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JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY, 
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PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
EDITED  BY 
JOHN  M.  MAISCH. 
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Analysis  of  the  Root  of  Stillingia  Sylvatlca,  Lin. 
By  William  Bichy,  Ph.G   529 
A  Simple  Method  of  Assaying  Crude  Ipecac  By 
A.  B.  Lyons,  M.D   531 
Products  of  the  Mezquite.  By  Herman  J.  Schu- 
cliard,  Ph.G   542 
New  Method  of  Treating  Sea-weed.  By  Professor 
Samuel  P.  Sadtler  ;   544 
Pharmaceutical  Preparations  of  the  Mexican  Phar- 
macopoeia.   By  the  Editor   547 
Gleanings  from  Foreign  Journals.  By  George  H. 
Ochse,  Ph.G   550 
Materia  Medica  of  the  New  Mexican  Pharmaco- 
poeia.   By  the  Editor   552 
Gleanings  in  Materia  Mediea    By  the  Editor.   557 
The  Balata  Industry  in  Briti-h  Guiana   563 
Notes  on  Cotton  Seed  Oil.    By  W.  Gilmour   565 
Report  on  the  Action  of  Papain.  By  Sidney  H.  C. 
Martin,  M.D.  Lond.,  B.S.C.,  M.R.C.P   569 
Semen  Ctdronis.    By  0.  Hartwich   575 
Adonis  Vernaiis  and  Adonidin.    By  Jehan  Mor- 
dagne   577 
Estimation  of  the  Alkaloids  in  the  Leaves  of 
Atropa  Belladonna.    By  Prof.  Wyndham  Dun- 
stan  and  Francis  Ransom   582 
The  Alcoholic  Extract  of  the  Leaves  of  Atropa 
Belladonna.    By  Prof.  Wyndham  Dim-tan  and 
Francis  Ransom   f84 
The  A}..pointment  of  an  Examiner  of  Drugs  for 
the  Port  of  Philadelphia  ,   585 
Varieties     587 
Minutes  of  the  College   588 
Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting   590 
Editorial  Department   591 
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Vehicle  for  Iodide  of  Potassium,  550.  Intra-uterine 
Injections  of  Corrosive  Suhlirnate,  556.  Ozonein, 
556.    Veratrine  in  Muscular  Tremor,  556. 
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