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CONTENTS. 
{with cut), 62.—Lin. Aconiti and Lin. Belladonna. Mr. J. T. Porter, 66.—On 
some New or Little-known Vegetable Products. Mr. J. Collins, 66.—Iron-Sugar, 
or Soluble Peroxide of Iron. C. II. Wood, F.C.S., 70.—Shop Arrangements for 
Preventing Accidents. Mr. Chipperfield, 71 . —Shop Arrangements for Preventing 
Accidents. Mr. T. Greenish, 72.—On Saccharated Oxide of Iron. S. Siebert, 73.— 
On Hydrated Oxide of Iron Soluble in Sugar, Syrup, and in Glycerine, 74.—Con¬ 
tributions to the History of Explosive Agents. F. A. Abel, F.R.S., 75.—Hydro- 
genium : the Relation of Hydrogen to Palladium {continued), 76.—The New 
Zirconia Light, 81.—Borax Lake, California, 82.— On the Influence of Drying on 
the Active Principles of Plants. Dr. Leopold Schoonbroodt, 84.—Poisoning by 
Prussic Acid, 87.—Test for Prussic Acid, 88.—Explosion of Nitro-Glycerine, 88.— 
Suspected Poisoning by Arsenic, 89.—Regulations for the Preliminary Examina¬ 
tion of the Pharmaceutical Society in the Provinces, 89.—A Bill [as Amended in 
Committee] to Prohibit for a Limited Period the Importation, and to Restrict and 
Regulate the Carriage of Nitro-Glycerine, 90.— Revieivs .- Laboratory Teaching; 
or, Progressive Exercises in Practical Chemistry. Charles L. Bloxam, 92.—An In¬ 
troduction to the Elements of Pharmacy; or, ‘The Minor and Major Examina¬ 
tions,’ etc. F. Harwood Lesclier, 93.— Boole Received, 94.— Correspondence, 94. 
No. III. 
The Act to Amend the Pharmacy Act of 1868, 97.—Conviction of a Druggist for Dis¬ 
pensing Poisons without a Poison Label, 99.—The Preliminary Examination, 100. 
—The Pharmaceutical Conference, 101.—The Annual International Exhibition, 
101.—Nitro-Glycerine, 102.—The Adulteration of Seeds Act, 1869, 102. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society : Meeting of the Council, 103.—Sessional 
Prizes, 104.—List of Members, Associates, and Apprentices {continued), 105. 
Provincial Transactions, 106. 
British Pharmaceutical Conference : Sixth Annual Meeting, Exeter, 1869, 107.—On 
Pharmaceutical Responsibility and Remuneration. Mr. E. Smith, 117.—On Syrup 
of Iodide of Iron. M. Carteighe, F.C.S., 122.—Distillates. Mr. Joseph Ince, 124. 
—Lard, and its Preparation for Use in Pharmacy. Mr. E. Smith, 130.—Spectral 
Analysis applied to Pharmacy. W. W. Stoddart, F.G.S., 132.—On Syrup of 
Phosphate of Iron. T. B. Groves, F.C.S., 138.—The Assay of Ipecacuanha. Pro¬ 
fessor Attfield, Ph.D., 140. 
Original and Extracted Articles: Process for Preparing James’s Powder. Michael 
Donovan, Esq., 142.—Chlorodyne versus Liq. Chloroformi Co. “ A Provincial,” 
147.—The Boracic Acid Springs in Tuscany. W. B., 149.—Chloral, a New Hyp¬ 
notic and Anaesthetic, 150.—Means for Preventing Bumping of Boiling Liquids. 
II. Muller, F.R.S., 151.—Grounds for Belief in the Value of Medicines, 152.— 
Means of Preventing Coal-Mine Explosions, 153.—Hydrogenium : the Relation of 
Hydrogen to Palladium {concluded), 154.—Prosecutions under the Pharmacy 
Act, 156.—Cases of Poisoning—Accidental and Criminal, 158.—Charge against a 
Druggist for Dispensng Hydrocyanic Acid, 162.—Liability of Carriers, 162.—Rob¬ 
bery of Drugs, 163.—An Act to Amend the Pharmacy Act of 1868, 163.—Annual 
International Exhibitions of Selected Works, 164.—Proposed Remedies for “ The 
Murrain” (Foot and Mouth Disease), 165.—Quekett Microscopical Club, 165.— 
Miscellanea, 166. —Boohs Received, 166.— Correspondence , 167. 
No. IY. 
Pharmaceutical Conferences, 169.—Prosecutions under the Pharmacy Act, 1868, 170. 
—Standards Commission on the Metric System of Weights and M». ^sures, 171. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society: Meeting of the Council, 172.—List of 
Members, Associates, and Apprentices {continued), 173. 
