INDEX.  58T 
Simmonds,  P.  L.,  note  on  bird's  oil   363 
opium  trade  of  china  ,   28 
saponaceous  plants   457 
Simpson,  Robert,  preservation  of  glass  vessels  from  breakage   196 
Smith,  T.  Sf  H.,  purgative  action  of  aloes   67 
Snake  poison,  will  it  kill  a  snake  ,.   276 
Soap,  castor  oil     265 
Soap  liniment   450 
Societies,  local     477 
Soda  miQt  ,          247,  300 
Sodium,  chloride  of,  compound  with  sugar   543 
Solutions,  behavior  of  supersaturated   507 
SophisticauoDS   317 
Sorhtj,  H.  C,  spectrum  analysis  of  blood  stains   362 
Soubeiran,  L^on,  collection  of  mastic  at  Chios   510 
Spirgatis,  Prof.  H.,  resin  of  tampico  jalap   161 
Spiritus  setheris  nitrosi,  B.  P   82 
Spiritus  salis  dulcis   42 
Sponge,  vulcanized  rubber  ,    277 
Springmiihl,  preparation  of  chloral    223 
Stacey,  B.  F.,  the  honey  trade  of  the  United  States   70 
Stammering,  how  to  cure   422 
Stamp  duties  on  perfumery    427 
Staples,  C.  A.,  compound  iron  mixture  of  the  pharmacopoeia   505 
Starch,  sj  rup  and  sugar,  manufacture  of   353 
Stewart,  Dr.  David,  preservation  of  vaccine  crusts  105,  342 
Strontia  sulphate,  influence  of  carbonate  of  ammonia  on   76 
Strychnos  potatorum     241,  412 
Styptic  wool   326 
Substitutions,  fraudulent   333 
Suets  and  fats,  purification  of   552 
Sugar,  compound  with  chloride  of  sodium   543 
Sugar  in  urine   230 
manufacture  of,  in  Germany   373 
Sulphocarbolates   10,  265 
Sulphur,  solubility  in  coal  tar  oils     267 
Sumbulus  moschatus       78 
Suppositories,  extemporaneous  preparation  of  193,  488,  563 
use  of  wax  and  tallow  in  128,  170 
Synanthrose   .    312 
Syrups,  apparatus  for  making  by  cold  process   498 
Syrupus  assafoetidse      396 
comp   397 
calcis  lactophosphatis   243 
croci   54 
hypophosphites  compos   311 
ipecacuauhce   104 
scillse  compositus  103,  135,  188 
senegse  103,  107,  139 
sennse   485 
sodse  santonatis   451 
Tanner,  Alfred  E.,  spiritus  aetheris  nitrosi,  B.  P   82 
Tar,  saccharated,  or  soluble  vegetable  tar    508 
Tea,  Himalaya   353 
Test  for  blood  stains    271 
Testing  cochineal   263 
Theine,  preparation  of   462 
Tichborne,  C.  R.  C,  parchment  paper  as  a  filtering  medium   313 
Tilden,  Wm.  A.,  a  few  notes  on  aloes   34 
Tin,  separation  from  antimony  and  arsenic   222 
