This Constitution may be altered or amended by a vote of three-fourths
of the members present at any regular meeting, and notice to alter
or amend the same shall be given at least one sitting before a vote
thereupon.
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CODE OF ETHICS OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION.
The American Pharmaceutical Association, composed of Pharmaceutists and
Druggists throughout the United States, feeling a strong interest in
the success and advancement of their profession in its practical and
scientific relations, and also impressed with the belief that no amount
of knowledge and skill will protect themselves and the public from the
ill effects of an undue competition, and the temptations to gain at the
expense of quality, unless they are upheld by high moral obligations in
the path of duty, have subscribed to the following _Code of Ethics_ for
the government of their professional conduct.
ART. I. As the practice of pharmacy can only become uniform by an open
and candid intercourse being kept up between apothecaries and druggists
among themselves and each other, by the adoption of the National
Pharmacopœia as a guide in the preparation of officinal medicines, by
the discontinuance of secret formulæ and the practices arising from
a quackish spirit, and by an encouragement of that _esprit du corps_
which will prevent a resort to those disreputable practices arising out
of an injurious and wicked competition;—_Therefore_, the members of
this Association agree to uphold the use of the Pharmacopœia in their
practice; to cultivate brotherly feeling among the members, and to
discountenance quackery and dishonorable competition in their business.
ART. II. As labor should have its just reward, and as the skill,
knowledge and responsibility required in the practice of pharmacy are
great, the remuneration of the pharmaceutist’s services should be
proportioned to these, rather than to the market value of preparations
vended. The rate of charges will necessarily vary with geographical
position, municipal location, and other circumstances of a permanent
character, but a resort to intentional and unnecessary reduction in
the rate of charges among apothecaries, with a view to gaining at
the expense of their brethren, is strongly discountenanced by this
Association as productive of evil results.
ART. III. The first duty of the apothecary, after duly preparing
himself for his profession, being to procure good drugs and
prepartions, (for without these his skill and knowledge are of small
avail,) he frequently has to rely on the good faith of the druggists
for their selection. {379} Those druggists whose knowledge, skill and
integrity enable them to conduct their business faithfully, should
be encouraged, rather than those who base their claims to patronage
on the cheapness of their articles solely. When accidentally or
otherwise, a deteriorated, or adulterated drug or medicine is sent to
the apothecary, he should invariably return it to the druggist, with a
statement of its defects. What is too frequently considered as a mere
error of trade on the part of the druggist becomes a _highly culpable_
act when countenanced by the apothecary; hence, when repetitions of
such frauds occur, they should be exposed for the benefit of the
profession. A careful but firm pursuit of this course would render
well-disposed druggists more careful, and deter the fraudulently
inclined from a resort to their disreputable practices.
ART. IV. As the practice of pharmacy is quite distinct from the
practice of medicine, and has been found to flourish in proportion as
its practitioners have confined their attention to its requirements;
and as the conducting of the business of both professions by the
same individual involves pecuniary temptations which are often not
compatible with a conscientious discharge of duty; we consider that
the members of this Association should discountenance all such
professional amalgamation; and in conducting business at the counter,
should avoid prescribing for diseases when practicable, referring
applicants for medical advice to the physician. We hold it as
unprofessional and highly reprehensible for apothecaries to allow any
per centage or commission to physicians on their prescriptions, as
unjust to the public, and hurtful to the independence and self-respect
of both parties concerned. We also consider that the practice of
some physicians, (in places where good apothecaries are numerous) of
obtaining medicines at low prices from the latter, and selling them to
their patients, is not only unjust and unprofessional, but deserving
the censure of all high-minded medical men.
ART. V. The important influence exerted on the practice of pharmacy
by the large proportion of physicians who have resigned its duties
and emoluments to the apothecary, are reasons why he should seek
their favorable opinion and cultivate their friendship, by earnest
endeavors to furnish their patients with pure and well-prepared
medicines. As physicians are liable to commit errors in writing their
prescriptions, involving serious consequences to health and reputation
if {380} permitted to leave the shop, the apothecary should always,
when he deems an error has been made, consult the physician before
proceeding; yet in the delay which must necessarily occur, it is his
duty, when possible, to accomplish the interview without compromising
the reputation of the physician. On the other hand, when apothecaries
commit errors involving ill consequences, the physician, knowing the
constant liability to error, should feel bound to screen them from
undue censure, unless the result of a culpable negligence.
