CONTENTS. 
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No. I. 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
Criticisms and suggestions respecting Nomenclature. By Robert 
Hare, M. D., Professor of Chemistry in the University of 
Pennsylvania. Also, a letter from the celebrated J. J, 
Berzelius. ....... 1 
Notes on Falsifications and Adulterations. No. 1. . . 17 
Capsules of Gelatin, f Capsules Gelatineuses Dublanc et Mothes, 
a Paris, J By Alfred Guillou, Graduate of Phil. Coll. 
Pharm. ....... 20 
SELECTED ARTICLES. 
Note upon the distinctive characters of Calisaya Bark. By M. 
Guibourt. ....... 23 
On Nitric Ether. By R. Hare, M. D., Professor of Chemistry 
in the University of Pennsylvania. . . . .27 
Improved Cryophorus. By R. Hare, M. D., Professor of Che- 
mistry in the University of Pennsylvania. . . 30 
Of the Calagirah or Calageri of India, Vermifuge Seeds preferred 
to the Semen Contra. By J. J. Virey, . . .32 
Falsifications of Wine Vinegar and the means of detecting them. 
By A. Chevallier. ...... 33 
Analysis of Tartar Emetic. By Mr. Richardson. . . 44 
Extract from a Report made to the Royal Academy of Medicine, 
July, 1836, upon a method of Purifying Common Manna, 
and converting it into Flake Manna. By M. Dausse. . 45 
