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JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY, 
PUBLISHED  BY  rtoTrfORITY  OF  THE 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
EDITED  BY 
JOHN   M.  MAISCH. 
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FEBRUAKY,  1885. 
Vol.  XV,  No.  2 
CONTENTS. 
The  Advantage  of  Preliminary  Examination  to 
Pharmacy,  and  to  this  College.  By  Wm.  B. 
Thompson   65 
Spiritus  Ammonia}  Aromaticus.    By  Andrew  Blair,  79 
Proximate  Analysis  of  the  Bark  of  Fouquieria 
Splendens.   By  Helen  C.  De  S.  Abbott   81 
Some  Native  Southern  Remedies.  By  H.  H.  Rusby, 
M.D   88 
The  Disputed  Identity  of  the  Red  Bark  of  the 
Mlgiris.  By  W.  T.  Thistleton  Dyer,  C.M.G., 
FR.S   92 
Red  Bark.   By  Robert  Cross   97 
Pine  or  Forest  Wool,   (Wald-Wolle.   Laine  Des 
Bois.)    By  Thomas  Greenish,  F.C.S,,  F.R.M.S....  99 
Gleanings  in  Materia  Medica.    By  the  Editor   106 
Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting   109 
Alumni  Association,  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy.....    Ill 
Editorial  Department   Ill 
Obituary  112 
ITEMS:— Use  of  Cocaine,  78.  Thalline,  88.  Paralde- 
hyde in  Mental  Disorders,  96,  Pareirine  Hydrochlo- 
rate,  105. 
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