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Vol.  67      AMERICAN  i 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY, 
PUBLISHED  BY  AUTHORITY  OF  THE 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
EDITED  BY 
JOHN   M.  MAISOH. 
Fubllshing  SosHnitteo :— Henry  IT.  Sittenhouse,  James  T.  Shinn,  John  U.  Maisch,  Charles  Bnllock,  T.  5.  Wieganl. 
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FouETH  Series.]  JANUARY,  1885.  Yol.  XY,  No.  1 
CONTENTS. 
Advances  in  the  Instruction  and  Requirements  at 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  By  Joseph 
P.  Remington   1 
Preliminary  Examination.   By  Andrew  Blair   10 
Further  Contributions  to  the  Analysis  of  Malt  Ex- 
tract.  By  J.  F.  Carl  Jungk   13 
A  Chemical  Examination  of  Polygonum  Hydropiper. 
By  Henry  Trimble  and  Herman  J.  Schuchard   21 
Practical  Notes  from  Foreign  Journals.   By  Hans 
M.  Wilder   24 
Substances  Accompanying  Benzoic  Acid  Prepared 
from  Benzoin.   By  0.  Jacobsen   28 
Quassin  and  its  Constitution.  By  "V.  Oliveri  and  A. 
Denaro   29 
Cocoane  and  its  Salts.   By  E.  Merck   31 
Crystallised  Colchicine.    By  A.  Houd5s   35 
Persian  Opium.    By  Consul-General  Benjamin   36 
Cultivation  of  Cinchona  in  Bolivia.    By  Minister 
Gibbs   38 
The  Harvesting  of  Cinchona  Bark   40 
Gallisin,  the  Unfer  men  table  Part  of  Commercial 
Glucose.    By  C.  Schmitt  and  A.  Cobenzl   42 
Colloidal  Derivatives  of  Ferric  Hydroxide.   By  E. 
Grimaux   45 
The  Presence  of  Oxides  of  Mercury  in  Blue  Pill 
and  in  other  Mercurial  Preparations.  By  Harold 
Senier,  F,  I.  C,  F.  C.  S   47 
Minutes  of  the  College  f   50 
Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting   M 
Alumni  Association,  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy  52 
Editorial  Department   52 
Reviews  and  Biographical  Notices   55 
Obituary   57 
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are  Poisonous,  23.  Use  of  Iodoform,  30.  Administra- 
tion of  Quinine  by  the  Rectum,  34.   Tooth  Paste,  37. 
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