INDEX.  585 
Oakum  a  substitute'/or  lint  in  dressing  wounds   411 
Obituary — Pierre  Berthier   384 
"        Lewis  Condict,  M.  D   575 
"        William  H.  Milnor,  M.  D.,   493 
"        Charles  Agustus  Smith,  of  Cincinnati   192 
«        Prof.  G.  F.  Walz,  M.  D   575 
Odontine  tooth  paste   532 
Oil  of  cloves,  preparation  of   25 
Oil  from  asphaltum  «   189 
Oil  of  valerian   329 
Oil  of  cajuput  as  a  means  of  distinguishing  amber  and  copal   445 
Oiled  paper  as  an  economical  substitute  for  oiled  silk  in  surgical  dressings.  365 
Oleaginous  matter  from  dissolving  iron  in  acids   74 
Oleum  amygdalae  amarae   333 
Opium,  on  the  chemistry  of   519 
Opium  altered  by  age   397 
Oxalic  acid,  decomposition  of,  by  light   416 
Papier  Fayard  etBlayn.....    189 
Paraguay  tea   36 
Parrish,  Edward,  on  the  publication  of  the  Revised  Pharmacopoeia   512 
"  "       on  the  preparation  of  the  resin  of  podophyllum   133 
Pasteur,  M.}  on  acetic  fermentation   220 
"       "    on  the  viscous  and  butyric  fermentations   222 
Pate  iodifere   329 
Paulli,  Dr.,  on  the  preparation  of  pure  caustic  soda  on  a  large  scale   431 
Peck,  H.  F.,on  Monsel's  salt   201 
Periodide  of  iron    439 
Perchloric  acid  and  its  hydrates   64 
Percentage  of  alcohol  in  wines,  estimation  of   65 
Persoz,  M.  J.,  contributions  to  the  history  of  naphthalin  „.  236 
Perrens,  J.  Dyson,  on  the  occurrence  of  berberin  in  Xantherrhiza  apiifolia  356 
»             "     on  hydrastin,  an  alkaloid  occurring  in  Hydrastis  Cana- 
densis..  360 
Petroleum  or  rock  oil,  history  of   527 
Pharmaceutical  noticea   136,  208,  318 
Pharmaceutical  notes..   306 
Pharmaceutical  gleanings  and  notices  ....  31 8 
Phantom  Boquet,  notice  of.   492 
Pharmacopoeia,  on  the  publication  of  the  revised   512 
Phosphorus,  history  of  the  manufacture  of   49,  145,  24I 
Phipson,  Dr.  T.  L.,  on  tinkalzite  from  Peru   60 
"  "     on  the  arseniferous  sulphur  from  the  sulfatara  of  Naples 
and  the  preparation  of  selenium   443 
11  11    on  native  tin  and  native  zinc   543 
Phosphorescence,  on   246 
Pile,  Dr.  Tf,  H.,  on  tincture  ferri  chloridi   17 
