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INDEX. 



PAGE 



Polli, Prof., on the treatment of contagious fevers 307 



,, ,, typhoid fever ... ... 70 



Popular science teaching ... ... ... ... ... 33 43 



Potash bicarbonate, value in febrile affections ... ... ... 352 



,, bitartrate ,, ,, ... ... ... 362 



,, ^ nitrate ,, ,, 362 



Potassium sulpho-carbolate ... ... ... ... ... ... 311 



Pouchet on the dust of the air . . ... ... ... ... 26 



,, spontaneous generation ... ... ... ... ... 49 



Powell and Lealand's -^th object glass, degree of magnifying 



power 438 



Power, degradation of, in bioplasm ... ... ... ... ... 95 



,, formative, retrogression in ... ... ... ... ... 115 



Practice, medical, based upon unsound theories ... ... ... 415 



,, ,, changes in ... ... ... ... ... 395 



Privy Council, Report of Medical Officer of, on the nature of 



disease germs ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 236 



Proliferous disk ... ... ... ... 56 



Prophecies, scientific ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 45 



Protection from other attacks of the same contagious disease 225, 230 



Protein matter " beginning to live" ... ... ... ... ... 45 



Protoplasm ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 



Pullna water, purgative ... ... ... ... ... ... 365 



Purgative, at commencement of an attack of enteric fever . . . 363 



,, saline waters .... ... ... ... ... ... 365 



Purgatives, value of, in febrile affections ... ... ... ... 360 



Pus bioplast ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 114 



Addison, on the origin of ... ... ... ... 125 



Author ,, ... ... ... ... ... 125 



Bennett ,, ... ... ... ... ... 126 



Cohnheim ,, ... ... ... ... ... 125 



Virchow ,, ... ... ... ... ... 126 



Waller 125 



Pus, death and decomposition of ... ... ... ... ... 130 



derived from bioplasm of all tissues ... ... ... 114 



formation... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... 125 



,, action of tar acids upon ... ... ... ... 282 



gonorrhoeal ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 143 



killed by carbolic acid ... ... ... ... ... ... 290 



movements occurring in ... ... ... ... ... 128 



multiplication of, in inflammation ... ... ... ... 122 



new observations on ... ... ... ... ... -. 126 



phenomena which occasions the formation of 258 



Public teaching ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 43 



Puerperal state, susceptibility to contagious poisons during the ... 167 



Purulent ophthalmia, germs of ... ... ... 143 



Pustule, malignant ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 70 



Putrefaction, influence of bacteria upon ... ... ... ... 289 



Putty, Prof. Lister's antiseptic ... ... ... ... ... 283 



