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JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY, 
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EDITED  BY 
JOHN   M.  MAISCH. 
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Note  on  Frozen  Glycerin.  By  Wallace  Procter, Ph. G.  278 
Note  on  Glycerin,    By  Henry  Trimble   275 
Chocolate.  By  .James  Hervy  Hagenbuch,  Ph.G  ....  276 
Illicium  Floridauum,  Ellis.      By  Henry   C.  C. 
Maisch,  Ph.G    ..   278 
Pharmaceutical  Preparations  of  the  Mexican  Phar- 
macopoeia.   By  the  Editor   286 
Gleanings  from  Foreign  Journals.    By  J.  Robert 
Moechel   ...  r:   292 
Note  on  the  Alleged  Decomposition  of  Quinine  in 
Contact  with  L  me.  By  F.  W.  Passmore..  294 
Detection  of  Phenol  in  Creosote.    By  Peter  Mac- 
Ewan     296 
A  Technical  Point  in  the  Manufacture  of  Certain 
Aerated  BeTerages.    By  W.  A.  H.  Nay  lor   298 
EN  T  S  . 
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F.C.S  r.   300 
Spurious  Cnbebs.    By  E,  M.  Holmes.  F.L.S    302 
Tlie  Borax  Deposits  in  California  and  Nevada..  .....  304 
Gleanings  in  Materia  Medica.    Hy  the  Editor   306 
Materia  Medica  of  the  New  Mexican  Pharmaco- 
poeia.   By  the  Editor   309 
The  Gambler  of  Johore.    By  Peter  MacEwan   312 
Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices   317 
Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting   320 
Aquae  Aromaticae,  274.  Cassio  Absus,  295.  Sedum  acre, 
301.  Cannabis  Indica  as  Local  Angesthetif^,  305. 
Bromide  of  Arsenic  for  Pimples,  311.  Tartaraline, 
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