INDEX. 399 
Arnicina, . . . ... . , . 278 
Arsenic, on the use of sulphuret of, as a depilatory, . . 74 
Arsenic, Act to regulate the sale of . . . . 379 
Artemisia absinthium, its bitter principle, . . • 358 
Artesian well of Bavaria, ...... 84 
Assafcetida, chemistry of . . . . . . 130 
Asthma, prussiate of potash in. . ; . . . 84 
Atropia, constitution of ..... 37 
M preparation of ■ , . . . . 159 
Babul bark, ....... 276 
Balsam, black, . . . . . , . 137 
" of Peru, its origin, . . . . . 133 
l " white, . . . . . . . 138 
Balsamito, ........ 139 
Bark, sassy . . . . . . . 301 
Baryta, poisoning with muriate of . . . . 381 
Baths, porcelain ....... 379 
Bebeerin, . . . . . . . , . 377 
Bicarbonate of soda, purity of .... 5 
Bitter almond water* mode of testing .... 253 
Black balsam, . . . . . . . 137 
Bleaching of ivory by sulphurous acid, . • . . 377 
Bofareira as a galactagogue, , 176 
Boston College of Pharmacy, ..... 91,191 
Bottle, improved specific gravity . . . . . 175 
Brazil, culture of tea in . . . . . 275 
Burns treated with collodion, ..... 182 
Cadmium, sulphate of, in ophthalmic affections, . . 277 
Caffein, citrate of . . . . . . 158 
Californian quicksilver, . . . . . . 81 
Calomel, its adulterations, ...... 109 
Camphor, odor of musk destroyed by ... 85 
Cantharides, falsification of . . . . . 181 
" means of killing and preserving . . . 132 
Cantharidin, new solvent for . . . . 124 
u in cantharis vitatta . . . ... 125 
" in Mylabris cichorii . . . . . 126 
Candles, wax and stearine ..... 381 
Carbonate of ammonia, purity of . . . . . 317 
" of baryta, 320 
" of lime, 318 
" of magnesia, 319 
" of potassa, " . . . . . 316 
" " bi <c . . . . 317 