ART. VI. As we owe a debt of gratitude to our predecessors for the
researches and observations which have so far advanced our scientific
art, we hold that every apothecary and druggist is bound to contribute
his mite towards the same fund, by noting the new ideas and phenomena
which may occur in the course of his business, and publishing them,
when of sufficient consequence, for the benefit of the profession.
VARIA—EDITORIAL.
THE JOURNAL.—With the present number, the first volume of the Journal
is completed. In a pecuniary point of view its success has fully
equalled the expectations of its originators; it is no longer an
experiment, but is established on a firm basis, and will be continued
with increased energy and a larger experience in the art of journalism.
We have tried to keep faithfully in view the objects with which the
Journal was commenced; while we have endeavored to present to our
readers whatever of general interest or importance has been published
abroad, we have the gratification to believe that some contributions
to the general stock have first appeared in our pages which would
otherwise never have seen the light. But those who confine the benefit
of a journal solely to the information it imparts have but a limited
view of its usefulness; an account of what is done abroad excites
but little emulation compared with far humbler efforts made by our
own friends, and in our own neighborhood, and the encouragement and
promotion of such efforts is a large good, quite independent of the
results that may be attained. The mere attempt to write on a subject
like scientific pharmacy leads to a close scanning of the foundation of
our opinions, to renewed experiments to ascertain their justness, to
more enlightened views of the connection and bearing of our science.
In this way we hope to see the good done by the {381} Journal greatly
increased. The contributors to its pages have hitherto been but few
in number, but its columns are open to all. They are controlled by no
clique, are subservient to no views of merely personal advancement, and
we will gladly, welcome communications from all quarters, judging of
them only by their merit and usefulness.
THE DRUG INSPECTION LAW.
We had intended to have made some remarks on the debate which took
place in the Convention regarding the admission of certain articles,
under the law for the inspection of imported drugs, which, though
possessing medicinal properties are, we believe, merely used for the
purpose of adulterating other and better articles, but willingly
give place to the subjoined communication from Dr. Guthrie, which,
on the whole, advocates views similar to our own. With regard to the
Carthagena barks, as they are termed, we confess to a desire for
further information. Those barks vary very much from each other.
Though not rich in quinia, some of them contain a large per centage of
alkaloids, which are closely allied to it. We hope that the committee
to whom the subject was referred by the Convention will not only cause
proper analyses to be made of the commercial varieties of these barks,
but will have experiments instituted regarding their comparative
therapeutic value. The Hospitals of our country afford abundant cases
of malarious disease, and, we have no doubt, the physicians attached
to them would be ready to institute trials which would afford a
satisfactory solution to this important question.
GEO. D. GOGGESHALL,
_My Dear Sir_,—The proceedings of the National Pharmaceutical
Convention have just come to hand, and been perused by me, with no
ordinary degree of interest.
You have known somewhat of my anxiety concerning these preliminary and
forming stages of an Association of this character, and will readily
believe that I have awaited the results of the late Convention, from
which, most unfortunately for myself, I was compelled to be absent,
with great solicitude. That solicitude has been relieved, and in
its stead I have the assurance that a good foundation to a National
structure has been laid, towards which hope points and expectation
looks with joyous anticipations of future good.
I may be permitted to congratulate you upon the successful labors
of the convention, and more especially upon the fact that you have
avoided any untenable false ground both in the convention and
organization of the Association.
That old stumbling block of “all drugs good of their kind,” in
reference to our Drug Law, I see made its appearance again, but
this time from a quarter I {382} little expected. But it had,
notwithstanding its new paternity and eminent godfathership, only, so
far as I can see, the same lame, diffuse and weak conclusions to back
it.
I was the more surprised at seeing the resolution in the form offered
as coming from my friend Dr. Stewart, of Baltimore, because I had
considered him as one who held entirely opposite opinions, and from
this fact, that in a communication made to me in January last, as
special agent of the Treasury Department, charged with the examination
of the practical workings of the Drug Law, he says, “I have inspected
several hundred thousand dollars worth of one drug which requires some
particular notice, as I understand your views and mine correspond with
regard to it, and you have succeeded in arranging a uniform system of
examination at the different ports.
The prominent principles upon which its value is based vary from
about one to four per cent. The commercial article of the best
varieties is graduated by the quantity of valuable element above
referred to, but with regard to the inferior kinds this is not the
case, as I have found upon repeated analyses that what are called
bastard varieties (which are not used for extracting the valuable
principles above referred to) _sell at_ higher prices in proportion
to their resemblance to the _officinal kinds_. Even in cases where
they contain no valuable medicinal constituents they are invoiced at 3
to 4 times the price of the other varieties on board the same vessel
containing 3 per cent. Now if our object in this law is to discourage
the introduction of those articles that are used for the purpose of
adulterating medicines, it is manifest that the true interest of
all will be served by admitting those only of the bastard varieties
that are _equal_ to the inferior officinal varieties, particularly
as they happen to be at a lower cost and are very abundant.” This
is Dr. Stewart, Jan. 9, 1852. The whole of his report to me, a very
interesting and able document, I intend publishing, and have delayed
it for the purpose of accompanying it with some other matter of the
same nature, not yet in hand.
