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DRUGS. 
1.  Roots  and  R hi 
Colchicum  
Gentiaaa  
Lappa  
Podophyllum... 
Rheum  
Senega  
Serpentaria  
Taraxacum  
Valeriana  
2.  Barks. 
Cinchonarubra 
Cinnamnmum.. 
Prunus  Virgin. 
Sassafras  
3.  Leaves. 
Aconitum  
Belladonna  
Buchu  
Digitalis  
Hyoscyamus.... 
Senna  Alex  
Uva  ursi  
4.  jblowers. 
Anthemis  
Arnica  
5.  Seeds. 
Colchicum  
Stramonium  
July. 
Dry. 
zomes 
88-80 
89  20 
88  20 
88-  10 
89-  60 
89-25 
88  80 
86-90 
89  00 
89  75 
88  80 
89-25 
88-90 
88-20 
88-  75 
89-  30 
88-25 
88-  25 
90-  00 
89-  60 
89-67 
89-40 
89-90 
89-80 
II. 
Very 
wet. 
98-80 
98  00 
98-20 
97-  70 
98-  30 
98-65 
97-90 
96-  90 
97-  65 
97-60 
97-55 
97-25 
97-  50 
98-  20 
98  55 
98-20 
97-  75 
98-  00 
98-00 
98-10 
97  67 
98-15 
98-00 
98-20 
August. 
Wet. 
Wet. 
96-  90 
98-00 
98-70 
98-00 
97-  75 
96-  75 
97-  40 
97-75 
97  25 
97-20 
97-20 
97.75 
97-75 
97-00 
97-40 
September. 
Dry. 
88-  20 
89-  20 
88-35 
88-75 
88-75 
88-90 
88-20 
86-50 
88-50 
88-  90 
89-  00 
89-50 
88-80 
88-10 
88-75 
88  90 
88-00 
88-  00 
89-  00 
89-10 
89-75 
89-35 
89-  50 
90-  00 
Dry. 
96-  70 
97-  20 
97-90 
96  95 
97-30 
97-80 
97-65 
97-00 
96-90 
96-  85 
97-  35 
97-65 
96-  50 
97-  60 
98-  00 
October. 
Damp 
88-00 
88-25 
87-  80 
88-  15 
88-20 
88-20 
88-00 
84-75 
88-10 
88-50 
87-  90 
88-  00 
87-75 
87-50 
87-  20 
88-  10 
87-00 
87-  60 
88-  20 
88-  50 
89-  00 
88-50 
88-  80 
89-  60 
Wet. 
97-25 
97-90 
97  25 
97-35 
97-50 
97-70 
97-00 
97-20 
97-20 
97-20 
97-00 
97-25 
97-70 
96-  90 
97-  80 
November. 
Dry. 
89  00 
88-  80 
89-  00 
88  90 
88  00 
87-  90 
89-00 
88  00 
88-  00 
88-40 
88-  75 
89-  00 
88-  90 
89-  50 
9010 
Dry- 
94-40 
96-40 
96-50 
96-00 
96-15 
96-15 
97  00 
96-10 
96-25 
96-30 
96-15 
96-20 
96-40 
96-65 
97  20 
December. 
Dry. 
88-  70 
89-  60 
88  80 
88-  90 
89-  75 
89-10 
88-85 
86-80 
88-  90 
89-  20 
88-  90 
89-  15 
89  00 
88-50 
88-  40 
89  00 
89-  00 
88-  20 
89-  00 
88-  80 
89-  25 
89-  40 
90-  00 
90-20 
98-30 
98-00 
98-45 
98-00 
98-75 
98-60 
98-60 
97  90 
98-40 
97-  20 
98-  70 
98-65 
98  15 
EXTEMPORANEOUS  PHARMACY. 
By  Willard  M.  Rice,  Jr. 
It  is  my  purpose,  in  this  article,  to  speak  of  the  great  importance 
to  pharmacists  of  a  thorough  knowledge  of  this  branch  of  our 
profession,  and  also  to  mention  some  of  the  abuses  into  which  it 
has  fallen.  If,  as  a  result  of  my  labors,  any  one,  student  or  pre- 
ceptor, shall  be  induced  to  pay  greater  attention  to  this  subject,  I 
shall  be  amply  repaid. 
One  would  suppose,  if  he  were  unacquainted  with  the  facts  of  the 
case,  that  this  branch  of  our  profession,  at  least,  would  be  thoroughly 
mastered  by  every  one  engaged  in  the  dispensing  and  compounding 
of  drugs  and  medicines.    But  if  such  a  person  were  to  take  the 
