IV 
CONTENTS. 
No. II. 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
Address delivered to the graduates of the Philadelphia College of 
Pharmacy, April 23d, 1839. By Joseph Carson, M. D„ 
Prof, of Mat. Med. and Pharmacy, 89 
On Dictamnus Albus. By Augustine Duhamel, .... 103 
On the manufacture of Sulphuric Acid, ..... 108 
SELECTED ARTICLES. 
On the application of Platinum upon other Metals. By M. Melly, 112 
Observations on the Anatomical and Physiological nature of the 
Ergot of Rye, and some other Grasses. By Edwin J. Que- 
kett, Esq., F. L. S., &c. Lecturer on Botany at the London 
Hospital, and Aldersgate School of Medicine, . . . 116 
Researches upon Salicin, and the products derived therefrom. By 
M. R. Piria, 133 
On the Preservation of Vinegar, 158 
Case of Poisoning by Gin, . , 160 
Detection of Adulteration in Chocolate, 165 
Bi-Meconate of Morphia. By P. Squire, Esq., .... 166 
Necrology, 168 
Miscelt.anv, . . , 169 