If I understand him correctly, he took entirely opposite ground in the
Convention, and I certainly shall look with no ordinary interest for
some explanation of a change so entire, in one whose position and well
earned reputation give him importance and great influence in the final
settlement of this matter. What new light has shone upon his path?
What new facts has he to offer? I say _final_ settlement, because I
see by the appointment of a committee to whom the matter was referred,
that the whole subject is but laid over. Although the convention
negatived the resolution, as it did a _similar_ one a year ago in New
York, they seem disposed to endow the question with as many lives as
are fabled of the cat.
Notwithstanding all the reasoning of the author of the resolution,
backed by the eminent professor, and aided by other reasons, thick
no doubt as blackberries, you practical men who buy and sell these
articles, were not convinced and never will be. They may cry out for
“tooth powder,” until the demand for dentrifice shall quadruple, and
tell us of the legitimate use of Carthagena or Maracaibo barks; (what
is its legitimate use?) all in vain, for it is too well {383} known
that the main use of the article is to adulterate the genuine barks.
Why does the Drug examiner at Baltimore, Dr. Stewart, say that the
“bastard varieties _sell at higher_ prices in proportion to their
_resemblance to the officinal kinds_?” Why this demand for such as
resemble the genuine, but to supply it to the buyers of Peruvian bark
for the genuine and officinal. There can be no other conclusion.
If more proof is wanting I take the remark of the gentleman from
New-York, that the “house he was connected with sold large quantities
in powder, and the parties purchasing did so knowing its origin.” No
one could doubt this statement, at least as to the quantity annually
purchased, who will go through half-a-dozen drug stores in any of the
country villages or small towns any where in our country from Maine to
Louisiana.
He will have offered prime, best quality cinchona bark for 40 to 100
cents almost any where, and in one half the cases the venders believe
they are selling what they offer, for they bought it for that. Is this
not so, or is it all bought for “tooth powder?” One half the druggists
who go to our large cities, buy “pale yellow” and red bark, and never
think to enquire for the inferior barks, and once drive these last
from our seaboard cities, and we shall have done with them.
You are aware that I have had some opportunity of becoming acquainted
with the drug trade of our country, and I assure you that throughout
its length and breadth there is more worthless Peruvian bark sold and
consumed by far than of the genuine, mostly, I hope through ignorance,
but many times knowingly on the part of the dealer.
The same that has been said of these false barks, may be said of
English rhubarb; when it is not sold for and in the place of Turkey,
it is used to make powdered Turkey out of. But the resolution does not
stop short at these two articles, as the discussion seemed to. There
is “false jalap” undoubtedly good of its kind, but unfortunately for
the buyer the kind is good for nothing, although it makes extract of
jalap, that in looks cannot be told from the genuine.
There is also Egyptian opium, and a false Sarsaparilla and many other
important drugs, that should have received the attention of the
friends of this resolution, all of which, I beg to assure them, are
undoubtedly good of their kind.
But I have written more than I designed by far, as the subject grows
upon my hands, though I regard it a very important one, and vitally so
to the drug law which lies at the very foundation of all beneficial
results to grow out of this association, and the position of the
association as to the whole subject is equally important, for if we
unfortunately commit ourselves to a wrong principle in the start, and
especially upon this standard of purity as applicable to our Drug
examiners, which is now regarded as a test question by the community
at large, we lose all hold upon their confidence, and with it all hope
of effecting any good either to ourselves as a profession or to the
community in general.
My chief object in addressing you this communication (intended for
the New York Journal of Pharmacy, if you choose so to use it) is to
record my experience as differing in toto from those of Dr. Stewart
and Prof. Carson, and to elicit a full discussion of the whole matter.
Let us have light! light! light enough to {384} settle this question,
especially about the barks, for they are the source of this whole
contention after all. There must be data enough to be had, upon which
to form an opinion, and a correct one as to the medicinal virtues of
Maracaibo, and Carthagena barks, as well as of English rhubarb, false
jalap, Egyptian opium etc., etc.
