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vol.  se  AMERICAN 
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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.] 
NOVEMBER,  1884. 
Vol.  XIV,  No.  11 
CONT 
Pharmaceutical  Stills  and  Vapor  Condenser.  By 
L.  Wolff,  M.D   561 
The  Root  of  Phytolacca  Decandra,  Linne.  By 
Edmond  Preston,  Jr.,  Ph.G   567 
Laboratory  Notes   570 
Gleanings  from  Scandinavian  Journals.   By  Hans 
M.  Wilder.,   573 
The  Homoquiiune  of  Cuprea  Bark.    By  B.  H.  Paul 
and  A.  J.  Cownley   575 
Bark  of  "Bois  Piquant."    By  E.  Heckel  and  F. 
Schlagdenhauffen   579 
A  Glucoside  from  Uoldoa  Fragrans.   By  P.  Chapo- 
teaut   580 
Chemistry  of  Plants.    By  M.  Ballo  .581 
On  Iodine  in  Cod  Liver  Oil  and  Other  Marine 
Products.   By  Edward  C.  C.  Stanford,  F.C.S.   582 
The  Bee-keeping  Industry  in  America.   By  John 
L.  Dow   585 
ENTS. 
Milk.   By  E.  Duclaux   591 
An  Improved  Metliod  of  Preparing  Ointment  of 
Salicylic  Acid.   By  Balmanno  Squire,  M.B   594 
Practical  Notes.   By  the  Editor   597 
Varieties  .'  598 
Minutes  of  the  College   599 
Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting   601 
Alumni  Association,  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy  602 
Editon'al  Department   602 
Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices..   603 
ITEMS  :—Codeine  Jelly,  574.  Antipyrine,  578.  Tin  in 
Preserved  Food,  580.  Hyoscine,  584.  Bromine  as  a 
Disinfectant,  590.  Determination  of  the  Value  of 
Extract  of  Malt,  593.  Influence  of  Salicylic  Acid  on 
Alcoholic  Fermentation,  596. 
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