American Journal of Pharmacy, Volume 52Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science., 1880 |
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Page 120 - Convention for the same purpose, in the year 1860, by the following resolutions : — " 1. The President of this Convention shall, on the first day of May, 1859, issue a notice requesting the several incorporated State Medical Societies, the incorporated Medical Colleges, the incorporated Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, and the incorporated Colleges of Pharmacy, throughout the United States...
Page 4 - The root of this plant is a great remedy among the Indians of Arizona, and Sonora in Mexico, and Southern California. It has a strong peppery taste and odor. A tea made from the roots and a powder prepared from the same and applied to venereal sores, are a great remedy. The powder is advantageously used on cuts and sores, as it is very astringent. The leaves, after being wilted by heat and applied to swellings, are a sure cure.
Page 291 - ... yeast. Mix the two in a quart champagne bottle, which is to be filled with good cow's milk to within two inches of the top; cork well, and secure the cork with strings or wire, and place in an ice chest or cellar at a temperature of 50° F.
Page 46 - The light which passes through both diaphragms produces a circular field, divided by a diametrical slit into two parts, in which the planes of polarization are slightly inclined to each other. If then light, which has been previously polarized, be transmitted, it will be extinguished in the two parts of the field of view in positions which lie close together, and the light will become uniform in a position midway between these. This position determines the plane in which the incident light was polarized...
Page 354 - We were therefore quite anxious to test its effect on the Cotton Worm in the field on a large scale, and in the winter of 1878-79, induced the manufacturers to send a large quantity for this purpose to the Department of Agriculture. The analysis made of it by Professor Collier, the chemist of the department, showed it to contain — ANALYSIS OF LONDON PUBPLE.
Page 618 - I undertook the examination of a small sample of henbane leaf sent from India. It arrived in a tin box without any particulars as to its being the produce of the annual or biennial plant, place of growth, character of soil, the result of cultivation, or otherwise. The quantity at my disposal was only 3^ drachms.
Page 631 - The inveterate coquero is known at first glance. His unsteady gait, his yellow skin, his dim and sunken eyes encircled by a purple ring, his quivering lips, and his general apathy, all bear evidence of the baneful effects of the coca juice, when taken in excess.
Page 46 - This instrument consists of a long prism of calc-spar, which is reduced to the form of a right prism by grinding off its ends, and sliced lengthwise by a plane nearly but not quite perpendicular to its principal plane. The parts into which the prism is thus divided are joined in reversed positions, and a diaphragm with a circular opening is placed at each end. The light which passes through both diaphragms produces a circular field divided by a d'ametral slit into two parts, in which the planes of...
Page 262 - When the carbon is set free from the hydrocarbon in presence of a stable compound containing nitrogen, the whole being near a red heat and under a very high pressure, the carbon is so acted upon by the nitrogen compound that it is obtained in the clear, transparent form of the diamond.
Page 583 - Any three or more persons of full age, citizens of the United States, a majority of whom shall be citizens of this State, who...