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INDEX OF MEDICINES 



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Linum usitatissimum, * 657 



Liquid paraffin . . 433 



Liquor ammonise fortis ... 166 I 



acetatis . . 171 



arsenicalis . . 283 



arsenici et hydrargyri 



iodine . . 283 



atropinae sulphatis . 496 

 calcis . . .205 



carbonis detergens . 436 

 chlori . . .310 



ethyl nitritis . . 368 



ferri perchloridi . 261 



hydrargyri perchloridi 298 

 iodi . . .317 



pancreatis . . 692 



picis carbonis . . 436 



potassse . . 175 



strychninse, . . 570 



trinitrini . . 391 



Liquors .. i. . 723 



Liquorice root . . 662 



sugar . . . 662 



Litharge oxide of lead . 232 

 Lithoutriptics . 127, 128 



Liver, drugs acting on . 115 



Lobelia Indian tobacco . 641 

 Local ansesthetics . . 75 



Logwood an astringent dye . 643 

 Long pepper . . . 582 



Loretin . . . 428 



Losophan . . 428 l 



Lotions, 183, 188, 193, 196, 203, 217, \ 

 222, 223, 236, 238, 240, 242, 246, 

 251, 252, 262, 292, 301, 317, 321, ; 

 335, 338, 344, 348, 362, 392, 407, j 

 408, 413, 417, 418, 425, 483. 

 Lubricants . . 435, 680 j 



Lugol's solution . .. 317 j 



Lunar caustic . . . 248 | 



Lysoform . . . 392 j 



Lysol . ... 425 



MACDOUGALL'S disinfectants . 409 

 Magnesium and its compounds 212 

 calcined . . 212 



carbonate . . 212 



oxide . , . 212 



sulphate . 213, 215, 217 



Maize starch . .. . 663 



Male fern . . .616 



Mallein . , .8, 695 



Malt extracts . . .653 



Maltose . . . 666 



Mammary glands, drugs act- 

 ing on . . . 131 

 Mandrake . . . 460 

 Mange and scab dressings (see 



Parasiticides) . . 54 



Marjoram . .. . 594 



Marsh -mallow 

 Mass, common 



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652 



660, 668 

 56 

 1 



582 

 460 

 627 

 734 

 735 

 468 



Materia Medica, definition of 

 Matico leaves . . 



May apple or podophyllum . 

 Meadow saffron . . 



Measures, pharmaceutic 



domestic . . 



Meconic acid . 

 Medicines, absorption of, 26, 27, 28, 

 29,30 



acting on the digestive 



system . . 99 



acting by counter-action 39 

 acting generally . 26 



acting hypodermically 27 



acting intratracheally . 29 



acting locally . . 26 



acting by mouth, . 27 

 acting by pulmonary 



membrane . . 29 



acting by rectum . 29 



acting by skin . . ?0 



circumstances modify- 

 ing. . . 36, 38 

 classification of . 21 

 curative action of . 38 

 doses . . 700, 709 

 elective affinity . 30 

 on different patients, 32, 34, 35 

 physiological action of 25, 26 

 therapeutic action of . 25, 26 

 Mel honey . . . 667 

 boracis . . .193 

 Mentha piperita *- w 594 

 pulegium . . 595 

 viridis . .. . 595 

 Menthol .' . . 595 

 Mercurial compounds . . 285 

 liniments . . 290 

 ointments, . 288, 290, 303 

 pill . . .291 

 plaster . . .290 

 Mercurialism . . . 287 

 Mercuric salts . * 285 

 Mercurous salts . , 285 

 Mercuro-zinc cyanide . 302 

 Mercury and its compounds . 285 

 ammoniated . . 301 

 chlorides . . 298 

 corrosive sublimate . 298 

 iodides . . .. - 302 

 liniment -. ' . 290 

 nitrate . . .. 303 

 nitrate ointment . 303 

 ointment .. ' , 288 

 oleate . . . 290 

 oxides . . 292 

 pill . . .291 



