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CONTENTS. 
—Portrait of the late Jacob Bell. Mr. Joseph Leay, 578.—Is Chlorodyne subject 
to a Medicine Stamp ? Mr. T. Barling, 578.—The Single Steedman’s Powder 
Question. Mr. G-. Pattison, 580.—Sulphocyanide of Mercury—Pharaoh’s Serpents 
—Oleate of Soda and Soap Bubbles, 581.—Armitage v. Bordass—Dismissal of As¬ 
sistant by a Month’s Notice, 582.— Obituary: Dr. Thomas Hodgkin, 583.— Books 
Received, 584.— Correspondents , 584. 
No. XII. 
Meeting of the Medical Council, 585. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society : Meeting of Council, 587.—List of 
Members, Associates, and Apprentices ( continued ), 587.—The Benevolent Fund, 
588.—Convei-sazione, 589.—Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Pharmaceutical So¬ 
ciety, 590.—Election of the Council, 603. 
Provincial Transactions .- Liverpool Chemists’ Association, 604. 
Original and Extracted Articles : Exhibition of Objects relating to Pharmacy, 607.— 
Poisoning with Arsenic and Strychnia. Mr. W. Herapath, sen., 609.—Solution of 
Terchloride of Grold. Mr. J. T. Miller, 610.—The Benevolent Fund. “Amicus,” 
610.—Sale of Chlorodyne. Mr. J. Hurst, 611.—Early Closing. “ One in Busi¬ 
ness,” 612.—Medicated Pessaries and Suppositories. Mr. J. L. Bosley, 612.—Soda- 
Water Tap. Mr. J. FI. Holloway, 613.—The Latest Thing in Feeding-Bottles. 
“ Pharmaceutist,” 613.—Rhigolene, a Petroleum Naphtha for Producing Anesthe¬ 
sia by Freezing. Dr. II. J. Bigelow, 614.—Phosphorus Pills, 615.—Local Anes¬ 
thesia, 616.—Note on Rectified Oil of Amber as a Remedy for Hemorrhoids. 
William Procter, jun., 616.—Pimento, 616.—Explosion of Nitro-glycerine, 618.— 
Tests for Carbolic Acid, 618,—Method of Recovering Bismuth from Solution. Mr. 
J. B. Blunt, 619.—Soluble Bougies, 619.—Note on Oleoresina Cubebe. William 
Proctor, jun., 620.—The Active Principles of Helleborus, 621.—Why do Bees 
Work in the Dark? Charles Tomlinson, F.C.S., 622.—On Radiation and Absorp¬ 
tion, with Reference to the Colour of Bodies and their State of Aggregation. 
John Tyndall, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., 625.—The Attendance of Chemists in Cases of 
Sudden Illness, 628.—Accidental Poisoning by Laudanum, 629.—The Veterinary 
Medical Act, 629.— Miscellanea, 631.— Boohs Received, 631,— Correspondents, 632. 
