VI 
CONTENTS. 
No. IV. 
Lecture, Introductory to the Course on Practical Pharmacy, 
delivered at the Hall of the Philadelphia College of Phar- 
macy, October 25th, 1847. By William Procter, Jr. - 241 
Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical. By George 
Fownes, Ph. D., Chemical Lecturer, &c. Edited with 
notes by R. Bridges, M. D., Prof, of Chemistry in the 
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, &c. Second American 
edition. - - - - - 258 
Pharmaceutical Notices. By William Procter, Jr. - - 259 
Adulterations of various Substances used in Medicine and the 
Arts, and the means of detecting them, intended as a 
Manual for the Physician, the Apothecary, and the Artisan. 
By Lewis C. Beck, M. D.. Professor of Chemistry in 
Rutger's College, New Jersey, and in the Albany Medical 
College, &c. - - - - . - 266 
On the Anti-Septic and Disinfecting Powers of Chloride of Zinc 
and Nitrate of Lead, ..... 269 
On a Chlorometric Process for the Valuation of Bleaching 
Powder. By F. Grace Calvert, Esq. - - - 276 
Experiments on Valerianic Acid. By Dr. L. AschofT, - 283 
On the Manufacture of Artificial Gum. By M. Emile Thomas, 284 
On some Spurious sorts of Opium. By M. Batka, - - 291 
On Poisoning by Vegetables, or their proximate principles in 
general, and by Opium and Morphine in particular. By 
M. Ch. Flandin, ...... 294 
On the Preparation of the Iodide of Lead. By M. Boudet, - 298 
On the Removal of the Bitter Taste of Sulphate of Magnesia. 
By M. Combes, ------ 300 
On the Most Advantageous Method of Extracting Iodine from 
Dilute Solutions. By J. Persoz, - - - - 301 
On the Action of Volatile Oils on the Sulphates in an Aqueous 
Menstruum. By Mr. William Bastick, - - 303 
Circular of the New York College of Pharmacy relative to the 
Adulteration of Drugs, - 305 
Minutes of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, - - 309 
Miscellany, - - - - - - 315 
