VI 
CONTENTS. 
■—British Rainfall, 390.— Obituary: Mr. Sidney Applegate: Mr. Joseph Walker. 
390. — Miscellanea , 391.— Reviews: A Guide to the Treatment of Diseases of the 
Skin. Thomas Hunt, F.R.S.—The Fairy Tales of Science. John Cargill Brough, 
391. —Poolcs Received , 392.— Correspondents , 392. 
No. VIII. 
The Suits in Chancery relating to Betts’s Capsules, 393. . 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society : Meeting of the Council, 396.—List of 
Members, Associates, and Apprentices ( continued ), 397. 
Provincial Transactions: Liverpool Chemists’ Association, 397.—Leeds Chemists’ 
Association, 403. 
Original and Extracted Articles : Pancreatine, 405.—The Saccharide of Cod-Liver 
Oil Dr. Attfield, 405.—Birmingham Chemists’ Association. Mr. Dymond, 406. 
•—English Weights and Measures from a French Point of View, 407.—Pharma¬ 
ceutical Nomenclature. Mr. T. Lowe, 409.—What should a Pharmacopoeia Con¬ 
tain ? 410.—Ointments and their Substitutes. Mr. Thos. A. Barber, 411.— 
Importance of a Knowledge of Toxicology to the Pharmaceutical Chemist, 412.— 
Coffee. Baron Liebig, 412.—On the Anaesthetic and Sedative Properties of 
Bichloride of Carbon, or Chlorocarbon. J. Simpson, M. I)., 416.—Vermifuge 
Properties of Pumpkin Seeds, 418.—Analysis of Chinchona Bark and Leaves. 
Mr. John Eliot Howard, 419.—On the Application of Physiological Tests for Cer¬ 
tain Organic Poisons, and especially Digitaline. C. Hilton Fagge, M.D., and 
Thomas Stevenson, M.D., 421.—Test for Otto of Boses, 424.—Copal Besin, 425.— 
Oleum Erigerontis Canadensis as a Remedy in Haemorrhage, Diarrhoea, and Dvsen- 
tery. J. W. Moorman, M.D., 425.—Brahee Sugar, 426.—On Torbite (a New 
Preparation of Peat) and its Uses. D. K. Clark, C.E., 426.—Illicit Sale of Methy¬ 
lated Spirit, 429. Extracts from Minutes of Evidence given before the Select 
Committee on the Chemists and Druggists Bill, 432.—Chemical Discussion Asso¬ 
ciation of the Pharmaceutical Association, 436.—The Way to Make a List of 
Members, 437.—The late Sir William Hooker, 438. — Obituary : Mr. Thomas 
Bonner leasdale—Mr. John Pilley, 438. — Reviews: Catalogue of Surgeons’ Instru¬ 
ments and Appliances, Maw and Sons—Domestic Medicines, Fisher and Hasel- 
den Autographic Mirror, 439.— Pooh's Received , 440.— Correspondents , 440. 
No. IX. 
Pharmaceutical Weights and Measures from a Practical Point of View, 441. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society: Election of Council, 443.—List of Mem¬ 
bers, Associates, and Apprentices (continued) , 444. — Subscriptions to the Benevolent 
Fund, 445.—Pharmaceutical Meeting : Donations to the Library and Museum, 447. 
Port-Royal Senna, 447.—The Employment of Gelatine in place of Metal for 
Bottle Capsules. Mr. A. F. Ilaselden, 448.—The Adulteration of Saffron with the 
Stamens of Crocus. Professor Bentley, F.L.S., etc., 452.—Pharmaceutical Meeting, 
Edinburgh, 457. ‘ & 
Provincial 1 ransactions: Leeds Chemists’ Association, 458.—York Chemists’ Asso¬ 
ciation, 463. 
Original and Extracted Articles : Chemists’ Associations. “A Major Associate,” 465. 
—On the Manufacture of Citric Acid. Frederick Row, F.C.S., 466.—Sale of Alco¬ 
hol for Medical and Chemical Purposes, 467.—Government Pharmacy in India. 
Edward Nicholson, F.C.S., 468.—Remarks on the Preparation of Liquor Bismuthi. 
Mr.^Albert E. Ebert, 471.—Experiments on the Composition of Wheat Grain. A. 
II. Church, M.A., 473. Hyposulphite of Soda in Diphtheria, 474.—On Anaesthetics. 
J. M. Carnochan, M.D., etc., 474.—Appearance of Good and Bad Meat, 475.— 
New Artificial Marble and Cement made with Magnesia, 476.—On the Possibility 
