INDEX.  587 
Silver,  preparation  of  pure  metallic  277,  551 
Sinalbin,  a  glucoside   68 
Small-pox,  new  remedy  for    172,  324,  355 
ointment  against  itching  in   355 
Smith,  Edward,  laboratory  notes   493 
Smith,  Henry  M.,  analysis  of  yupon   216- 
Smith,  J.  Lawrence,  new  method  of  forming  platinum  black   176 
Sneezeweeds  308,  522 
Snow,  ammonia  in     453 
Soap  liniment,  preparation  of  65,  529 
Soda  bicarbonate  from  natrona  41,  89 
caustic,  preparation  of  106,  374 
sulphate,  supersaturated  solutions  of   164 
sulpho-vinate,  purgative  effects  of  69,  281 
water — what  is  it?   383 
Southworth,  J.  P.,  micrometric  goniometer  eye-piece  for  the  microscope   32 
Sonstadt,  E.,  estimation  of  iodine  in  kelp  liquor,  etc   553 
new  process  for  making  iodide  of  potassium   556 
Species  demulcentes  et  emollientes     94 
fumales   238 
Spilanthes  oleracea  in  toothache   323 
Spiritus  antiparaliticus   94 
Sponge- fishing   369 
Sponges,  disinfection  of  ,  ,   355 
Squibb,  E.  R.,  note  on  pareira  ,   107 
Squill,  use  of  fresh,  in  pharmacy   522 
Stillingia  sebifera,  uses  of   263 
Strychnia,  hydrobromate  of     ...  449 
nicotia  an  antidote  to  ,   466 
Styracin,  preparation  of,  from  storax  <    134 
Suet  purified   233 
Sugar,  cane,  transformation  into  glucose     71 
grape,  estimation  of  211,  354 
influence  of  salts  on  crystallization  of.   360 
in  Triticum  repens   352 
Sulpho-chloroform.....    231 
Sulphur,  oxidation  of,  by  ozone   276 
Sulphurets,  soluble,  decomposition  of,  by  water   420 
Sulphuretted  hydrogen  as  a  blow-pipe  reagent   420 
Summer  heat  of  1872   517 
Suppositories,  of  assafcetida   201 
urethral       166 
vaginal,  from  gelatine   188 
Syrup  of  cubebs  in  coughs  -.     206 
eucalyptus  393,  540 
gum   66 
lemon   446 
nutgalls,  aromatic   389 
phospii.  iron,  quinia  and  ignatia,  aromatic    530 
raspberry,  test  for  genuine   489 
rhatany   67 
tolu   69,  87 
valerian   67 
Syrupus  opiatus  vel  thebaicus     94 
Tallow  tree  and  its  uses     263 
Tanner,  Alfred  B.,  nitrite  of  amyl    21 
Tar,  emulsion  of,  by  saponin  ,  13 
Taraxaci  scapi  succus     509 
Taraxicum,  cultivation  and  use  of,  in  India   72 
Tea,  estimation  of  coffeina  in   489- 
nitrogen  in  black   453 
Tearle,  Walter,  note  on  pill  excipients  .'   411 
