INDEX. 167 



Prout (Dr.), on the changes which take place in the egg during 



incubation, xiv. 385 

 on the existence of free muriatic acid in the stomach, 



xvii. 181 



, on the nature of the acid and saline matters usually ex- 



isting in the stomachs of animals, xviii. 142 

 analysis of a calculus by, xx. 49 



Provence, wines of, xviii. 128 



Prussian blue, on the nature of, ix. 179 



discovered in urine, xvi. 177 



Prussiates, experiments and observations on the composition of, 

 xi. 208 



(triple), experiments on the acid of, xvi. 102 



. of iron, a cure for intermittents, xvii. 145 



Prussic acid and base, experiments on, i. 288 



experiments on, to show its deleterious properties, iv. 



349. Successfully applied in cases of chronic and nervous 

 coughs, 352 ; and of phthisis pulmonalis, 355. ix. 418 



Scheele's process for making, x. 401. Vauquelin's, ib. 



Majendie's, 402 ; and the apothecaries vindicated, 402 

 salivation and ulceration of the gums produced by, 



xii. 428 

 . specific gravities of, xiii. 312. Test for ascertaining 



its purity, 313. Proper state of it for medicinal use, 440 

 P^«7/flcw5 jPie/c/«, description of, xix. 199 

 Pteroglossus, genus of birds, two new ones described, ix. 266 

 Publications (new), select list of, i. 313, (foreign) ii. 219. iii. 



236, 422. iv. 167, 401. vi. 189, 388. vii. 201, 405. 



viii. 199, 397. ix. 220, 432. x. 208, 478. xi. 225, 412. 



xii. 195, 433 

 Puedpa (Capuchin mission of), state of, ix. 16 

 Puget's head of the Saviour discovered, v. 389 

 Pulmonary consumption relieved by the vapour of tar, v. 380 

 Pumpkins, oil obtained from, vii. 370 

 Pumps, cast-iron pipes recommended for, xiv. 352 

 Purace volcano, account of, xviii. 404 



