vol.50.      AMERICAN  lno.s. 
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,  I.  S.  Wiegand. 
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FOURTH  SERIES,]  AUGUST,  1878.  [VOL  VIII,  No,  8 
CONTENTS. 
Note  on  the  Resin  of  Podophyllum.  By  Frede- 
rick B.  Power.....   369 
Assay  of  Commercial  Extracts  and  Resins  of 
Jalap.    By  Chas.  D.  Farwell,  Ph.G   371 
Berberis  Neivosa,  Pursh.  By  Peter  F.  Neppach, 
Ph  G   373 
On  the  Species  of  Berberis  of  the  Pacific  Coast 
By  John  M.  Maisch   374 
On  the  Volatility  of  Glyceiin.  By  Nat.  W.  Lord, 
E.M   377 
A  New  Devise  for  Moulding  Suppositories.  By 
Emlen  Painter,  Ph.G   379 
Gleanings  from  the  German  Journals.  By  Louis 
von  Cotzhausen,  Ph.G   381 
Gleanings  from  the  French  Journals.  By  the 
Editor   384 
The  Botanical  Characters  of  Duboisia  Myoropoi- 
des.  R.Br.    By  Prof.  Dr.  DeLanessan   387 
Pelletierina,  an  Alkaloid  of  Pomegranate  Baik. 
By  M  Tanret   389 
Meconoiosin,  a  New  Derivative  from  Opium.  By 
T.  and  H.  Smith   301 
Notes  on  the  Tannins.    By  B.  H.  Paul,  Ph  D., 
and  C.  T.  Kingzett   392 
Compounds  of  Salicylic  Acid  with  Albuminoids. 
By  Fr.  Farsky   395 
The  Preparation  of  Sapo  Viridis.     By  E.  B. 
Shuttleworth   397 
Dialysed  Iron  as  an  Antidote  for  Poisoning  by 
Arsenious  Acid.    By  W.  Gibbons   399 
Varieties   401 
Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations   403 
Editorial  Department   406 
Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices   414 
Obiiuary — J.  M.  Malaguti     416 
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