Vi. CONTENTS. 
No. IV. 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
Notice of a new species of Lytta. By Joseph Carson, 
M. D., - - - 
Notes on the species of Cassia which yield the Senna. By 
Joseph Carson, M. D., (Continued from, the last.) - 
A brief sketch of the progress and present state of Pharma- 
cy in the United States of America. By William 
R. Fisher, Graduate of Pharmacy and Associate 
Member of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, - 
Medico-Botanical Notices. No. XII. 
SELECTED ARTICLES. 
Analysis of the Root of Rheum Australe, cultivated in the 
vicinity of Paris. By M. Ossian Henry, - - 282 
On the Bleaching Compounds of Chlorine. By M. Mar- 
tins, Prof, of Chemistry, University of Louvain. 
Translated by William W. Smith, - - - 292 
Separation of Arsenic. By Mr. James Marsh, of the Royal 
Arsenal, Woolwich, - 309 
New method of administering Cubebs. By M. Labelonye, 
Pharmaceutist, Paris, - - - - 315 
Hydrosulphuric and Hydroselenic Ethers. By C. Lowig, - 319 
On the use of Lead in Eudiometry. By M. Theodore de 
Saussure, - - - - - -321 
On the Preparation of Protoiodide of Mercury. By P. H. 
Boutigny, ------ 326 
On the Combinations of Tartaric and Paratartaric Acids 
with Ether and Hydrate of Mytelene. By M. Gue- 
rin Vairy, - - - - - - 328 
Notice of a New Salt of Copper. By F. Wohler, - - 330 
On the presence of Arsenic in Phosphorus, - - 331 
Upon a reddish blue colouring matter which forms from the 
decomposition of Oscillarias. By Prof. Nees d' 
Esenbeck of Bonne, - - - 334 
Reduction of the Deutoxide of Mercury in Ointments, - 338 
Troches of Ipecacuanha, - - - , - 339 
Note upon the Distilled Oil of Caoutchouc, - - 340 
Action of Sulphuric Acid upon Oils, - - - 342 
Minutes of the College of Pharmacy, - - - 343 
Miscellany, ------ 345 
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