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JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY, 
PUBLISHED  BY  AUTHORITY  OF  THE 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
EDITED  BY 
JOHN   M.  MAISCH. 
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Fourth  Series.]  MAY,  1884.  Vol.  XIV,  No.  5 
CONTENTS. 
A  Sketch  of  the  Life  of  Robert-  Bridges,  M.D.  By 
W.  S.  W.  Ruschenberger,  M.D   241 
Alcohol  Tables  of  Hehner  and  of  Pile.  By  A.  B. 
Lyons,  M.D   251 
Sorghum  Sugar.   By  Oscar  Houck,  Ph. 6   256 
The  Alkaloids  of  Coptis  Trifolia.  By  John  J. 
Schultz   261 
Oleum  Gaultherise.  By  Isaac  Edward  Leonard, 
Ph.G   264 
On  the  Composition  of  Oil  of  Gaultheria.  By  Har- 
lan P.  Pettigrew,  Ph.G   265 
Salicylic  Acid  as  a  Food  Preservative   268 
Tin  in  Canned  Foods.   By  Professor  Attfield,  F.R.S.  269 
Saponin  from  Saponaria  Officinalis.  By  C.  Schiap- 
arelli   273 
Saponin  from  Quillaia.   ByE.Stutz   276 
Aconite  Root.    By  E.  R.  Squibb,  M.D   277 
The  Estimation  of  the  Alkaloids  in  the  Root  of 
Atropa  Belladonna.    By  Wyndham  R.  Dunstan 
and  F.Ransom   279 
Notes  on  Tincture  of  Hyoscyamus.    By  William 
Gilmour   284 
Kairine  and  Kairoline.    By  Filehne   291 
Varieties   292 
Minutes  of  the  College   294 
Minutes  of  Pharmaceutical  Meeting   298 
Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations   298 
Editorial  Department   299 
Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.....   300 
ITEMS :— Artificial  Food  for  Children,  278 
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