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JANUARY,  1884. 
Vol.  XIV,  No.  1 
CONTENTS. 
Canella  Alba.    By  John  P.  Frey,  Ph.G  
The  Fruit  of  Opuntia  Vulgaris,  Lin.    By  William 
W.  Light,  Ph.G  
Luffa  Aegvptiaca.    By  Reinhard  J.  Weber,  Ph.G.... 
Practical  Notes.    By  Thorn  is  S.  Wiegand,  Ph.G  
Impurities  in  Chloride  of  Barium.  By  A.  E.  Brown. 
Bleaching  Powder  and  Analogous  Compounds.  By 
G.  Lunge  and  P  Naef  
Notes  on  the  Soda  Industry.     By  A.  Scheurer- 
Kestner  
Acidum  Oleicum— Oleic  Acid.  By  Dr.  E.  R  Squibb. 
Vegetable  Tallow  from   Singapore.      By   E.  M. 
Holmes,  F.L.S  
The  Purgative  Principle  of  Croton  Oil.    By  Harold 
Senier  
The  Vesicating  Principle  of  Croton  Oil.  By  Harold 
Senier  
Naphthol :  Its  Medicinal  Uses  and  Value  
Contribution  to  the  Pharmacy  of  the  Pomegranate. 
By  Louis  Siebold  :  
Notes  and  Suggestions  upon  Tincture  of  Nux  Vom- 
ica.   By  Wyndham  R.  Dunstan  
|   On  Extract  of  Nux  Vomica.  By    Wyndham  R. 
|      Dunstan  .'   37 
I    Aconitine  for  Internal  Administration.    By  T.  B. 
I      Groves     in 
i    Notes  on  Cinchona  Alkaloids.    By  C.  H.  Wood  and 
E  L.  Barret   4:; 
!    Theobromine.    By  K.  Schmidt  and  II.  Pressler   44 
j    Action  of  Hydrochloric  Acid  on  Caffeine.    By  E. 
1      Schmidt   4<; 
i    Thermometric  Measurements.    By  J.  M.  Crafts   47 
Eisily  Oxidisable  Constituents  of  Plants.    By  J. 
Reinke   40 
Varieties...   51 
Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting   52 
Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices   53 
Obituary   57 
Class  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmrcy. 
Sixty-third  Annual  Session,  ISSo — 1884   58 
ITEMS :— Boracic  Acid  not  Harmless,  21.  Sulpho- 
Carbolate  of  Sodium,  42.    Napelline,  45. 
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