I shall be perfectly satisfied if the labors of this committee result
in fixing a definite standard of strength, or amount of alkaloids
required to be found in barks before consumed for medicine, and
therefore admissible under the act, but satisfied at nothing short
of this, for till that is done there will never be any uniformity in
the action of the law. I had designed to make some remarks upon the
requirements of the law and its needed emendation which I must defer
to more leisure.
Yours, etc., C. B. GUTHRIE.
Memphis, Tenn., November 2, 1852.
A DISCOURSE ON THE TIMES, CHARACTER AND WRITINGS OF HIPPOCRATES,
READ BEFORE THE TRUSTEES, FACULTY AND MEDICAL CLASS OF THE COLLEGE
OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, AT THE OPENING OF THE TERM, 1852, BY
ELISHA BARTLETT, M. D., PROFESSOR OF MATERIA MEDICA, AND MEDICAL
JURISPRUDENCE. Published by the Class.
Introductory lectures are generally very common-place affairs. Custom
has prescribed that every year the different medical schools shall be
opened with them; and custom, too, has prescribed for them a certain
limited range of topics. Year after year, in a hundred places, the
same round is gone over, and the same good advice is listened to, and
neglected. Dr. Bartlett has broken through all this. He has chosen for
the subject of his discourse the Character and Writings of the Father
of Medicine, and he has illustrated them well and thoroughly. This is
not the place for a detailed notice of the lecture. Yet we cannot but
call attention to the playful humour, the kindly and genial spirit
which set off and enliven its details, and which, breathing from the
whole air and features of the man, render him one of the most agreeable
lecturers to whom we have ever listened.
EXCHANGES.—Hitherto the exchanges of this journal have not been
conducted with proper regularity. It has neither been transmitted
punctually to other journals, nor have they been received regularly
in return. For the future this will be corrected; the journal
will be forwarded immediately on its publication; and we hope our
contemporaries will observe a like regularity with us.
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CONTENTS.
Accidents caused by a very small dose of Santonine given to a child,
. . . 16
Act relative to the sale of drugs, . . . 62
Action of Sulphuric Acid on the insoluble residue left by opium,
exhausted by water. Formation of a new alkaloid, . . . 318
Adulteration of certain drugs, and the methods of detecting said
adulteration, . . . 73
Adulteration of sulphate of quinine, . . . 142
Aleppo Scammony, results of the examination of several parcels of,
. . . 165
Alcohol in essential oils, a test for, . . . 154
Aloe Juice, Socotrine, . . . 235
Aloine, the crystalline cathartic principle of Barbadoes aloes, . . .
177
Aloine, . . . 318
American Journal of Pharmacy, . . . 252
Amount of loss in powdering drugs, . . . 225
Anodyne liquor, Hoffman’s, . . . 209
Application of Organic Chemistry to perfumery, . . . 148
Barbadoes Aloes, Aloine, the cathartic principle of, . . . 177
Barium Compounds, . . . 161
Bark, extract of, . . . 317
Belladonna, accidental substitution of, for extract of dandelion,
. . . 321
Bestucheff’s tincture, . . . 233
Blistering cerate, . . . 72
Broom, Chemical examination of, . . . 189
Butter of Cacao, . . . 224
Camphor, as a stimulant, . . . 63
Carbonate of potash, preparation of pure, . . . 33
Carbonate of Soda, preparation of pure, . . . 36
Cavendish Society, . . . 64
Cerate, blistering, . . . 72
Cicuta, . . . 299
Cider, poisoning by adulterated, . . . 287
Chemical technology, . . . 128
Cherry laurel water, strength of, . . . 26
Chloric ether, . . . 48
Chloroform, as a solvent, . . . 197
Chloroform, remarkable specimen of decomposed, . . . 116
Chloroform, prepared from essences of lemon, copaiba, peppermint and
bergamotte, . . . 157
Chromic acid, an escharotic, . . . 127
Chronic diseases, cure of by movement, . . . 221
Coal gas, used as a source of heat in laboratories, . . . 296
Cod liver oil, chemical composition of, . . . 240
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Code of ethics of the American Pharmaceutical Association, . . . 378
Coffinism, . . . 63
