658  Index.  {'"^iZlS^!"' 
Vaccinium,  coloring  matter  of  berries,  ....  204 
vitis-idaea,  benzoic  acid  in  berries,            .               .  .135 
Falaenburg,  S.  D.  njon^  preparation  of  iodine-iion  cod  liver  oil,  .               .  508 
Van  Allen,  Herman,  viburnum  prunifolium,                .               .  .  439 
Vander  Burg,  E.  A.,  analysis  of  iodine  iron  cod  Hver  oil,    .  .               .  506 
ashy  ingredients  in  light  cod  liver  oil,         .  .  505 
Vanillin  in  crude  sugars,                     .....  553 
Varnish,  carbolic,          .               .               .               .               .  .  220 
gold,        .               .               .      "        .               .  .  .431 
Veratria,  antidote  for,    .               .              .              .               .  .165 
Vermilion,  false,    .                             .               .               .  .               .  496 
Vesbium,  a  new  element,             ....  196,  632 
Viburnum  prunifolium,  analysis  of  bark,            .               .  .  439 
Vinegar,  test  for  free  mineral  acids  in,         .               .               .  .87 
Vinum  ipecacuanha,  preparation  of,    .               :               .  ,         523,  566 
picis,  formula  for,              .               .               .               .  •           .  372 
Water,  Congress,  artificial,  ......  370 
hard  versus  soft,  .  .  .  .  .  222 
purification  of  muddy,  .....  407 
Vichy,  influence  on  digestion,         ....  376 
Wax,  characteristic  test  of  different  kinds  of,      ...  447 
chemistry  of  several  varieties  of,        ....  303 
Wick ersheimer's  preserving  fluid,        ....  102,  166,  472 
Williams, Geo.  E.,  absorption  of  moisture  by  glycerin,  .  .  485 
Wine,  detection  ot  tuchsin  in,  .  .  .  .  .  373 
Wolff,  La-uorence,  ethyl  bromide,    .  .  .  .  .  241 
koumys,     ......  289 
soluble  compressed  pellets  for  hypodermic  medication,    .  593 
Wood,  black  stain  for,         ......  375 
Wool,  artificial,  preparation  of,    -  .  .  .  .  330 
Wormley,  Prof..,  fallacies  of  Reinsch's  test  for  arsenic,         .  .  '195 
Wright,  C.  R.  A.,  report  on  the  aconite  alkaloids,        .  .  .  500 
Wurtz,  A.,  papaine,  ......  568 
Xanthoxylum  carolinianum,  analysis  of,  ....  191 
Yerba  mansa,  constituents  of,       .  .  .  .  .4 
Ytterbium,  general  characters  of,        ....         493,  631 
Zea  mays,  use  of  stigmata,           .....  167,  476 
Zedoary,  round,  description,                ....  419,  422 
yellow,  description  of,    .               .               .               .               .  418 
Zeller,  C.  F.,  the  thalleioquin  test,        .               .               .               .  .  385 
Zinc  bromide,  salt  and  syrup,       .....  75,  122 
salts,  antidote  for,         ...                             .  .  165 
Zurambad,  description  of,            ....              .  420 
