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voi.se      AMERICAN  No-7 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY, 
PUBLISHED  BY  AUTHORITY  OF  THE 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
EDITED  BY 
JOHN  M.  MAISCH. 
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JULY,  1884. 
Vol.  XIV,  No.  7 
CONTENTS. 
B  smuth  and  Pepsin.   Bv  R.  Rother   353 
On  Syrup  of  Tolu.    By  E.  Claassen   356 
Syrup  of  Hvpophosphites  with  Iron.    By  Charles 
D.  Randall   357 
Bay  cur  u  Boot.    By  Frederick  Augustus  Dalpe, 
Ph.G   361 
Analysis  of  Barley.  By  Frank  X.  Moerk,  Ph.G...  366 
Contribution  to  the  More  Exact  Knowledge  of  the 
Chemical  Nature  of  Starch- grains.   ByB.  Bruk- 
Der   371 
Constituents  of  White  Agnric.    By  E.  Jahns   373 
Codeine  Hydrobromide.    By  D.  B.  Dott    374 
Alkaloids  of  Angustura  Bark.    By  Koerner  and 
C.  Bohnnger       375 
The  Essential  Oils  of  Blumea  Lacera,  DC,  and 
Sphaeranthus  Indicus,  Linn.    By  W.  Dyinock...  377 
Spiritus  iEtheris  Nitrosi :  Composition  in  Relation 
to  Deterioration.    By  Peter  Mace  wan   378 
Spirit  of  Nitrous  Ether.    By  D.  B.  Dott,  F  R.S.E...  385 
Olive  Oil  and  its  Production   391 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association   393 
Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations   394 
Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices   398 
Editorial  Department   399 
Obituary  ,   400 
ITEMS :— Remedy  for  Rhus  Poisoning,  355.  Crystals 
of  Potassium  Nitrate  obtained  from  the  Juice  ot 
Plants,  :.65.  Hydrobromic  Acid,  365,  Nicotine  and 
Alcohol  Antidotal  to  Strychnine,  376.  A  Solution  of 
Gallic  Acid,  390. 
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