 347.—Fatal Explosion of Hydrogen, 
349.— Review: The Microscope, its History, etc. Jabez Hogg, F.L.S., etc., 350.— 
Obituary: The late John Mawson, 351. — Correspondents, 351. 
No. VIII. 
Prescriptions Carefully Prepared, 353.—Law relating to the Keeping of Petroleum, 
356.—The Chemists’ Ball, 356. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society : Meeting of Council, 357.—List of Mem¬ 
bers, Associates, and Apprentices ( continued ), 357. 
Provincial Transactions: Liverpool Chemists’ Association, 358.—Leeds Chemists’ 
Association, 363.—Dundee Chemists’ Association, 365.—Sheffield Association of 
Chemists and Druggists, 369. 
Original and Extracted Articles: On the Melting and Subliming Temperatures of 
the Principal Poisons, Organic and Inorganic. William A. Guy, M.B., F.R.S., 
370.—On Water Analysis. Dr. E. Frankland, F.R.S., 376.—The New Pharma¬ 
copoeia, 381.—Life Members’ Subscription Fee. Mr. Henry Long, 381.—On a 
new Manufacturing Process for the Perpetual Regeneration of Oxide of Manganese 
used for the Liberation of Chlorine from Hydrochloric Acid. Mr. Walter Weldon, 
382.—On the Decay of Stone; its Cause and Prevention. Mr. J. Spiller, 383.— 
On the Stability of Gun-Cotton. F. A. Abel, F.R.S., 386.—On the Characteristics 
of the different varieties of Creasote, 388.—Poisoning from Croton Oil, 388.— 
Deodorizers, Disinfectants, and Antiseptics, 389.—The Supply of Chemicals, 390.— 
Protection from Robbery, 390.—Country Wells. Dr. Attfield, 391.—Destruction 
of the famous Dragon-Tree of Teneriffe, 391.—On the Use of Margosa Leaves in 
Smallpox. Dr. S. Pandy, 392.— Miscellanea, 394.—The Chemists’ Ball, 398.— 
Books Received, 398.— Correspondents, 399. 
No. IX. 
Pharmaceutical Legislation, 401.—Adulteration of Food and Drugs, 402. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society : Election of Council, 405.—List of Mem¬ 
bers, Associates, and Apprentices {continued), 405.—Benevolent Fund, 406.—The 
Interview with the Rt. Hon. Gathorne Hardy on the Question of Pharmaceutical 
