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Iron, sulphate of, disinfectant ... ... ... .. .. 295 



,, sulpho-carbolates ... ... ... ... ... ... 312 



,, perchloride, as an antiseptic ... ... ... ... ... 282 



Irritable stomach, ice and other remedies for ... ... ... 374 



Kidneys, free action of in the feverish condition, beneficial ... 356 



Kinds of germs ... ... ... ... 35 



Knee-joint, case of inflammation of, successfully treated with the 



sulpho-carbolates ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 327 



Kiichenmeister on the communicability of smallpox by the breath 150 



Lac plaster, Prof. Lister's antiseptic ... 283 



Law of continuity ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 44 



Lead plaster, Prof. Lister's antiseptic ... ... ... ... 283 



Lee, Mr. Henry, on injecting pus into the living body ... ... 179 



Lemaire on the action of the tar acids on pus formation . . ... 282 



Lewis, Dr. , observations on Hallier's cholera fungus ... ... 438 



Liebig's extract of meat for invalids... ... ... ... ... 373 



Life, alcohol a supporter of ... ... ... ... .*. ... 418 



,, dependent, in some cases of fever, on the frequent doses of 



alcohol taken ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 401 



,, direct formation of ... ... ... ... ... ... 61 



,, from lifeless matter, Mr. Hartley's experiments on the 



evolution of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 439 



,, generated by air ... ... ... 62 



,, giving and renewing theory ... ... ... ... ... 407 



,, limitations to the enquiry concerning the nature of ... ... 129 



,, of the blood ... ... ... ... ... 407 



,, physical ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 62 



,, prolonged in cases necessarily fatal by large quantities of 



stimulants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 401 



Lifeless particles assuming the living condition ... 55 



Ligertwood, Dr., treatment of enteric fever with the sulpho- 

 carbolates 316 



Lime, chloride of, a disinfectant ... ... ... ... ... 295 



,, water, added to milk in irritable stomach ... 



Linen, disinfecting of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 297 



Liquid, administration of, during the state of fever ... ... 3^8 



Lister, Prof., his antiseptic carbolised muslin gause ... ... 285 



oil 283 



,, putty ... 283 



catgut ligature... ... ... ... 285 



lead plaster ... ... ... ... 283 



theory criticised ... 286 



explanation of the action of carbolic acid . . . 282 



on the origin of bacteria in wounds ... ... ... 7 2 



Living animal poisons ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 



,, matter, elimination of, impossible ... ... 208 



,, ,, form, structure, composition in different kinds ... 246 



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