588 
INDEX. 
Persimmon,  on  the  green  551 
Persian  berries   465 
Perayre,  Dr.  E.,  on  urate  of  quinia  221 
Perkin      Duppa,  on  iodo-acetic  acid.  223 
Peter,  Dr.  Robert,  analysis  of  crab  orchard  salts  238 
Petroleum,  composition  of  Pennsylvania  446 
Phalangium  poraaridianum.......  245 
Pharmacopoeia  Convention  of  1860,  call  for.  186,  187 
Pharmacopoeia  Convention  of  1860,  minutes  of  376 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  minutes  of  the  American  481 
Phipson,  31.  T.  L.,  manganese  forms  with  oxygen  only  one  acid,  the  man- 
ganic 320 
Phellandrium  aquaticum,  seeds  of  211 
Phosphate  of  alumina  in  nux  vomica.  524 
Phosphorus,  its  detection....  153 
Phosphoric  acid,  analysis  of  glacial  t  193 
Pierlot,  31.,  chemical  researches  on  the  essential  oil  of  valerian  138 
Pile,  Dr.  Wilson  II,  on  the  sp.  gravity  of  water  at  different  temperatures... 145 
Pills  of  iodide  of  iron  201 
Pilulae  catharticae  compositae....  103 
Pilulae  ferri  iodidi  ,  .....103 
Pilulas,  on  248 
Platinum,  cast  467 
Podophyllum  peltatum,  on  the  root  of  208 
Poison  oak,  antidote  for  the........  412 
Poisoning  by  sulphate  of  morphia   90 
Poisoning  by  tincture  of  aconite...  237 
Poisonous  hair  dyes  476 
Polytrichum  juniperianum  329 
Polygalic  acid.....  =  149 
Pot  and  pearl  ashes,  analysis  of  American,  132 
Potato  starch,  examination  of  184 
Porous  bodies,  movement  of  fluids  in  352 
Preparation  of  polygalic  acid.  150 
Practical  knowledge   12 
Preparation  of  caryophillin   64 
Preparation  of  nitrate  of  silver  223 
Preparation  of  an  aerated  chalybeate  water    245 
Preparation  of  ecbalin  or  elaterin  259 
Preparation  of  unguentum  hydrargyri  nitratis  272 
Protecting  young  trees  with  blood.  ,  275 
Preparation  of  lard  ..  347 
Preparation  of  lactic  acid  448 
Preparation  of  iodide  of  ethyl  321 
Preparations  of  calamus  root.....  U2 
Preparations  of  taraxacum   340 
Preservation  of  plants  for  the  herbarium  •   51 
