INDEX. 
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Ledoyen’s disinfecting fluid, 633. 
Lehmann’s experiments on copper, 660- 
661. 
Lemaurier’s odontalgic essence, 292. 
Lewes’ silver cream, 633. 
Liebert’s cosmetique infaillible, 633. 
Life tests, 43-48. 
Ling and Rendle’s method of purifying 
hydrochloric acid, 591-592. 
Lipowitz’s sulphur test for phosphorus, 
247. 
Liquor Bellostii, 694. 
„ cresol saponis, Fatal dose of, 182. 
Litharge, 631. 
Lloyd’s test for morphine, 299. 
Locusta, 6. 
Locust tree, 491. 
Loew, Oscar’s, theory of poisonous action, 
36-38. 
Lotusin, 206. 
Luargol, 565. 
Ludwig’s method of detecting mercury, 
697. 
Lupinine, 489. 
Lycosa malmignatus, 499. 
,, tarantula, 499. 
M‘Cotstkey case, 375. 
M‘Dougall’s disinfecting powder, 179. 
Madagascar ordeal bean, 458. 
Male fern, Poison of, 491. 
Malmignette, 498. 
Mandelic nitrite, 225. 
Mandelin’s reagent for alkaloids, 253. 
Marino Lecco and Duccini’s method of 
extracting ergot from animal matters, 
469-470. 
Marking-inks, 673-674. 
Marine’s reagent for alkaloids, 253, 390. 
Marsh test for arsenic, 14, 590-593. 
Matches and vermin pastes, 228. 
Maybrick case, 577-579. 
Mead’s treatise on poisons, 14. 
Meconic acid, 323-324. 
Meconine, 322. 
Melitta venenosa, 497. 
Melting-points, Determination of, 254. 
Menispermine, 475. 
Mercurial liniment, 678. 
,, lotion, 679. 
„ tremor, 687-688. 
Mercuric chloride, 678-679. 
„ ethyl chloride, 678. 
„ methide, Poisoning by, 688-689. 
„ oxide. 680. 
,, potassic iodide as reagent, 251. 
„ sulphide, 681-682. 
Mercurous chloride, 677. 
„ „ Compound pill of, 
679. 
Mercury, 677-701. 
„ Absorption by the skin, 686. 
„ and chalk, 677. 
„ and quinine, 681. 
„ corrosive’ salts, Effect of, 689- 
691. 
Mercury cyanide, 681. 
„ ,, Effects of, 691. 
„ Determination of, in organic 
matters, 695 
698. 
,, ,, ,, in urine. 698 
699. 
,, Doses of, 683-684. 
,, . Elimination of, 693-694. 
„ Estimation of, 699-700. 
,, in the arts, 682. 
,, in veterinary medicine, 683-684. 
„ Mass poisoning in H.M.S. 
Triumph, 685-686. 
,. Medicinal preparations of, 677- 
682. 
,, nitrate crystallised, 681. 
„ „ Effects of, 691, 694. 
„ ,, Ointment of, 681. 
,, ointment, 678. 
„ oleate, 679. 
,, perchloride solution, 679. 
,, plaster, 678. 
,, poisoning, Post-mortem appear 
ances in, 622-623. 
„ „ Statistics of, 684. 
,, „ Treatment of, 691- 
692. 
,, Properties of metallic, 677. 
,, Red iodide, 680. 
,, subcliloride ointment, 680. 
,, sulphate, 680-681. 
„ sulphide, 677. 
,, sulphocyanide, 683. 
„ Tests for, 695-698. 
,, vapour, Effects of, 684-686. 
„ Volumetric estimation of, 700- 
701. 
Metaldehyde, 174. 
Metantimonic acid, 614. 
Metaphenylenediamine, 527. 
Metavanadate of ammonium, 253. 
Methyl groups, Determination of, 265. 
Methylamine, 521. 
Methyl-coniine, 271. 
Methyl cyanide as a poison, 224. 
Methylguanidine, 530. 
Methylmorphimethene, 298. 
Methyl morphol, 298. 
Methyl-pyridyl-pyrroline, 276. 
Meyer, Dr, Poisoning of, by aconitine, 378. 
Meyer’s researches on blood pressure in 
strychnine poison¬ 
ing, 340-341. 
,, „ on the partition co¬ 
efficient, 31. 
Mezereic acid, 465. 
Mezereon, Poisoning by, 465. 
Michet, on comparative toxicity of metals. 
42-43. 
Microscope, Petrological, 57. 
Milk contaminated by zinc, 703-704. 
Mineral blue, 563. 
,, poison, 4. 
Miniature painters’ white, 633. 
Minium, 631. 
