vol.  so.  AMERICAN 
[No.  7. 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY, 
PUBLISHED  BY  AUTHORITY  OF  THE 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
EDITED  BY 
JOHN   M.  MAISCH. 
Publishing  Committee :— Henry  N.  Rittenhouse,  James  T.  Shinn,  John  M.  Maisch,  Charles  Bullock,  T.  S.  Wiegand. 
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JULY,  1878. 
[VOL.  VIII,  No,  7 
CONTENTS. 
Epsom  Salt  versus  Strawberries.  By  F.  H.  Storer, 
Professor  of  Agricultural  Chemistry  in  Har- 
vard University   321 
Dangerous  Hydrargyrum  cum  Creta.  By  Elw  ood 
G.  Hendricks,  Ph.G   325 
Emulsions.    By  Ph.  H.  Dilg,  Ph  G   326 
Medicated  Syrups.    By  Isaac  Davis,  Ph.G   327 
Notes  on  Fluid  Extracts.    By  Alonzo  Robbins, 
Ph.G   329 
The  Active  Constituents  of  Ergot.    By  Phil.  H. 
335 
Gleanings  from  the  German  Journals.    By  Louis 
von  Cotzhausen,  Ph.G   338 
Gleanings  from  the  French  Journals.    By  the 
Editor.'     340 
The  Fast-growing  Variety  of  Cinchona  called 
Pubescens.    By  J.  E.  Howard,  F.R.S   345 
Quiniietin.    By  Professor  Fli'ickiger   348 
The  Mineral  Springs  of  Turkey.  By  X.Landerer  352 
Varieties   354 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association   356 
Minutes  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  357 
Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations   358 
Editorial  Department   362 
Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices    366 
Obituary — Felix  Henri  Boudet   368 
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