Contents. 
v 
No. III. 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
On Melia Azedarach. By R. Eglesfeld Griffith, M. D. - 177 
Pharmaceutical Notices. — No. 2, 183 
On the Ionidium Marcucci. By R. Eglesfeld Griffith, M. D. 186 
Medico-Botanical Notices.— No VII, 187 
SELECTED ARTICLES. 
Observations on the Crusta Genu Equina?, (sweat or knee scab, 
mock or encircled hoof knees, hangers, dew claws, night 
eyes, or horse crust,) in Epilepsy. By John S. Met- 
tauer, M. D. of Prince Edward County, Virginia, - - 193 
Observations on the Medical Properties of the Veratrum Vi- 
ride. By Charles Osgood, M. D. of Providence, Rhode 
Island, 202 
Chemical Examination of Digitalis and Hyoscyamus. By M. 
M. Brault and Poggiale, .218 
Modes of Detecting the existence of Sulphurous Acid in the 
Hydrochloric Acid of Commerce. By J. Girardin, Prof. 
of Chemistry at Rouen, 222 
Action of Tannin on Organic Salifiable Bases, &c. By O. 
Henry, 226 
Extraction of Platina in Russia. By P. Sobolewskoy, Chief 
Engineer of Mines, 237 
On the Coneine of Geiger. By M. Deschamps, - 241 
On Capnomor. By Dr. Reichenbach, - 246 
Products of the distillation of pit coal. By F. F. Runge, - 250 
Cultivation of the Poppy and mode of preparing Opium, - 253 
On Iodous Acid. By M. Sementini, 255 
Miscellany, - 257 
