INDEX. 
74-9 
N 
PAGE 
Poisoning by Whales. 
Poisonous Character of Nitro-gly- 
cerino. 
Poisons, Bill to regulate the Sale of. 
Pooley, J. C., Accidental Poisoning . 
Potash, Nitrite of, Formation of . . 
Potassium, Cyanide of, Suicide by . 
Potato, Food-A^aluc of. 
Practical Chemistry, Questions for 
Examination in. 
Precautions agamst Cholera . . . 
Presentation to Dr. J. B. Edwards 
at Liverpool. 
Prescribing, Notes on. 
- (D. Hanbury) 
-(J. Sands) 
Privet Berries, Poisoning by . . . 
Prize, Botanical, for 1868, conditions 
of. 
Prizes, Award of. 
Proctor, B. S., Notes on Impurities 
• -•, Notes on the New 
Edition of the British Pharma¬ 
copoeia . 
Prosecutions for selling Methylated 
Spirit without Licence .... 
Prospects and Position of Assistants 
Prussic Acid, Suicide by ..... 
Pump Water, Metropolitan, Danger 
of using. 
Pupils having Free Admission to the 
Royal Botanic Society’s Grardens . 
Purification of AYater (E. Frank- 
land). 
Purified Essential Oil of Almonds, 
Note on (W. A. Tilden) . . . 
Purity of Magnesium. 
422 
38 
671 
353 
67 
558 
734 
273 
85 
181 
658 
551 
613 
607 
569 
271 
123 
730 
3 
352 
46 
175 
570 
173 
325 
23 
Reviews: — 
PAGE 
Handbuch der Pharmacognosio 
(Dr. A. Wiggers).677 
Handbuch der Pharmacognosie des 
Pflanzen- und Thierreichs, nach 
dem neuesten Standpunkt bear- 
beitet (Dr. Henkel) .... 677 
Lectui'e-Notes for Chemical Stu¬ 
dents (E. Frankland) .... 4S0 
Lehrbuch der Pharmakognosie 
des Pflanzenreiches (Dr. F. A. 
Fliickiger).* 677 
Note Book of Materia Medica, 
Pliarmacology, and Therapeutics 
(Dr. Scoresby-Jackson) . . . 423 
Pharmazeutische AA^aarenkunde 
(Dr. Otto Berg).677 
A Selection of the Eatable Fun¬ 
guses of Great Britain (Robert 
Hogg).95 
Suggestions for a New System of 
Chemical Nomenclature, by G. 
Hamilton.46 
Reply to the above (G. Hamilton) 60 
Tratado de Farmacognosia (Por 
Carlos Murray).95 
Reynolds, R., The Common Objects 
of the Shop .446 
-, New Stirring Apparatus 
to promote the Evaporation of 
Liquids.221 
Royal Institution :— 
Existence in Animals of a sub¬ 
stance resembling Quinine (Dr. 
H. Bence Jones).32 
Proposed Substitutes for Gun¬ 
powder (Prof. Abel) .... 67 
Questions for Examination in Botany 
and Materia Medica.273 
•-Chemis¬ 
try and Pharmacy.272 
-for the 
Jacob Bell Scholarship . . . .275 
-in Practi¬ 
cal Chemistry.274 
Quinine, Chlorate of.67 
-(C. R. C. Tich- 
borne).135 
-- Substance Resembling, Ex¬ 
istence of, in Animals (Dr. H. 
Bence Jones).32 
Redwood, T., Preparation of Spirit 
of Nitrous Ether.508 
Registered Apprentices, List of, 8, 57, 
270, 316, 367, 434, 506, 567, 623, 
684 
Safety from Accidental Poisoning . 310 
Sale of Almond Flavour .... 422 
-Arsenic, Illegal.420 
Sands, J., Notes on Prescribing . . 613 
Schacht, G. F., Notes on Plasma . 209 
Seeds and Spores, Tenacity of Life 
in (W. H. Brewer).75 
Sewage, Town, and its Value ... 64 
Sharp, C., Pharmaceutical Adver¬ 
tising .647 
-Bill, Re- 
niarks on.649 
Shell-fish, Supposed Poisoning by . 359 
Sherry AATne, Sulphuric Acid in (H. 
Long).732 
Sherwood, H., Vegetable Fibres 
available for Textile Fabrics' . . 81 
Silicate of Magnesia, Hydrated, as a 
substitute for Subnitrate of Bis¬ 
muth 
45 
