THE 
AMERICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY, 
PUBLISHED  BY  AUTHORITY  OF  THE 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
EDITED  BY 
WILLIAM  PROCTER,  Jr. 
Professor  of  Pharmacy  in  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
PUBLISHING  COMMITTEE  FOR  1856, 
PROFESSOR  BRIDGES,  CHARLES  ELLIS, 
ALFRED  B.   TAYLOR,  EDWARD  PARRISH. 
VOLUME  XXVIII.  - 
^<£> 
THIRD  SERIES,  VOL.  IV. 
X         OFFICE  J 
PHILADELPHIA: 
MERRIHEW  &  THOMPSON,  PRINTERS, 
Lodge  Street,  north  side  Pennsylvania  Bank. 
1856. 
