INDEX. 
403 
Hydrastin, . . . . . . . 116 
Hydrastis canadensis, . , . . . . 1 12 
Hydriodic ether, . . . . . . . 156 
Hyraceum, ....... 373 
Improved magnets, ...... 177 
" specific gravity bottle, . . . . • 175 
Incompatibilities of iodine and iodide of potassium, . . 66 
Indian remedy for snake bite, . . . . . 184 
Inspection of drugs, ...... 288 
Ink, Runge's chrome ...... 82 
Iodide of cyanogen in commercial iodine, ... 83 
Iodide of potassium, tests of the purity of 3 
Iodide of iron, syrup of, . . . . 89 
Iodide of quinine, ....... 356 
Iodine, . . . . . . . 383 
11 estimation of, in organic substances by means of chloroform, 161 
" ethereal solution of . . . . . 372 
" its compounds with quinia and morphia, . . . 356 
" its presence in sarsaparilla, . . . . 277 
" compound of codein and ..... 85 
" purity of . . . . . . 106 
" purification of . . . . . 12 
" and iodide of potassium, their incompatibilities, . . 66 
Ipecacuanha acid, . ... . . . 352 
Iron, purification of commercial sulphate of . . . 155 
' : syrup of proto-nitrate of ... . 312,316 
" solution of nitrate of ..... 312 
Iris tuberosa, acrid substance in . . . . 384 
Ivory, bleaching of, by sulphurous acid, .... 377 
" engraving on ...... 87 
Jatamansi or sumbul, . . . . . . 223 
Juice of the lettuce and poppy, ..... 237 
Kermes mineral an antidote for strychnia, ... 84 
Kokum butter, notice of, ..... 362 
Kousso, success of, in tape worm, . . . . . 183 
Kyanization of wood, . . . . . . 41 
Labels for Pharmaceutical specimens, .... 96 
Lac, solution of, used for collodion, .... 376 
Ladies-slipper, . . . . . . 179 
Lavender, adulteration of oil of . . . 4 
" cultivation of, at Mitcham, . 30 
Leaves of Ricinus communis as a galactagogue, . . . 176 
