IV 
CONTENTS. 
Original and Extracted Articles: Colorimetric Method for the Estimation of Nitrons 
Ether in Spirit of Nitre. Mr. J. T. Miller, 57.—Sinapine Tissue. Mr. H. N. 
Draper, 58.—On Notes and Queries. Mr. P. D. Delf, 59.—Trade Interests. Mr. 
George Mee, 60.—Professor Hamilton on the Review of his ‘ Suggestions,’ 60,— 
Notes and Abstracts in Chemistry and Pharmacy : On Town Sewage and its Value, 
64.—Action of Magnesium on Metallic Solutions, and its Use in Toxicology, 66.— 
Chlorate of Quinine; Formation of Nitrate of Potash ; Specific Gravity of Mer¬ 
cury, 67.—On Recent Progress in the History of Proposed Substitutes for Gun¬ 
powder. Professor Abel, 67.—Double Flowers, 74.—Note on the Tenacity of Life 
of the Seeds and Spores of some Plants. Prof. W. H. Brewer, 75.—On Yellow 
Wax compared with White as a Constituent of Cerates, etc, Ferris Bringhurst, 76. 
—Orange-leaf Water as an Adulteration of Orange-flower Water, 78.—Botany Bay 
or Grass-tree Gum. P. L. Simmonds, F.S.S., 78.—Peruvian Cinchonas, 80.—An 
Inquiry into the Vegetable Fibres available for Textile Fabrics. H. Sherwood, 81. 
—The Uses of Sulphurous Acid Gas, 84.—Precautions against Cholera, 85.—Im¬ 
portant Excise Prosecutions in Wolverhampton, 88.—Poisoning by Aconite, 93.— 
Reviews: Tratado de Farmacia y Farmacognosia, por Caidos Murray, 94. A Selec¬ 
tion of the Eatable Funguses of Great Britain, edited by Robert Hogg, LL.D., etc., 
—BooJcs Received^ 96.— Correspondents^ 96. 
No. III. 
What is in the Water? 97.—Methylated Medicines, 102.—Nottingham, 104, 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society: Meeting of Council, 105.—List of Mem¬ 
bers {continued), 105.—The Benevolent Fund, 105. 
British Pharmaceutical Conference: Meeting at Nottingham, 105.—President’s Ad¬ 
dress : On the Study of Botany in connection with Pharmacy, 108.—On Aconite. 
Thos. B. Groves, P.C.S,, 118.—Notes on Impurities. Mr. B. S. Proctor, 123.— 
Rejjort on the “ Dried Alum” of Commerce. Mr. John Watts, 124.—Experiments 
on the Active Principle of Hyoscyamus. W, A. Tilden, F.C.S., 127.—On Syrup 
of Phosphate of Iron. Charles Umney, F.C.S., 129,—On Valerianate of Iron. 
Francis Sutton, F.C.S., 131.—On Chlorate of Quinine. Charles R. C. Tichboime, 
F.C.S., etc., 135.—Pharmaceutical Ethics. Mr. Joseph Ince, Assoc. King’s Coll., 
Lond., 137. 
Original and Extracted Articles : Syrupus Codeise. Mr. A. F. Haselden, 155.—On 
the Sale of Methylated Spirit. Mr. J. E. Eastman, 157.—Cooper’s Sinapine Tissue. 
Mr. A. Cooper, 157.—On the Assay of Coal, etc., for Crude Paraffin Oil, etc. John 
Attfield, Ph.D., F.C.S., etc., 153.—On the Spontaneous Combustion of Pyrotech- 
technical Compounds. Mr. T. Arnall, 163.— On the Combustion of Gas for Eco¬ 
nomic Purposes. Henry Letheby, Esq., M.B., etc., 164.—The Treatment of Cho¬ 
lera, 170.—Composition and Quality of the Metropolitan Waters in July, 1866, 
172.—The Purification of Water, 173.—Early Closing, 174.— Miscellanea, 175.— 
Boolcs Received, 176.— Correspondents, 176. 
No. IV. 
V/hat has Education done? 177.—The Opening Session, 179. 
Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society: Meeting of Council, 180.—The Benevo¬ 
lent Fund, i81. 
Provincial Transactions: Presentation to Dr. J. B. Edwards, at Liverpool, 181. 
British Pharmaceutical Conference: Meeting at Nottingham {continued), 189.— 
Pharmaceutical Ethics, 189.—On the Results of the Microchemical Examination of 
Extract of Flesh. H. Deane, F.L.S., and H. B. Brady, F.L.S., 196.—On the Spirit 
Value of a few Purchased Tinctures. John Attfield, Ph.D., F.C.S., 205.—On the 
Calamine of Pharmacy. Mr. R. H. Davis, 207.—Notes on Plasma. Mr. G. F. 
Schacht, 209.—On the Relation of Pharmacy to the Revenue. Mr. R. W. Giles, 