Colchicum Autumnale, . . . 95
College of Pharmacy, . . . 128, 352
Colored fires for pyrotechnical purposes, . . . 248
Committee of College of Pharmacy, . . . 3
Comments on comments, . . . 252
Constitution of the American Pharmaceutical Association, . . . 375
Convention of the American Pharmaceutical Association, . . . 159, 252,
285, 331, 352
Convention delegates to, . . . 224
Croton oil, Chemical examination of, . . . 172
Dandelion, compound fluid extract of Senna and, . . . 15
Delegates to the Convention, . . . 224
Delegates to the National Pharmaceutical Convention, . . . 320
Division of gum resins in potions and in diachylon plaster, . . . 58
Drugs, adulteration of, . . . 73
Drugs, law, report on, . . . 264
Drugs, amount of loss in powdering, . . . 225
Dry Extracts, . . . 158
Envelopment of pills, . . . 146
Emplastrum epispasticum, . . . 255
Ergotine, preparation of propylamine from, . . . 280
Escharotic, chromic acid as an, . . . 127
Essential oil of bitter almonds, . . . 205
Essential oils, test for alcohol in, . . . 154
Essence of jargonelle pear, . . . 60
Essence of pine apple, . . . 114
Estimation of strength of Medicinal Hydrocianic acid, of bitter almond
water, and of cherry laurel water, . . . 26
Ether, chloric, . . . 197
Extract of bark, . . . 317
Extract of belladonna, accidental substitution of, for extract of
dandelion, . . . 321
Extract of Senna and dandelion, . . . 15
Extractum lobeliæ fluidum, . . . 249
Extracts, dry, . . . 158
Facts and discoveries in science, . . . 373
False jalap, . . . 4
Fires, colored for pyrotechnical purposes, . . . 248
Fluid extract of senna and dandelion, . . . 15
Fusel oil, . . . 257
Galbanum plant, . . . 220
Gambir, . . . 219
Gas, coal, use of as a means of heat in the laboratory, . . . 296
General method for detecting alkaloids in cases of poisoning, . . . 343
General report on the drug law, . . . 264
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Gelatinization of tincture of rhatany, . . . 319
Gelseminum sempervirens, . . . 368
Growth of plants in various gases, . . . 61
Guarana, . . . 243
Gum resins, division of in potions and in diachylon plaster, . . . 58
Gutta Taban, . . . 216
Heavy oil of wine, . . . 61
Heat, coal gas used as a means of, in the laboratory, . . . 296
Henry’s magnesia, . . . 127
Hints, practical, . . . 69, 133
Hoffman’s anodyne liquor, . . . 184
Honey, poisonous, . . . 350
Hydrate of potash, preparation of pure, . . . 33
Hydrate of soda, . . . 36
Hydrocyanic acid and bitter almond water, strength of, . . . 26
Hygeine, public, . . . 127
Hyposulphite of soda, easy method to make, . . . 259
Impurities, test for, in acetic acid, . . . 152
Indelible ink, . . . 106
Inks, writing, . . . 305, 371
Inspection of the drug law, . . . 381
Internal use of Atropine, . . . 125
Ioduretted oil, artificial, a substitute for cod liver oil, . . . 121
Ipecacuanha, tincture of, . . . 201
Iron, used in Medicine, notes on the preparations of, . . . 229
Iron, protiodide of, new method of preparing and exhibiting, . . . 250
Iron, soda, pyrophosphate of, . . . 92
Itch, ointment of stavesacre in, . . . 350
Jalap, two varieties of false, . . . 4
Jalap, resin of, . . . 155
Jargonelle pear, essence of, . . . 60
Lemon, essence of, preparation of chloroform from, . . . 157
Liquid socotrine aloes, . . . 235
Liquor magnesiæ citratis, . . . 132
Lobeliæ extractum fluidum, . . . 249
Loss in powdering drugs, . . . 225
Magnesiæ citratis, liquor, . . . 132
Magnesia, preparation of pure, . . . 199
Magnesia, Henry’s, . . . 184
Manganese, . . . 192
Manufacture of nitrate of potash, (saltpetre), . . . 273
Manufacture of writing inks, . . . 305, 371
Matico, pharmacology of, . . . 169
Means of detecting adulterations in sulphate of quinine, . . . 142
Measures, weights and, . . . 135
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Medicine and pharmacy in Brazil, . . . 186
Medicines, act relating to, . . . 62
Medicine, preparations of iron used in, . . . 229
Medical hydrocyanic acid, estimation of strength of, . . . 26
Method of preparing and exhibiting protiodide of iron, . . . 250
Method of detecting organic alkaloids in cases of poisoning, . . . 343
Method of easy to make hyposulphite of soda, . . . 259
