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Mode of Closing Barrel Hoops, 545 ; Cutting and Boring Caoutchouc Corks, 

 540 ; Universal ( las-lamp fur Laboratories, 553. 



N. MATERIA MEDICA, THERAPEUTICS, AND HYGIENE 559 



(a.) MATERIA MEDICA. 



The Poisonous Properties of Alcohols, 559 ; a New Sedative, 559 ; Ground- 

 wurt as a Febrifuge, 5G0; Effect of Morphia on Secretions, 500; Therapeu- 

 tical Uses of Hot Baths, 5G1 ; Introducing Medicines into the System by- 

 Galvanism, 5G1; Action of Jaborandi, 562; Jaborandi, a New Brazilian 

 Remedy, 570 ; Intravenous Use of Chloral for Anaesthesia, 503. 



("b.) DISEASES AND THEIR CURE. 



Diabetes Hereditary, 502; Pernicious Anaemia, a recently defined Dis- 

 ease, 504 ; De Che'gain on Headaches, 505 ; Curability of Pulmonary Dis- 

 ease, 500 ; Danger of Eating Fish Improperly Cured, or Caught immediately 

 after the Spawning Season, 507; Picric Acid as a Test for Albumen in 

 Urine, 508 ; Action of Air on the Lungs in Certain Cases, 570 ; Hydrate of 

 Chloral in Infantile Convulsions, 570. Miscellaneous : New Process in 

 Dental Surgery, 503 ; Cause of Discomfort in Tobacco-smoking, 504 ; Re- 

 lation of Bacteria to Putrefactive Disease, 500. 



(C.) THE PUBLIC HEALTH. 



The Poisonous Properties of Alcohols, 559 ; Detection of Arsenic in Tissues, 

 559 ; Detection of Fusel-oil in Alcohol, 560 ; Salicylic Acid, 508 ; Compara- 

 tive Antiseptic Effects of Carbolic and Salicylic Acids, 509 ; Selection of 

 the "Water Supply of Cities, 507. 



O. MISCELLANEOUS 571 



(a.) INSTITUTIONS. 



America : Meeting of the American Fish-culturists' Association, 585 ; Pro- 

 ceedings of the Centennial of Chemistry, 585 ; National Park in the Island 

 of Mackinaw, 580; Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress, 580; An- 

 nual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of 

 the Territories for 1873, 573 ; Annual Report of the Peabody Museum of 

 Archaeology and Ethnology, 589; Report of the American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York, for 1874, 571; First Annual Report of the 

 Zoological Society of Cincinnati, 572 ; Bequest to the Cincinnati Society 

 of Natural History, 577 ; Kirtland School of Natural Sciences, 571 ; Normal 

 (Illinois) School of Natural Sciences, 572; Arrangements for a Botanical 

 Garden in Chicago, 574; First Annual Report of the Geological and Agri- 

 cultural Survey of Texas, 573. 



Other Countries : Fourth Meeting of the French Association, 581 ; An- 

 nual Report of the Council of the Zoological Society of London, 581 ; Re- 

 port of the Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction, 582; Royal So- 

 ciety's Catalogue of Learned Societies and Scientific Papers, 1864-73,584; 

 Belgian Exhibition of 1870, 583 ; Twelfth Congress of the Italian Scientific 

 Association, 584. 



(b.) MISCELLANEOUS. 



The Chess Problem of the Eight Queens, 574 ; Report on the Population 

 of the Earth, 575; Japanese Game of Chess, 575; Report of the Icelandic 



