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POTASSIUM suLPHOCARBoLATE, preparation,! 
77,175- . ! 
• — SULPHOCARBONATE, destruction of phyllox- 
era, 7<5, 327 — preparation, 7^-, 180. ] 
— suLPHOCYANiDE, action on cinchona alka- 
loids, 7f^, 130. 
POTATO, bug, 77, 431— starch, microsco- 
pic view, 70, -45. 
POTENTILLA, constituents, properties of 
genus, 7 »>, 109. 
POTIO RivERi, Ph. Germ., 72, 10, 75, 220. 
POULTICES, formulas, 75, 177. See also 
Cataplasma. 
POWDER, carbolic dusting, 80, 471— clari- 
fying and decolorizing, 80, 578 — compound 
cochineal, 74, 33 — face, harmless, 7»5, 7 
— Potter's, 7i^, 322 — salicylic, foot, 70, 
68— Tully's, 78, 356, 7.9, 183, 229, 300, 
322. See also Pulvis. 
POWDERS, apparatus (compounding), 77) 
324, (compressing) 73, 171, 7.9, 74, 
(dividing) 7 '5, 190— vegetable, preservation, 
74, 12. 
PRACTICAL INFORMATION, need, 72, 531 
PREPARATIONS, cost of commercial and 
self-made, 7(i, 398 — manufacture and sale, 
7.9, 336 — new and unofficinal, selection of 
formulas, 80, 521. 
PRESCRIPTION, blanks furnished by phar- 
macists, 78, 143 — clamps, 78, 66 — vials 
for dropping, 74, 245. 
PRESCRIPTIONS, aids in correct number- 
ing, 78,66, 7^,388 — cipher, 80, -z-^S 
— containing expensive medicines, 77, 327 
— dispensing, 77,498 — language, 71, 141, 
72, 89 — law proposed in California, 80, \ 
331 — looseness in writing, 77, 383 — metric 
system, see Measures— mistakes in compound- 
ing, 7f^, 259, 280— property, 80, 57— re- 
actions in compounding, 7(i, 178,211,214 
—renewal, 71, 235, 80, 581. 
PRESERVING fluid, see Tissues. 
PRESS, efficient, 7^, 417— pill, 7.9, 74— 
powder, 73, 171 — tincture, 70, 596. 
PRINCEWOOD BARK, origin, description, 
use, 70, 351. 
PRINOS VERTiciLLATUs, Coloring matter, 7 S, 
251 — constituents, 80, ^t,"]. 
PRITCHARDIA filamentosa, use by the 
Indians, 7 8, 543. 
PRONUNCIATION notes, 75, 102 
PROPYLAMINA, properties, 73, 238. See 
Trimethylamina. 
PROSOPIS juLiFLORA, see Gum mesquite. 
PROTAGON, properties, 80, 167. 
PROTEINS, chemistry, 80, 197. 
PRUNUS viRGiNiANA, bitter principle, 75, 
53- 
PRUSSIA Medical Statistics, 76*, 93— phar- 
maceutical matters, 71, 337, 389. 
PRUSSIAN BLUE, soluble, 76, 511. 
PSEUDO-CUR ARIN, reactions, 75, 564. 
PSORALEA, species used by the Indians, 7^, 
545- 
PTEROCARPIN, preparation, properties, 75, 
212. 
PTEROCAULON pycnostachyum, descrip- 
tion, 7 8, 53 
PTYALIN, preparation, properties, 74, 186. 
PUCCINA, impure sanguinarina, 75, 194. 
PULSATILLA, antidote, 80, 165. 
PULVIS (see also Powderj ad limonadam, 
75,221. 
— AROMATicus, mixcd with turmeric, 74, 16. 
GLYCYRRHIZ^ COMPOSITUS, 72, 292, 381, 
70, 138. 
GUMMOSUS, 73, 221. 
INFANTUM, 73, 221. 
— IPECACUANHA ET opii, camphorated, 7J^j 
322 — liquid, 80, 122 — valuation, 78, 561. 
MAGNESIA CUM RHEO, 73, 221. 
PECTORALIS, 72, 292. 
REFRIGERANS, 72, 94, 73, 221. 
SODA COMPOSITUS, 70, I 39. 
TEMPERANS, 73, 221. 
PUMPKIN SEEDS, constituents, 77, 23 — 
ta^nifuge properties, 70, 509. 
PUTTY, French, 75, 395. 
PYCNANTHEMUM incanum, substituted 
for horse mint, 72, 197, 73, 37. 
— linifolium, constituents, 70, 448 — in hy- 
drophobia, 72, 197. 
PYCNOCOMA MACROPHYLLA, Boomah nuts, 
7 8, 29. 
PYRETHRUM carneum, poisonous princi- 
pie, 77, 17- 
— ciNERARiAFOLiuM, constituents, 80, 14. 
— ROSEUM, adulteration of powder, 74, 299 
—effects upon different insects, 79, 246. 
See also Insect powder. 
PYROPHOSPHATES, conversion into phos- 
phates, 72, 374, 451- 
PYROXYLIN, different compounds, properties, 
80, 400 — preparation, 77, 301, 374- See 
also Collodion, Gun cotton. 
qUACKERY in the garb of piety, 77, 623 
— legal decision, 74, 142. 
QUASSIA CUPS, false, 80, 636. 
QUEBEC Pharmaceutical Association, 75, 
282, 427, 76, 282. 
QUEBRACHO, constituents, 79, 309 (see 
also Aspidospermia) — gum, chemistry (Colo- 
rado), 7.9, 152 — effects, 79,4-72, 80, 
428 — false, description, 80, 261 — ori^fin, 
description, 7.9, 192, 80, 202 — prepara- 
tions, 80, 92. 
QUERCETIN, composition, 76, 65, 7.9, 
450. 
QUERCITRIN, composition, 76, 65, 7.9, 
450. 
QUERCUS AGiLops, propagation, 78, 173, 
