CONTENTS. 
V 
Test for Methylic Alcohol. Mr. J. Tuck, 215—Report on Weights and Measures 
used in Pharmacy. Mr. B. Proctor, 218—On Microscopical Research. Messrs. 
Beane and Brady, 232—On the Purity of Sulphate of Quinine. Mr. Walter Stod- 
dart, 241—On Commercial Podophyllin. Mr. James Spearing, 244—A Chemist’s 
Holiday Jottings in France. Mr. Daniel Hanbury, 245—On the Rancidity of 
Fats. Thomas B. Groves, F.C.S., 249—On the Processes for Preparing Tinctures. 
Mr. W. D. Savage, 254—On the Cultivation of Medicinal Plants. Mr. T. T. P. 
Bruce Warren, 256—On the Preparation of Concentrated Infusions. Mr. T. 
Grundy, 259—Note on Potentilla Torment-ilia. Mr. John Adams, 260—On the 
Calabar Bean. Mr. J. B. Edwards, Ph.D., F.C.S., 261—On the Morphia Salts of 
Commerce. Mr. W. E. Heathfield, 262—On Commercial Phosphoric Acid. R. 
Parkinson, Ph.D., 264—On the Assay of the Alkaloids. T. B. Groves, F.C.S., 268—• 
On the Purity of Commercial Powder of Opium, etc. Mr. Rimmington, 275—On 
an Improved Wine of Iron. H. N. Draper, F.C.S., and Mr. Whitla, 277—On 
Commercial Wine of Iron. Francis Stltton, F.C.S., 278—Report on Citrate of 
Iron and Quinine. Mr. J. C. Braithwaite, 280—A Case of Attempted Criminal 
Abortion at Brighton, 284, 291—Medical and Pharmaceutical Responsibility, 287—• 
290—Dispensing Department. Mr. J. Leay, 289—Test for Methylic Alcohol. Mr. 
E. J. Reynolds, 292—Medical Titles, 293—Obituary: Thomas Herring, 294— 
Books Received, 295— Correspondents , 296. 
No. VI. 
Separate Examinations for Chemists already in Business on their own Account, 297. 
The Proposed New Pharmacy Bill, 298. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society: Meeting of Council, 300—Benevolent 
Fund, 300—List of Members, Associates, and Apprentices ( continued ) 300—Phar¬ 
maceutical Meeting: Donations to the Library and Museum, 301—Howell’s Safety 
Poison Capsule, 302—On the Production of Hydrocyanic Acid from Bitter Cassava 
Root. By W. F. Daniell, M.D., F.L.S., etc., 302—On some of the Extracts of the 
British Pharmacopoeia prepared from the Dry Material. Mr. F. Haselden, 304. 
Provincial Transactions: Liverpool Chemists’ Association, 310—Leeds Chemists’ 
Association, 320. 
Original and Extracted Articles: The Application of the Starch Test for Detecting 
Iodide in Bromide of Potassium. Mr. W. Huskisson, jun., 322-—Commercial 
Bromide of Potassium. Mr. C. Umney, 324—State of Pharmacy in France. Mr. 
Charles Ekin, 324—State of Pharmacy in France: Extracts from the Report of 
the Commission, etc., 326—Pharmacy in- America. Mr. W. Wilmott, 328—Phar¬ 
maceutical Responsibility. Mr. Henry Deane, 328—Death by Poisoning. Mr. R. 
Goodwin Mumbray, 329—Liquor Ferri Perchloridi. Mr. J. T. Miller, 331—Poi¬ 
sonous Principle of Bitter Cassava Root. Mr. G. Mee, 332—The Methylic Al¬ 
cohol Test. Mr. John Tuck, 333—Fraud and Death. Mr. William Wysall, 334— 
On the Metal Indium and Recent Discoveries in Spectrum Analysis. Professor 
Roscoe, 334—-A Colourless Varnish, 33S—The British Pharmaceutical Conference 
and the American Pharmaceutical Association, 339— Miscellanea , 340—Case for 
the Benevolent, 343— Books Received, 344— Correspondents, 344. 
No. VII. 
The Proposed Legislation affecting Pharmacy, 345—The Benevolent Fund, 346. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society: Meeting of Council, 348—List of 
Members, Associates, and Apprentices ( continued ), 348—Pharmaceutical Meeting: 
Donations to the Library and Museum, 349—On the Botanical Origin of Gamboge. 
Daniel Hanbury, F.L.S., 349—On some of the Extracts of the British Pharmaco¬ 
poeia prepared from the Dry Material ( continued ) : Extractum Kramerice. Mr. A. 