Mode of ascertaining the purity of essential oil of bitter almonds,
. . . 205
Monesia, what is, . . . 167
Movements as a cure in chronic diseases, . . . 221
National Pharmaceutical Convention, . . . 285, 331
National Pharmaceutical Convention, delegates to, . . . 320
New alkaloid, discovery of, . . . 318
New remedies, . . . 351
New method of preparing protiodide of iron, . . . 250
Nicotine, poisoning by, . . . 17
Nitrogen of the air, other gases substituted for, . . . 61
Nitrate of potash, manufacture of, . . . 273
Notes in pharmacy, . . . 103, 129, 193, 260, 328
Notes on the division of gum resins in potions, . . . 58
Notice of some vegetable and animal substances, products of New
Granada, . . . 89
Observations on a method of detecting organic alkaloids in cases of
poisoning, . . . 343
Observations on the volatility and solubility of cantharidin, . . . 355
Officers of the College of Pharmacy, . . . 128
Oil, cod liver, . . . 240
Oil, Croton, . . . 172
Oil, fusel, . . . 257
Oil, ioduretted, . . . 121
Oil, of bitter almonds, . . . 205
Oil, heavy wine, . . . 65
Oil, test for alcohol in essential, . . . 154
Ointment, stavesacre, . . . 350
Ointment, stramonium, . . . 13
Opium, cultivation of, . . . 127
Opium, residue left by, . . . 318
Opium, letter on, . . . 45
Opium, observations on strength of tincture of, . . . 85
Opium, tincture of, . . . 279
Pear, essence of jargonelle, . . . 60
Perfumery, application of organic chemistry to, . . . 148
Pharmacopœia of the United States, . . . 27
Pharmaceutical Convention, . . . 30, 157, 193, 331
Pharmacy, . . . 119, 328
Pharmacy, College of, . . . 352
Pharmacy, Journal of, . . . 3, 252
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Pharmacology of Matico, . . . 169
Pharmacy in Brazil, . . . 186
Pharmacy in Richmond, . . . 223
Pills, on the envelopment of, . . . 146
Pine apple, essence of, . . . 114
Poisoning by drinking adulterated cider, . . . 287
Poisoning, by tincture of aconite, . . . 190
Poisoning, Nicotine, . . . 17
Potash, nitrate of, . . . 273
Potions, division of gum resins in, . . . 58
Poisonous honey, . . . 350
Powdering drugs, loss in, . . . 225
Preparations of iron used in medicine, . . . 229
Preparations of the pharmacopœia of the United States, . . . 38
Preservation of iodide of iron, . . . 355
Practical hints, . . . 69
Propylamine, prepared from ergotine, . . . 280
Protiodide of iron, new method of preparing, . . . 250
Prosecution of a manufacturer of extract of dandelion, . . . 321
Pure magnesia, . . . 199
Pure Hydrate of potash, . . . 33
Pure Hydrate of Soda, . . . 36
Quinine, spurious sulphate of, . . . 192
Quinidine, . . . 141, 317
Santonine, . . . 16
Scammony resin, . . . 7
Scammony, Aleppo, . . . 165
Senna and dandelion, compound fluid extract of, . . . 15
Simaba Cedron, . . . 93
Socotorine aloes juice, . . . 235
Stavesacre ointment, . . . 350
Stramonium ointment, . . . 13
Sulphate of quinine, spurious, . . . 192
Sulphate of quinine, adulteration of, . . . 142
Sulphuric acid, action of on the residue left by opium, . . . 318
Suppositories of butter of cacao, . . . 224
Tannate of zinc, . . . 251
Technology, Chemical, . . . 317
Test for alcohol in essential oils, . . . 154
Tincture of aconite, poisoning by, . . . 190
Tincture, Bestucheff’s, . . . 233
Tincture, Ipecacuanha, . . . 201
Tincture, opium, . . . 279
Tincture of rhatany, . . . 319
United States Customs, . . . 289
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Use of coal gas as a means of heat in laboratories, . . . 296
Valerianic acid, . . . 108
Virgin Scammony, . . . 7
Weights and Measures, . . . 135
Woorara, . . . 77
Writing inks, . . . 305, 371
Yatamansi, . . . 82
Yellow jessamine, . . . 368
Zinc, tannate of, . . . 251
INDEX OF AUTHORS.
BAILEY, DR. M. J.
United States Customs, . . . 289
BARNES, MR. J. B.
Valerianic Acid, and its salts, . . . 108
BERNARD, M. U.
On Woorara, . . . 77
BERNOUILLI, J. J.
A test for alcohol in essential oils, . . . 154
BOUNWYN, M. H.
New method of preparing and exhibiting protiodide of iron, . . . 250
BULL, B. W.
Virgin scammony, with some remarks upon the characteristics of
scammony resin, . . . 7
Results of the examination of several parcels of Aleppo scammony,
. . . 165
BUSHE, T. A.
