Download or read book The American Journal of Pharmacy, 1882, Vol. 54 (Classic Reprint) written by Philadelphia College Of Pharmacy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Journal of Pharmacy, 1882, Vol. 54 I. Preparation OF sample - The bark was obtained at a whole sale drug house in this city and, after careful garbling, was reduced to a moderately fine powder and placed in a clean dry bottle. II. Estimation OF moisture - Five grams of the powdered bark were dried for about 4 hours at 200f., weighing at different times to determine when it ceased to lose weight. Loss, by this treatment, per cent. III. Estimation OF ash. - Two grams of the powdered bark were placed in a weighed crucible and, after careful ignition, the weight of residue was determined. This gave per cent. Of ash. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.