Am.  Jour.  Pharm., ") 
Dec,  1885.  j 
Index. 
663 
Pinus  sylvestris  contains  phenol   106 
Teocote,  use  in  Mexico   283 
Piper  anisatum,  spurious  cubebs  302,  353 
crassipes,  spurious  cubebs  353 
Pipmenthol,  examination   429 
see  also  Menthol. 
Piscidia  erythrina,  use  in  Mexico   433 
Piss-a-bed  (Telanthera)  use  in  the  south   91 
Plant  food,  liquid   382 
Plantago  arenaria,  P.  cynops,  P.  lanceolata,  P.  major,  P.  psyllium, 
uses  of    107 
Plumiera  rubra,  use  in  Mexico   386 
Polianthes  tuberosa,  in  perfumery   135 
Polishing  powder  292,  505 
Polvo  (powder)  of  Pharm.  Mexicana  (de  contrayerva  compuesta,  galacto- 
fero,  and  others)  440,  441 
Polygonum  aviculare,  use  in  Mexico   552 
hydropiper,  analysis   21 
use  in  Mexico   552 
hydropiperoides   552 
Poly  podium  aureum,  use  in  Mexico   387 
Pomada  (ointment)  of  Pharm.  Mexicana  (de  cloral,  de  toronjil,  and 
others)   441 
Pomades,  French  134,  136 
Pomatum  (ointment)  of  Pharm  Mexicana  (ad  scabiem,  ex  Aldereti,  ner- 
vinum,  and  others)  291,  441,  549 
Pomegranate  bark,  alkaloid   172 
Populus  alba,  P.  nigra,  uses  in  Mexico   309 
Potassa,  caustic,  commercial   514 
Potassium,  bicarbonate,  antidote  to  iodoform   459 
bichromate,  use  in  syphilis   459 
iodide,  best  given  in  milk   556 
and  belladonna   588 
permanganate,  use  in  amenorrhoea   459 
excipient  for  pills  of  514,  594 
Potio  rosarum  composita,  of  Pharm.  Mexicana   439 
Poudre  refulgente  ,   292 
Pisum  sativum,  use  in  Mexico   311 
Precipitates  in  fluid  extracts   511 
Prcipitation,  how  best  effected   26 
Preliminary  education    51,  109,  111 
examination   10 
PresGott,  Albert  B.    Diastatic  power  of  extract  of  malt   126 
School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Michigan   156 
Prescriptions,  factory  made   509 
Prickly  pear  (Opuntia)  in  America   449 
Procter,  Wallaee.    Frozen  glycerin   273 
Prosopis  dulcis,  P.  juliflora,  P.  microphylla,  products  of.   543 
Psidium  pomiferum,  P.  pyriferum,  use  in  Mexico...   602 
Pterocaulon  pycnostachyiim,  use  in  the  south   91 
Pulmonary  diseases,  ergot  in   267 
Pulvis   of  Pharm.  Mexicana,  (dentrifricius  ex  Commoto,  dorsteni^e 
comp.,  foeniculi  comp.,  jalap^e  comp.,  rosfe  comp.)  440,  441 
morphinie  acetatis  compositus   363 
Quassia  amara,  use  in  Mexico   434 
Quasside   29 
Quassin,  chemistry  of   29 
Quebracho,  use  in  fevers   267 
Quebrachol,  in  Cinchona  Ledgeriana   457 
Quercus  barbinervis,  Q.  polymorpha,  Q.  tomentosa,  uses  in  Mexico   554 
