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Notes  on  the  Alkaloids  of  Coca  Leaves.   By  A.  B. 
Lyons,  M.D   '.   465 
Elixirs  of  Quinine,  Simple  and  Compound.    By  R. 
Bother   477 
What  is  the  Chemical  Relation,  if  any,  Between 
the  Oils  of  Peppermint  and  Spearmint?  By 
Henry  Trimble     484 
On  the  Purity  of  Commercial  Spanish  Saffron.  By 
John  M  Maisch..'.    487 
Oil  the  Medical  Properties  of  two  Rhamnus  Barks. 
By  George  W.  Kennedy   406 
Tincture  of  Vanilla.    By  R.  Bother   500 
Gleanings  from  Foreign  Journals.    By  J.  Robert 
Moechel   503 
Materia  Medica  of  the  New  Mexican  Pharmaco- 
poeia.   By  the  Editor   5  16 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association   507 
British  Pharnncentical  Conference   51G 
German  Apothecaries  Association   524 
Sixth  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress   525 
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502  Jaborandi  in  Obstinatie  Hiccough,  502.  Oxalic 
Ef^er,  505.  Picrotoxin  in  the  Night-sweats  of 
Phthisis,  515.  The  Hypodermic  Administration  of 
Iodide  of  Sodium,  523.  Carbolized  Resin  for  Ingi  ow- 
ing Nails,  528. 
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