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AUGUST,  1884. 
Vol.  XIV,  No.  8 
CONT 
Menispermum  Canadense.     By  Harry  Lee  Bar- 
ber, Ph.G   401 
Menthol.   By  Prof.  Henry  Trimble   405 
Ferrick  Chlorides.    By  R.  Bother   407 
Thernio-Chemistry  of  Haloid  Salts.  By  Berthelot.  414 
The  "Drop"  Method  of  Chemical  Analysis.   By  Dr. 
H.  Hager   416 
The  Valuation  of  Tartar  Emetic.   By  W.  B.  Hart..  417 
Note  on  Kamala.    By  William  Kirkby,  Ph.C   419 
Waras.    By  W.  T.  Thiselton  Dyer,  C.  M.  G.,  F.  E.  S.  423 
The  Bitter  Substance  of  Hops.    By  Dr.  H.  Bun- 
gen  er   427 
A  New  Glucoside  from  Strychnos  Nux-Vomica.  By 
Wyndhani  E.  Dunstan  and  F.  W.  Short   431 
Bolivian  Cinchona  Forests   434 
Inquiry  into  the  Eeducing  Action  of  Vaseline  and 
Paraffine  on  Permanganate  of  Potassium  and 
E  NTS. 
Nitrate  of  Silver  when  Contained  in  Pills.  By 
Geo.  Smith,  F.  C.  S   436 
Note  on  Tu-Tu  (Coriaria  Ruscifolias.)     By  T.  H. 
Hustwick  :   439 
The  Nomenclature  of  the  Alkaloids  of  Atropa  Bel- 
ladonna and  Datura  Stramonium.  By  E.  Sch- 
midt ,   440 
India  Eubber  and  Gutta  Percha  Cultivation  in 
Ceylon   442 
Minutes  of  the  College   445 
Editorial  Department   477 
Eeviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices   448 
Obituary   448 
ITEMS  :— Iodoform  Plaster,  426. 
tive  of  Stone,  430. 
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