Index.  579 
Aquas  medicatae,  preparation  of,  .              .              .              .  166,  280 
Arnotto  introduced  into  Europe,         .....  364- 
Arrowroot,  adulteration  of,         .  .  .  297,  316,  380,  51 1 
Arsenical  poisoning,            .              .              .              .  .  .221 
Arsenic  chloro-phosphide,           ...  91 
test  for,    .......  220 
Arum  dracunculus,  use  of,  in  Greece,         .              .              .  .196 
Asafcetida,  commerce  of,                   .              .              .  .              .  513 
Asarum  canadense,  constituents  and  preparations  of,                .  .  154- 
Asphodelus  racemosus  and  bulbosus,  .              .              .  .              .  193 
Atractylis  gummifera,  mastich  from  and  properties  of  root,       .  .  195 
Atropia,  assay  of,  in  extracts  of  belladonna,       .             .  .  .145 
Ayer's  ague  cure,  analysis  of,                    .              .              .  391 
Balsam  Peru,  adulterated  with  alcohol,             .             .  \  .              .  133 
castor  oil,     .              .              .  .167 
introduction  of,  into  Europe,        .             .  .  .362 
Balsam  Tolu,  factitious,              .             .             .              .  51,  89 
introduction  of,  into  Europe,       .             .  .             .  363 
Bdellium,  origin  and  properties  of,              .              .              .  .273 
Beach,  L.  F.,  examination  of  podophyllin,  cimicifugin  and  hydrastin  5  also,  de- 
termination of  berberina,              ....  385 
Becker,  Chas.,  on  salicylic  acid,           .             .             .  .  .306 
on  essence  of  vanilla,            ....  342 
Beckett,  G.  H.,  and  C.  R.  A.  Wright,  alkaloids  of  aconite  roots,  .             .  77' 
Beech  wax,  nature  of,    .              .              .              .              .  278 
Beer,  alkaloid  in,  resembling  colchicia,  ....  467- 
Belgium,  General  Pharmaceutical  Association  of,                   .  .         57  s 
Benger,  F.  B.,  excretion  of  salicylic  acid  by  patients,         .  .              .  548 
Benzoin,  growth  and  uses  of,        .              .              .              .  74,  144 
introduction  of,  into  Europe,               .              .  .              .  363 
variety  of,                    .              .              .              .  .571 
Berberina,  determination  of,  by  Mayer's  solution,             .  .  .386 
Berlin,  Apothecaries'  Society  of,  .              .              .             .  .  572 
Betulin,               .              .              .              .              .  .  540 
Bibby,  Walter  E.,  division  of  poisons,          .              .              .  .167 
the  pharmaceutical  value  of  sugar  of  milk,  .         267,  278 
Bidwell,  M.  S.,  a  new  ink,           .              .              .              .  .54 
experiment  on  antiseptics,          .              .  .  .108 
uva  ursi  and  spirit  of  nitre,                .              .  .  214 
Bismuth  and  iron,  compounds  of,                     .              .  .  .104 
salts,  tellurium  a  probable  impurity  in,                      .  133 
Blair,  Andrew,  cachets  de  pain,         .             .              .  .  .164 
Blood  powder,  soluble,                .              .              .              .  .132 
Boerner,  E.  L.,  seeds  of  ricinus  communis,         .              .  .  .481 
Borax  as  an  antiseptic,  .              .              .              •              .  .221 
Borax,  solubility  of,  in  glycerin,          .              .             .  .  .30 
Botanical  models,          ......  38 
Bowdichia  major,                              s             .              .  510 
Bower,  F.  T.,  liquor  ferri  nitratis,              .              .              .  356 
Bowman,  C.  A.,  glycerin  dropper,       .              .              .  .  .98 
British  Pharmaceutical  Conference,  grants  by,          .             .  .41 
thirteenth  annual  meeting,  .             .  473 
Brown,  A.  P.,  Syrup  of  Liquorice  Root  and  Brown  mixture,     .  .  487 
Brown,  Jos.  j.,  importance  of  garbling  drugs,                 .  .  52 
