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JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY, 
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Fourth  Series.]  DECEMBER,  1885.  Vol.  XV,  No.  12 
C  O      X  EX  X  S  . 
Pills  and  Excipients.  By  Thos.  S.  Wiegand,  Ph  G...  593 
Additional  Note  on  Cocaine  Hydrochlorate.  By 
A  B  Lyons,  M.D   596 
Un  an  Indigenous  Species  of  Croton.   By  John  M. 
Maisch  ,   597 
Materia  Medica  Notes   599 
Materia  Medica  of  the  New  Mexican  Pharmaco' 
poeia.    By  the  Editor   601 
Gl^^aiiings  from  Fore'gn  Journals.    By  George  H. 
Oclise,  Ph.G  ;   604 
Food  for  Infants  and  Bread  for  Diabetics.   By  Dr. 
H.  Boehnke-Roich       607 
The  Solnhility  of  Biniodide  of  Mercury  in  Fatty 
Bodies  and  some  other  Solvents.   By  C.  Mehu..>  609 
Contribution  to  the  Chemistry  of  Rhubarb  Root. 
By  M  Kubli   614 
Report  on  Pressed  Ergot.   By  John  Moss,  P.I.C., 
F.CS  ,   619 
On  the  Extraction  of  the  Alkaloids  from  Cinchona 
Bark  by  Dilute  Acids.    By  Dr.  J.  E.  De  Vrij, 
CLE   622 
Varieties....     630 
Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  ..*.....  630 
Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations   631 
Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices  632 
Obituary   640 
ITEMS.— Coca  Leaf  Cigars  and  Cigarettes,  613.  Qui- 
nine Lactate,  621. 
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