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INDEX. 
AssafoBtida, experiments on - - - 75 
Atropia, its medical use, ----- 95 
Auro-cyanide of potassium, its use in electro gilding, - 237 
Aventurine, artificial - - - - 110 
Balsam of copaiba, tests of its purity, - - 187 
Baryta water and salts, preparation of 233 
Bastard ipecacuanha, - - - - 19 
Bebeerine, constitution of - - - 113 
Bitter taste of sulphate of magnesia removed by tannin, - 300 
Bleaching powder, process for determining the strength of - 276 
Blood stains, method of distinguishing them from other stains, 319 
Blue copper, artificial - - - - - 216 
Brucine, action of nitric acid on 237 
Cannabine, process for preparing 39 
Carbonate of zinc, ointment of - - - - 91 
Cardamoms of Abyssinia, ----- 132 
Carmine, preparation of - - - - -108 
Caution to druggists and housekeepers relative to oil of bitter 
almonds, - - - - - - 316 
Changes produced in drugs by the solar rays, - - 144 
li in tincture of iodine by keeping, 54 
China, pharmacy in ----- 320 
Chinese pharmacy, - - - - - -129 
Chiniodine or quin iodine, - - - - - 41 
" preparation of - - - 45 
Chloride of iron, syrup of iodide and 64 
" of soda a test for guaiacum in jalap resin, - - 238 
" of zinc, its anti-septic power, - 269 
Chlorometric process, on a - - 276 
Cinchona bark, on a variety of - 178 
Circular of the New York College of Pharmacy relative to 
adulterations, ------ 305 
Citrate of magnesia, - - - - 218, 264 
Clarification of honey, on the varieties and - 228 
Cobalt from ZafFre, the purification of 37 
Concentration of commercial nitric acid, 24 
Copaiba, tests for the purity of balsam of - 187 
Corrosive sublimate, a simple method of preparing - - 232 
Cucumber ointment, - - - - - 16 
Cultivation of English rhubarb, on the - - 199 
Culture of vanilla, - - - - - - 317 
