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CONTENTS. 
the Pharmacy Bill, 601—Public Opinion on the Two Bills, 603—Opposition to Free 
Trade. Mr. W. Rayner, 610—Letter from Mr. Buott, 610—Action of Perman¬ 
ganate of Potash on Glycerine. Mr. George Mee, 613—Preparation of Liquor 
Bismuthi. T. P. Blunt, F.C.S., 613—Cochineal Colouring. Mr. Robert Palmer, 
615—On the Arsenic-Eaters of Styria. Dr. Maclagan, 615— Hooks Received , 620 
•— Correspondents , 620. 
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The Proposed Legislation affecting Pharmacy, 621. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society : Meetings of Council, 623—List of Mem¬ 
bers, Associates, and Apprentices ( continued ), 623—Conversazione, 624—The 
Twenty-Fourth Anniversary Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society, 627—Adjourned 
Meeting : Election of Council, 639. 
Original and Extracted Articles: Liquor Bismuthi. C. R. C. Tichborne, F.C.S., etc., 
640—On Mr. Miller’s Method for the Detection of Methvlic Alcohol. Harry 
Napier Draper, F.G'.S., etc., 641—Spontaneous Oxidation of Amorphous (Red) 
Phosphorus. T. B. Groves, F.C.S., 643—Poisoning by Oxallic Acid and Strych¬ 
nine. Mr. E. Hollier, 643—Chemists: Pains and Penalties. “J. B.,” 645— 
Counter Practice. Mr. H. Clayton, 647—Distillation by Steam. Mr. R. W. Giles, 
647—Unguentum Hydrargyri Nitratis. Mr. George Mee, 648—On Magenta and 
its Derivative Colours. Frederick Field, F.R.S., 650—Cork and its Uses. Mr. John 
R. Jackson, 652—The Pharmaceutist as a Merchant. Mr. Frederick Stearns, 655 
—Note on Caramania Gum. Mr. William Proctor, Jun., 658—New Process for 
making Fluid Extracts, 658—Gullibility of the Public, 659—Fatal Explosion in 
Making Oxygen Gas, 659—Pharmacy in Australia, 661—Magnesium, 662—Mysteri¬ 
ous Case of Poisoning at Dawlish, 662—Miscellanea, 663—British Pharmaceutical 
Conference, 665— Books Received , 668— Correspondence , 668. 
