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JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY, 
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PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
EDITED  BY 
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Illicium  Floridanum,  Ellis.  By  Henvy  C.  C.  Maisch, 
Ph.G   226 
Collinsonia  Canadensis,  Linne.    By  Chailes  Napier 
Lochman,  Ph.G   2i8 
Materia  Medica  of  the  New  Mexican  Phavmaco- 
pceia.    By  the  Editor   231 
Liquor  Ipecacuanhse  et  Morphinae.— Dover's  Solu- 
tion.   By  Edwin  H.  Hess,  Ph.G     235 
Gleanings  from  Foreign  Journals.    By  J.  Robert 
Moechel   237 
tTincture  Deposits.    By  R.  A.  Ciipps   243 
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Some  Experiments  on  Strychnine.     By  W.  A. 
Shens-one   252 
The  Active  Principle  of  Senna  Leaves.    By  Ralph 
Stockman,  M.B   256 
The  Active  Principle  of  Indian  Hemp.  By  Surgeons 
Warden  and  Waddle   264 
Varieties   267 
Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices   268 
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