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Half-wool, 613. Adulterations : of Bone-dust bj' Vegetable Ivory, 558 ; 

 of Madder, 573. 



Miscellaneous : Preservation of Teasel-cards, 603 ; Explosion in a Flour 

 Mill, 609 ; Spontaneous Combustion of Oilj^ Cotton-waste, 609 ; New Ma- 

 chine for Making Woodfen Boxes, 610 ; Coating Paper with Graphite, 564 ; 

 Eevivification of Bone-black without Ignition, 565 ; Preparation of French 

 Chalk, 570 ; Micro-chemical Exammation of Fibres, 572. 



N. MATEPJA MEDICA, THEPvAPEUTICS, AND HYGIENE 615 



(a.) MATERIA MEDICA. 



Kemedies : Ozone Water, 620, 623 ; Bromide of Calcium, 621 ; Nitrite of 

 Amyl, 621 ; Pruniis holdus, 623 ; Cod-liver Oil, 623, 644 ; Kumiss, 624, 626 ; 

 Chloral, 626, 635 ; Quinine, 633 ; Propylamine, 636, 642 ; Trimethylamine, 

 636,637; Protoxide of Iron, 642; Hyoscyamus, 622 ; Belladonna and Phys- 

 ostigma, 631. Anaesthetics : Methylene Ether, 619. Food : Artificial Fi- 

 brine from the White of Egg, 642. General : Preservation of Unstable 

 Remedies in Contact with Each Other, 620 ; Opium Production in Ger- 

 many, 622 ; Laughter as a Remedial Operation, 630. 



(b.) DISEASES AND THEIR CURE. 



Diseases: Small-pox: Benefits of Vaccination, 616 ; Active Principle of 

 Vaccine Virus, 617; Corm : Cure for, 616; Colds: Cure for Catarrh, 615; 

 Theory of Taking Cold, 615 ; Rheumatism, 636, 637 ; Gout, Chloral in, 635 ; 

 Goitre, 618 ; Cholera, 638 ; Malaria and Fevers : Treatment of Intermittent, 

 by Carbolic Acid, 618; Constipation, 651; Burns from Phosphorus, 630; 

 Toothache, Electricity for, 644 ; Asphyxia, Artificial Respiration for, 629 ; 

 Drowning, Use of Heated Irons for Resuscitation, 629 ; Entozoa in Grouse 

 Disease, 631; Gregarina in Human Hair, 619; Putrid Infection, 645 ; Striek- 

 er on Septicaemia, 648 , Breant Prize to Chauveau, 628. 



Poisons : Phosphorus, 627 ; Mercurj-, 627 ; Nicotine in Tobacco Smoke, 

 628 ; Poisonous Metals, 632 ; Methylammonium Compounds, 641 ; Pahonim, 

 652 ; Snake Bites, 629 ; Chinese Remedy for Snake Bites, 630 ; Poisonous 

 Woolens, 639. Antidotes: Turpentine for Phosphorus Poison, 627; for 

 Mercurial Poisoning, 627. 



Miscellaneous : Signs of Death, 615 ; Sensation of Cold not Imparted by 

 Cold Alcohol, 643 ; Laughter as a Remedy, 630 ; Chloroform in Examina- 

 tion of Vegetable Poisons, 627. 



(C.) THE PUBLIC HEALTH. 



Air and Climate : Emanations from Factories, 632 ; Arsenic in Paper, 641, 

 643 ; in the Air of Rooms, 647 ; Climate and Disease, 650, 651 ; Relation of 

 the Winds to Health, 649. Water : Action on Lead Pipes, 641 ; Organic 

 Impurities in. 646; for Drinking, 646. Sewage: Stanford Process, 634. 

 Antiseptics, Disinfectant-, and Deodorizers : Carbolic Acid, 555 ; Fuch- 

 sin, 537 ; Silicate of Soda as an Antiputrescent, 557, 634 ; Chloride of Lime, 

 649 ; Antiseptics and Putrefiers, 639. Poisonous Agencies : Poisonous 

 Woolens, 639 ; see also above, Air, Water. Hospitals : Proper Mode of 

 Construction, 615. 



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O. MISCELLANEOUS 653 



(a.) SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. 



America. General: National Academy of Sciences in 1872,657; Bache 



