THE

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY,

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE

PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY.

EDITED BY

JOSEPH CARSON, M. D.

Prof. Mat. Med. in Phil. Coll. Pharm.

NEW SERIES-VOLUME III.

PHILADELPHIA:
PRINTED BY MERRIHEW AND GUNN,

No. 7 Carter's Alley.

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1838.

C. ADAMSON and O. HULL, New York; R. E. GRIFFITH, M.D., late Prof. of Mat. Med. in University of Maryland; W. R. FISHER, M.D., Prof. of Chem. and Pharm. in the University of Maryland, and G. W. ANDREWS, Baltimore; J. BIGELOW, M.D., Boston; J. EBERLE, M.D., Cincinnati; and R. PETER, M.D., Lexington.

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CONTENTS.

No. I.

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ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

Criticisms and suggestions respecting Nomenclature. By Robert

Hare, M. D., Professor of Chemistry in the University of

Pennsylvania. Also, a letter from the celebrated J. J.

Berzelius.

Notes on Falsifications and Adulterations. No. 1.

Capsules of Gelatin. (Capsules Gelatineuses; Dublanc et Mothes,

a Paris.) By Alfred Guillou, Graduate of Phil. Coll.

Pharm.

SELECTED ARTICLES.

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On Nitric Ether. By R. Hare, M. D., Professor of Chemistry

in the University of Pennsylvania..

Improved Cryophorus. By R. Hare, M. D., Professor of Che-

mistry in the University of Pennsylvania.

Of the Calagirah or Calageri of India, Vermifuge Seeds preferred

to the Semen Contra. By J. J. Virey.

Falsifications of Wine Vinegar and the means of detecting them.

By A. Chevallier.

Analysis of Tartar Emetic. By Mr. Richardson.

Extract from a Report made to the Royal Academy of Medicine,

July, 1836, upon a method of Purifying Common Manna,

and converting it into Flake Manna. By M. Dausse.

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