CONTENTS. 
Vll 
the Question : Which Part of the Plant Conium maculatum is the best for Medicinal 
Use ? W. M. Smith, M.D., 489.—Carbolic Acid in Scarlatina and Typhus, 492.— 
Royal Institution, 493.— Obituary : Dr. von Martius, 494.— Review : The Chemists 
and Druggists’ Almanack, 494.— Books Received , 495.—The Chemists’ Annual 
Ball, 495.— Correspondents , 495. 
No. IX. 
Preparing for Examination, 497.—The Petroleum Act, 499.—Sale of Poisons, 500. 
The Pharmacy Act and Medical Practitioners, 502.—The British Pharmacopoeia, 
502.—In the Future, 502. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society : Meeting of Council, 505.—List of Mem¬ 
bers, Associates, and Apprentices {continued), 505.—Pharmaceutical Meeting: 
Donations to the Library and Museum, 510.—Note on Crystallized Carbonate of 
Magnesium. Professor Attfield, 511.—Note on Arsenical Playthings. Professor 
Attfield, 512.—Note on the Separation of Tin from Antimony. Professor Att¬ 
field, 512.—Note on Crystalline Deposit in an Opium Liniment. Professor Attfield, 
513.—Note on Sulphate of Potassium in Ergot. Professor Attfield, 513.—Note 
on White Precipitate. Professor Attfield, 515.—Sulphurous Acid. C. Umney, 
E.C.S., 516.—Pharmaceutical Meeting, Edinburgh, 521. 
Provincial Transactions : The Aberdeen Association of Assistant Chemists and Drug¬ 
gists, 528.—The Bradford Chemists’ Association, 528.—Dundee Chemists and 
Druggists’ Association, 529.—Leeds Chemists’ Association, 529.—Liverpool Che¬ 
mists’ Association, 531.—Nottingham and Notts Chemists’ Association, 533.— 
Sheffield Pharmaceutical and Chemical Association, 533.—York Chemists’ Associa¬ 
tion, 534. 
Original and Extracted Articles : Notes on the Air of Bristol, and its Analysis. W. 
W. Stoddart, F.G-.S., etc., 535.—Pharmaceutical Ethics. Mr. R. W. Giles, 538.— 
Notes and Abstracts in Chemistry and Pharmacy. C. H. Wood, F.C.S., 541.— 
Milk of Sulphur. Mr. E. M. Holmes, 545.—Milk of Sulphur. Mr. W. Young, 
545.—Poisonous Dyes, 546.—An Antidote to Snake-Poison, 547.—Accidental 
Poisoning by Carbolic Acid, 548.—Selling Poison without a Label, 548.—Physio¬ 
logical Action of Theine, 549.—Note on Wine of Colchicum Seed. Mr. J. T. 
King, 549.—On Liquid Fuel. Mr. B. H. Paul ( continued ), 550.—On Alloys and 
their Uses. Professor Matthiessen, 554.—Proposed Invitation to the British 
Pharmaceutical Conference, 556.— Miscellanea , 556.— Obituary , 558.— Review: The 
Law to Regulate the Sale of Poisons, etc., 558.— Books Received , 559.— Correspond¬ 
ents, 559. 
No. X. 
Regulations for the Sale of Poisons, 561.—Confirmation of the Bye-Laws, 562.—Phar¬ 
macy Act Amendment Bill, 563.—The Petroleum Act, 563. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society : Meeting of Council, 564.—List of Mem¬ 
bers, Associates, and Apprentices {continued), 564.—Copy of a “ Case ” raising 
points submitted to the Privy Council, etc., 566.—Botanical Prize for 1870, 571.— 
Free Admission to the Royal Botanic Society’s Gardens, Regent’s Park, 572.— 
Financial Statement, 573.—The Sandford Testimonal, 575.—Pharmaceutical Meet¬ 
ing, Edinburgh, 576.—Pharmaceutical Meeting : Sulphurous Acid. Mr. WT>od, 
577.—On Diluted Hydrochloric Acid. W. A. Tilden, B.Sc., 580. 
Provincial Transactions : Hull Chemists’ Association, 583.—Leeds Chemists’ Associa¬ 
tion, 583.—Liverpool Chemists’ Association, 583.—Manchester Chemists and Drug¬ 
gists’ Association, 584.—Meeting of Chemists and Druggists in Newcastle, 585.— 
Nottingham and Notts Chemists’ Association, 586.—Sheffield Pharmaceutical and 
Chemical Association, 588.—Sunderland Chemists’ Association, 589.—Wednesbury 
Chemists and Druggists’ Association, 589. 
Original and Extracted Articles: The Petroleum Act. Mr. Thomas, 590.—The 
Lignaloe Wood of Mexico. Mr. James Collins, 590.—Destructive Explosion of 
