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CONTENTS. 
Observations on Discoloration of the Skin from the internal use of 
Nitrate of Silver, and on the means of Preventing and Re- 
moving that effect. By Charles Patterson, M. D. - 328 
Antidote to Corrosive Sublimate. By J. M. Wallace, - - 332 
Preparation of Decoctum Aloes Compositum, ... - 334 
Compound of Boron and Oxygen, ------ 336 
Minutes of the Pharmaceutical Meetings, - 341 
Minutes of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, - - - 346 
Necrology, - 348 
MISCELLANY. 
Curcumine, the Coloring Matter of Turmeric, - 350 
New Method of Preparing Chloride of Zinc, - 350 
Hyposulphite of Soda, - -- -- -- - 351 
Sialagogues, 351 
Phloridine, - 352 
Quinine found in the Urine and in the Blood, - 352 
Manna, - -- -- -- -- -- 353 
Nature of the Fat Substance of Milk, 353 
