CONTENTS. 
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Provincial Transactions: Liverpool Chemists’Association, 465—Leeds Chemists’ As¬ 
sociation, 468—Meeting of Chemists and Druggists at York, 469. 
Original and Extracted Articles: Tinct. Ferri Perchloridi. diaries Ekin, F.C.S., 
473—The Pharmacy Bill. Mr. Barnard S. Proctor, 471—The Pharmacy Bill. Mr. 
W. Wilson, 447—-The Proposed Legislation and the Benevolent Fund. “ G.,” 479 
—On the Use of Litmus Tincture for Indicating the Point of Centralization of 
Acids and Alkalies by Gras-light. Mr. C. M. Blades, 479—The Preservation of 
Leeches. Mr. C. F. Bevan, 479—Some Curious Facts relating to the above, 480—- 
On the Discrimination of Organic Bodies by their Optical Properties. Prof. Gr. Gr. 
Stokes, M.A., 481—Uses of the Horse-Chestnut, 488— Miscellanea , 489 — Boohs 
Received, 492— Correspondents , 492 
No. X. 
On the Pharmaceutical Society and Chemists and Druggists, 493—The Two Bills for 
Regulating the Qualifications of Chemists and Druggists, 495—The Two Societies, 
from which the Bills have emanated, 499. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society .- Meeting of Council, 505—List of Mem¬ 
bers, Associates, and Apprentices ( continued ), 505—Financial Statement, 506— 
Botanical Prize, 507—Pharmaceutical Meeting : Donations to the Library and Mu¬ 
seum, 507—On the Phosphate of Ammonia of British Pharmacopoeia. Mr. John 
Watts, 507—On a Better Mode of Preparing Red Oxide of Mercury Ointment. 
Alexander Balmanno Squire, M.B., etc., 512—Note on Chinese Sal Ammoniac. 
Daniel Hanbury, F.L.S., 514—Pharmaceutical Society, Edinburgh, 515. 
Provincial Transactions: Glasgow Chemists and Druggists’ Festival, 516. 
Original and Extracted Articles .- The Bills to Regulate the Qualifications of Che¬ 
mists and Druggists, 516, 520—Pharmaceutical Legislation. “ Opifex,” 525—- 
False Accusation against a Local Socretary, 527—Pharmaceutical Legislation. J. 
S. F. Richardson, F.C.S., 528—Sale of Poisons. Mr. W. Wilkinson, 530—Import¬ 
ance of the Appointment of Local Secretaries. A Country Member, 531—New 
System of Examinations, 532—The Two Measures. Mr. B. Yizer, 532—Fire In¬ 
surance. Mr. M. Carteighe, 533—Detection of Methylic Alcohol. Mr. J. F. 
Miller, 534—The New Light. Mr. W. Willmott, 536—Substitution of Corrosive 
Sublimate for Steedman’s Powder, 539—Effects of the Calabar Bean as an Antidote 
to Poisoning by Atropia, 541—On the Citrine Ointment of the British Pharmaco¬ 
poeia. Mr. M. Donovan, 541—Magnesium : its Preparation and Properties. Mr. 
E. J. Reynolds, 543—Bismuthi et Ammoniae Citras. Mr. N. Gray Bartlett, 545— 
Cantliarides of the Argentine Provinces. Dr. Hermann Burmeister, 548—On the 
Preparation of Liq. Ferri Perchlor., P.B. Mr. William Jardine, 549—Cochineal 
Colouring, 552, 553—Pharmacopoeia of India, 553— Review : Manual of Practical 
Therapeutics. Mr. E. J. Waring, 554—Poisoning by Arnica Liniment, 555—- 
Boohs Received , 556— Correspondents , 556. 
No. XI. 
The Proposed Legislation Affecting Pharmacy, 557. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society : Meeting of Council, 560—List of Mem¬ 
bers, Associates, and Apprentices ( continued ), 560—Benevolent Fund, 561—Phar¬ 
maceutical Meeting : Donations to the Library and Museum, 562—Resina Jalapae, 
P.B. Mr. A. F. Haselden, 563—On the Construction of a Pharmacopoeia. Pro¬ 
fessor Redwood, 565—Pharmaceutical Society, Edinburgh, 575. 
Provincial Transactions: Leeds Chemists’ Association, 582—Meeting of Pharmaceu¬ 
tists at Leeds, 583. 
Original and Extracted Articles: Microscopical Researches on the Alkaloids, as 
existing in Chinchona Bark. J. E. Howard. F.L.S., etc., {with plates), 581—Phar¬ 
maceutical Legislation, 588—Report of the Committee of the Medical Council on 