On the Galbanum plant, . . . 220
CANAVAN, BENJ.
Notes in Pharmacy, No. 1, . . . 103
Notes in Pharmacy, No. 2, . . . 129
Notes in Pharmacy, No. 3, . . . 198
Notes in Pharmacy, No. 4, . . . 260
Notes in Pharmacy, No. 5, . . . 328
CHANTARD, M.
On the preparation of chloroform from the essences of lemon, copaiba,
peppermint, and bergamotte, . . . 157
COGGESHALL, GEORGE D.
Remarks upon some of the preparations of the United States
Pharmacopœia, 1851, . . . 38
The same continued, . . . 97
CURRIE, JOHN H.
On two varieties of false jalap, . . . 4
DORVAULT,
Remarks on the envelopment of pills, . . . 146
Pharmacology of Matico, with formulæ for its preparation, . . . 169
DUBLANE, M.
Chemical research on croton oil, . . . 172
DUPUY, EUGENE
On the preparation of stramonium ointment, . . . 13
Compound fluid extract of senna and dandelion, . . . 15
On blistering cerate, . . . 72
What is Monesia? . . . 167
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GARROD, DR. A. B.
Observations on the strength of tincture of opium, . . . 85
GIBERT, M.
Report presented to the Academy of Medicine of Paris, on the
substitution of an artificial ioduretted oil for cod liver oil, . . .
121
GLADSTONES, MESSRS.
On the growth of plants in various gases, especially substituting
carbonic oxide, hydrogen and light carburetted hydrogen, for the
nitrogen of the air, . . . 61
GUILLER, M.
Indelible ink, . . . 106
GUTHRIE, DR. C. B.
General report upon the results and effects of the drug law, . . . 264
HARRIS, C. T.
On the adulteration of certain drugs and the methods of detecting said
adulterations, . . . 73
HOFFMAN, DR. A. W.
On the application of organic chemistry to perfumery, . . . 148
HOLTON, I. F.
Chloric ether, . . . 197
HOWARD, MR. ROBT.
Quinidine, . . . 141
KENT, EDWD. H.
On the heavy oil of wine, . . . 65
On the oil of grain spirit, or fusel oil, . . . 257
On the use of coal gas as a source of heat for the laboratory, . . . 296
LEPAGE, M. P. H.
On chloroform as a solvent, . . . 48
LEROY, G. F.
On tincture of Ipecacuanha, . . . 201
LIEBIG, J.
On the estimation of the strength of medicinal hydrocianic acid of
bitter almond water, and of cherry laurel water, . . . 26
MAYER, FR.
Note on the preparation of Bestucheff’s tincture, . . . 233
MOHR, DR.
On dry extracts, . . . 158
On Henry’s Magnesia, . . . 184
MONZON, DR. M. J. RAF.
Notice of some vegetable and animal substances natural products of New
Granada, . . . 89
ORFILA, M.
On poisoning by nicotine, . . . 17
PEREIRA, JONATHAN
On a remarkable specimen of decomposed chloroform, . . . 116
On socotrine aloe juice, . . . 235
PROCTER, W. JR.
On Hoffman’s anodyne liquor, . . . 209
Extractum Lobeliæ Fluidum, . . . 249
On the volatility and solubility of cantharidin, . . . 355
On Gelseminum Sempervirens, . . . 368
RITCHIE, D.
Guarana, . . . 243
SANDROCK, B.
Chemical examination of resin of jalap, . . . 155
SEEMAN, M. B.
On the simaba cedron, . . . 93
On Gutta Taban, . . . 216
On gambir, . . . 219
STAS, Prof.
Observations upon a general method for detecting the organic alkaloids
in cases of poisoning, . . . 343
On aloine, . . . 177
STENHOUBE, DR. J.
Chemical examination of Broom, . . . 189
TALLON, JOHN C.
Easy method to make hyposulphite of soda, . . . 259
URE, ALEX.
On the soda pyrophosphate of iron, . . . 92
WIEGAND, THOS. S.
Liquor Magnesiæ citratis, . . . 132
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WINCKLER, DR. H. S.
Chemical composition of cod liver oil, . . . 240
Preparation of propylamine from ergotine, . . . 280
WURTZ, H.
On the preparation of pure hydrate of potash and carbonate of potash,
. . . 33
On the preparation of chemically pure hydrate and carbonate of soda,
. . . 36
Preparation of barium compounds, . . . 161
Preparation of pure magnesia, . . . 199
On the preparations of iron used in medicine, . . . 229
On the preservation of iodide of iron, . . . 353
ZIMMER, MR.
