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Abel, Prof., Chemical History and 
Application of Gun-cotton .' . .71 
Absorption, Poisoning by ... . 4-91 
Accidental and Chemical Poisoning, 
Report of the Medical Officer of 
the Privy Council ..184 
* - Poisoning (H. Barnaby) . 437 
---- -- in connection 
with the Responsibilities of the 
Dispensing Chemist (H. B. Brady) 53 
* -, the Case of, at 
Liverpool .... 129, 133, 137 
-, Prevention of, 
(II. Long) ........ 436 
- , by Digitalis . . 441 
- , Report relative 
to the Prevention of . . . * .158 
---, Suggestions con¬ 
cerning . ... 167 
Acid, Quinovic, Use of, in Medicine, 
(Dr. J. E. de Try).18 
-, Silicic, Properties of (T. Gra¬ 
ham) .63 
Aconite, Suicide by.38 
Aconitia and its Physiological Ef¬ 
fects (M. E. Hottot) ..... 59 
Act, the New, as affecting Assistants 28 
-, Metric Weights and Measures, 
1864 . 36 
-, Pharmacy, the Extended . . 380 
- 9 -^ the Proposed (F. 
Tibbs).27 
-, --,-(E. 
B. Yizer).26 
-, Poisoned Flesh Prohibition . 138 
Adams,J.,Potentilla Tormentilla, 158, 260 
Alcohol, Methylic, Detection of, in 
Presence of Ethylic Alcohol and 
Yolatile Oil (J. T. Miller) . . . .534 
• as a Test for the Purity of 
Croton Oil (R. Warington) . . 382 
• Test, Methylic (E. J. Rey¬ 
nolds) ......... 389 
Aldridge, J., Tyson s Process for Blue 
Pill.21, 56 
Alkaloid, Amount of, in Commercial 
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Citrate of Iron and Quinine (J. C. 
Braithwaite). 170, 280 
-Obtained from the Seeds 
of Ricinus communis (Prof. 
Tuson).35 
Alkaloids in Chinchona Bark (J. E. 
Howard).584 
-, Deter¬ 
mination of the Amount of (J. E. 
de Yry).50 
-in the Chinchona Trees of 
Java (J. E. de Yry).15 
-- in Pharmaceutical Ex¬ 
tracts, Assay of (T. B. Groves) 169,268 
Allbutt, Dr. C., Yitality, or the Cor¬ 
relation of Physical and Yital 
Phenomena.468 
Almonds, Essential Oil of, Purifica¬ 
tion of (W. A. Tilden) .... 407 
Aloes, Tincture nf, as an Application 
to Wounds ........ 38 
American Pharmaceutical Associa¬ 
tion, and British Pharmaceutical 
Conference.339 
- Society, 
Minutes of the Twelfth Annual 
Meeting of. . 440 
Amorphous Phosphorus, sponta¬ 
neous Oxidation of (T. B. Groves) 643 
Analysis, Microscopic, applied to 
Pharmacy (H. Deane and H. B. 
Brady).154 
Anniversary Meeting of the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Society :■— 
Address of the President . . . 627 
Financial Statement.630 
Answers to Correspondents. See 
Correspondents, Answers to. 
Apprentices, Registered, List of . 6, 47, 
196, 300, 348, 396, 505, 623 
Archer, Prof., Cape Saffron . . . 462 
--, New Product called 
Cubebs, from Southern Africa. . 463 
-,-, New Species of Gall 
from China. 462 
-, -, Notes on Brazilian 
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