IV 
CONTENTS. 
Committee on the Chemists and Druggists Bill. “ A Yorkshireman,” 82 .—Reviews : 
On Food, as a Means of Prevention of Disease. Erasmus Wilson, F.R.S., etc., 83.— 
Report on the Cheap Wines from France, Italy, etc. Robert Druitt, M.D., etc., 
85.— Obituary: William Daniell, M.D., F.L.S., etc., 86.—John Coverley, 87.— 
Miscellanea , 87 .—Books Received , 88.— Correspondents , 88. 
No. III. 
Proceedings relating to Alleged Infringements of Betts’s Patent for Metallic Cap¬ 
sules, 89. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society: Meeting of Council, 91.—List of Mem¬ 
bers ( continued ), 92.—Communication from Germany, 92. 
Original and Extracted Articles: Estimation of Nitrite of Soda. Mr. J. T. Miller, 
95. Some Remarks on the Nomenclature of the Pharmacopoeia. Daniel Hanbury, 
96. -—Observations upon the Construction of a Pharmacopoeia. Mr. A. F. Haselden, 
98.—On the Nomenclature of the Pharmacopoeia. Mr. Henry Deane, 101.— 
Pharmacy at the Dublin Exhibition. Mr. H. N. Draper {continued) , 102 ; Messrs. 
T. and II. Smith, 107.—The Ashburton Poisoning Case. W. II. Herapath, sen., 
F.C.S., 107.—The late of Bills Nos. 1 and 2 : The Moral. Mr. R. Reynolds, 108. 
Betts’s Metallic Capsules. Mr. B. Lindo, 110; Mr. Twinberrow, 111; Mr. 
Rimmel, 111.—On Pepsine. Frank Yincer, 112.—Protected Gunpowder, 117.— 
British Pharmaceutical Conference, 119.—Cinchona Cultivation in India, 120.—- 
Abstract of a Report on the Pitayo Cinchonas. Mr. Robert Cross, 120.—Extracts 
from the Evidence given before the Select Committee on the Chemists and Druggists 
Bill, 121.-—Alleged Poisoning by Atropine, 127.—Poisoning by Prussic Acid, 129. 
Counter Practice : Jones v. F 1 ay, 130.— Review: The Book of Perfumes. Eugene 
Rimmel, 132.— Obituary , 134.— Miscellanea, 135.— Books Received , 136.— Corre¬ 
spondents ^ 136. 
No. IV. 
The British Pharmaceutical Conference, 137. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society : Meeting of Council, 139.—Benevolent 
Fund, 139. 
Original and Extracted Articles : On an Antidote at once for Prussic Acid, Antimony, 
and Arsenic. Messrs. T. and H. Smith, 139.—Pharmacy at the Dublin Exhibition 
{continued). Mr. H. N. Di'aper, 147.—Pharaoh’s Serpents. C. H. Wood, F.C.S., 
162.—Meeting of the Bi'itish Pharmaceutical Conference at Birmingham, 153.— 
Papers read at the Conference, 161-231.—British Association, 235.—On the Com¬ 
bustion of Iron in Compressed Oxygen. E. Frankland, F.R.S., 238.—Poisoning 
by Strychnine, 243.— Miscellanea , 245.— Reviews : For and Against Tobacco. B„ 
W. Richardson, M.A., etc., 245.—Thomson’s Conspectus of the Pharmacopoeias. 
E. L. Birkett, M.D., 247.—Benevolent Fund, 247.— Books Received , 248.— Corre¬ 
spondents , 248. 
No. V. 
Excise Interference with the Sale of Quinine Wine, 249.—The Benevolent Fund, 
253.—Mendacious Puffing, 255. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society: Meeting of the Council, 255.—List of 
Members, Associates, and Apprentices ( continued ), 256.—Pharmaceutical Meeting, 
257. —Donations to the Library and Museum, 257.—The Distribution of Prizes, 
258. —Betts’s Patent Capsules, 262. 
