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pox: Treatment, 581,583; in England, 582; in Africans, 582 ; Re vaccina- 

 tion, 581. Cholera, 584. Flatulency, 590. Fever : Eucalyptus a Rem- 

 edy for, 586, 589 ; Elimination of Nitrogen, 589 ; Scarlet Fever, 580. Anaes- 

 thetics : Hydramyl, 566 ; Chloride of iEthylide, 566 ; Chloromethyl, 566. 

 Emetics : Apomorphia, 568. Antidotes : Bone Black, 563 ; Carbolic Acid, 

 564; Phosphorus, 564. Hypodermic Injection: Ammonia Injection for 

 Chloroform Poison, 560. Poisons : Animal Emanations, 562 ; Charcoal 

 Fumes, 562 ; Coloring Matters, 561, 565 ; Serpent-bite, 573. 577; Acorns for 

 Cattle, 564 ; Calomel for Mice, 564 ; Vegetable Oils, 565. Drowning, 550. 

 Miscellaneous : Freckles, 553 ; Tattoo Marks, 607 ; Hair Disease, 554 ; 

 Bone-felon, 555 ; "Wax in the Ear, 551 ; Styptic Cotton, 551 ; Styptic Paper, 

 551 ; Lead-foil for Wounds, 552 ; Acupuncture of the Aorta, 552. 



HYGIENE. 



Water: Keeping Sweet by Iron, 535; Freeing from Gypsum, 536; Hard 

 versus Soft, 537, 538 ; Corrosion of Lead-pipes, 561 ; Tyndall on Purity of, 

 537; Fungi in, 537. Gases : Waste of Furnaces, 539 ; Consumption of 

 Noxious, 539. Dust : Inhalation by Workmen, 540 ; as a Ferment, 540 ; 

 TyndalTs Respirators. 541 ; Watering Streets with Saline Solutions, 546. 

 Germs : Fungi in Drinking-water, 535 ; Temperature needed to kill, 545 ; 

 Bacteria and Fungi, 268; Atmospheric Germs, Theory of, 161; Tyndall on, 

 542, 544. Sewage, 535 ; Lieurnur Method of, 587 ; Utilization of, 588. 

 Food : Wheat versus Flour, 547 ; Proper Ration of, 594 ; Buttermilk for 

 Infants, 594. Ventilation : of Rooms, 542 ; by Musquito Curtains, 543. 

 Antiseptics : different Kinds, 570 ; Carbolic Acid : in Tanning, 571 ; for 

 Wounds, 572 ; not perfect, 573 ; Carbolic Acid Paper, 571 ; Chloralum, 569, 

 570. Deodorizers: Spongy Iron, 551. Adulterations: of Milk, 548. 

 Miscellaneous: Effect on Health of Sewing-machine, 555, 558; Proper 

 Colors for Candies, 501 ; Geology and Hygiene, 546 ; Cruelty to Animals : 

 Pegging Lobsters' Claws, 553. 



N. MISCELLANEOUS , 597 



Institutions, etc. : Geneva : Natural History Society, 597 ; London : Brit- 

 ish Museum, new Site for the, 600 ; new Buildings, 600 ; Crystal Palace 

 Aquarium, 609 ; Royal Society : Wollaston Medal, 603 ; Science and the 

 British Government, 602 ; Chicago Academy of Sciences, Destruction of 

 the, 609 ; Vermont : Archives of Science, 604. Individuals : Copernicus, 

 Celebration of the Birth-day of, 608; Deaths. See Necrology, page 611; 

 Visit to the United States of Gwyn Jeffreys, 608. Miscellaneous : Inter- 

 national Exchanges, 607 ; Scientific Inactivity in England, 606 ; Psychic 

 Force, 603, 608, 610; Disasters to Whalers, 604; Fishery Commissioners, 

 605, 606 ; Increased Explosiveness of Bodies, 599 ; Units of Force and En- 

 ergy, 599. 



O. NECROLOGY 611 



P. INDEX TO THE REFERENCES 614 



ALPHABETICAL INDEX 617 



