If, as is supposed, the poison was derived from some plant in which the bees had fed, it must have been elaborated or concentrated in the economy of the insect, or been the product of some reaction of the honey itself upon the poisonous principle, since no poisonous vegetable is known which would produce such effects, in such minute quantity.
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COLLEGE OF PHARMACY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
The regular Winter Course of Lectures in this Institution, will commence on Monday, 1st instant, at 7 o’clock, P. M., and be continued four months, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings of each week, at the College Rooms.
On Materia Medica and Pharmacy, from 7 to 8 o’clock, by Prof. B.W. MCCREADY, M.D.
On Chemistry, from 8 to 9 o’clock, by Professor R. O. DOREMUS, M.D.
On Botany, by Professor I. F. HOLTON, of which further notice will be given.
The Chemical Lectures will comprise instruction in the Science as extensively connected with many of the useful and ornamental arts, rendering them of great advantage to the community at large as well as to the Apothecary.