Vol.  50 
AMERICAN 
[No.  10. 
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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OCTOBER,  1878. 
[VOL.  VIII,  No,  10 
CONT 
Additional  Notes  on  ChamEelirin  and  its  Decom- 
position Product,  Chamseliretin.     By  Francis 
V.  Greene.  M.D..  U.S.N   465 
Cimicifuga  Racemosa.    By  Frank  H.  Trimble, 
Ph  G   468 
Hydrastis  Canadensis.  By  Herm.  Lerchen,  Ph.G.  470 
Procter's  "Vinum  Digestivum."  By  E  Scheffer  471 
Vinum  Digestivum.  By  Wm.  Procter,  Jr  ,  Co...  472 
Gleanings  from  the  German  Journals.    By  Louis 
von  Cotzhausen,  Ph.G   473 
Gleanings  from  the  French  Journals.     By  the 
Editor   475 
Strassburg  Turpentine,  its  Origin  and  Character. 
By  E.  G  1   479 
The  Mesquite  :     480 
A  New  Test  for  Glycerin.    By  A.  Senier,  M.D  , 
and  A.  J.  G.  Lowe     483 
ENTS. 
Kinate  of  Quinia  for  Hypodermic  Injection.  By 
Henry  Collier    487 
The  Alka'oids  of  Veratrum  Sabadilla.    By  C.  R. 
Alder  Wright.  D.Sc,  and  A.  P.  Puff   489 
Morphia  Reactions.    By  David  Lindo   490 
Gnoscopina.    By  T.  and  H.  Smith   491 
The  Blue  Solution  of  Molybdic  Acid  as  a  Re- 
agent.   By  O.  Maschke   493 
Soluble  Essence  of  Ginger.     By  J.  C.  Thresh   494 
Soluble  Essence  of  Ginger.    By  B  S.  Proctor   496 
Nitrite  of  Amyl.    By  D.  B.  Dott   499 
Varieties   503 
Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations   504 
Editorial  Department  .'  '.   509 
Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices    510 
Obituary  :  Alfred  Daggett,  Jr. — Wm.  S.  Folger...  512 
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