On the adulteration of sulphate of quinine, and the means of its
detection, . . . 142
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Original spelling and grammar have been generally retained, with
some exceptions noted below. Errata mentioned in the endmatter of
monthly issues have been ignored—left unchanged. Original printed
page numbers are shown like this: “{52}”. Original small caps are now
uppercase. Italics look _like this_. Footnotes have been relabeled
1–30. The commas used to end several paragraphs by mistake, e.g.
on page 176, were changed to full stops. Superscript x looks like
this: “^x” or “^{x}”. Subscript x looks like “‗{x}”. The transcriber
produced the cover image and hereby assigns it to the public domain.
Original page images are available from archive.org—search for
“newyorkjournalof11852newy”.
Ditto marks, including “Do” or “do”, have been eliminated, replaced
by repeated text. In a table on page 130, white space was employed as
a ditto mark. In this table, the white space ditto and “Nitrici” have
been replaced with “Acidi hydro nitrici”.
Page 36. The formula for ordinary monohydrated bicarbonate of soda is
retained. The phrase “lost by ignition; O. 845 grn.” was changed to
“lost by ignition; 0.845 grn.”
Page 44. Large curly brackets “}” employed as graphic devices to
indicate combination of information over two or more lines of text were
eliminated. There were examples of this on pages 44 and 58. The text
was restructured as necessary to retain the evident meaning of the
original brackets.
Page 63; “sufficient t supply” to “sufficient to supply”.
Page 70; added a full stop after “the doctor knows but little more”.
Page 81; “3nd” to “2nd”.
Page 86; “constitutents” to “constituents”.
Page 90; “exeoriating” to “excoriating”.
Page 100; “with fonr ounces” to “with four ounces”.
Page 110. The formula for valerianic acid is retained.
Page 122; “phrosphorus” to “phosphorus”.
Page 124; “a renecessary” to “are necessary”.
Page 126; “Anaethesia” to “Anaesthesia”.
Page 127; “engagaged” to “engaged”.
Page 142; “800 gains” to “800 grains”.
Page 167; “_Chrysophi lum;_” to “_Chrysophi lum._;”.
Page 169; “fossœ”, retained, possibly should be “fossæ”.
Page 170; “over their property” is retained, but maybe should be “owe
their property”.
Page 171; “represents 1-10 of its weight of matico” is retained.
Page 209; “gavity” to “gravity”.
Page 225. In the table row “Potassæ Nitrat.”, “3 98” was changed to
“3.98”.
Page 228. In table row “——— Bi-tartrat.”, “ 45” was changed to “.45”.
In row “Buchu”, “ 96” was changed to “.96”.
Page 243; “hyrate” to “hydrate”. The words “guarana” and “guaraná”,
in various states of capitalization, have been retained as printed
throughout the book.
Page 244; “imformation” was changed to “information”, and “knowlege” to
“knowledge”. The word “angnlato” is retained, but possibly should be
“angulato”.
Page 249; “Salpetre” to “Saltpetre”.
Page 250; “incoveniences” to “inconveniences”.
Page 254; “evarated” to “evaporated”.
Page 259; “preciptate” to “precipitate”.
Page 261; “qnantity” to “quantity”.
Page 278; “mannfacture” to “manufacture”.
Page 280; unmatched right parenthesis was removed from “part i., p.
22)”.
Page 287; “rceive” to “receive”.
Page 297; “atttched” to “attached”.
Page 302. The original quotation punctuation is retained, although it
appears wrong. The first paragraph has no left quotation mark, and the
fourth paragraph has no end quotation mark. Similarly, the original
quotation marks are retained on page 303.
Page 326, 327; “propable” and “propably” retained.
Page 330. A right parenthesis is added after “(perhaps it might be
deemed worthy of the action of the convention” to close the left
parenthesis.
Page 357; “catharidin” to “cantharidin”.
Page 369; “commom” to “common”.
Page 381; “satisfacfactory” to “satisfactory”. Also, there is a letter
to “Geo. D. Goggeshall”. The name has been retained on page 381,
although the only other reference to “Goggeshall” was on page 390—see
below—where it was evidently wrong, and refers to “Coggeshall”.
Page 383. A matching right quotation mark was added to ‘say that the
“bastard varieties _sell at higher_ prices in proportion to their
_resemblance to the officinal kinds_?’.
Page 390. The name “Goggeshall” has been changed to “Coggeshall”
on page 390 (Index of Authors) to conform with its position in the
alphabetical list, and to agree with the names found on the referenced
pages 38 and 97.