INDEX. 
ix 
Bark, malambo or matias, xv. 265 
" new preparation of cinchona, xvii. 
49 
" of Pereira, xii. 147, xvii. 86 
" of pomegranate roots, ii. 246 
" Winter's and canella alba, ii. 246 
Baryta, xiii. 203 
" acetate, muriate, nitrate of, i. 54 
w and strontia, water in, vii. 158 
" caustic, xviii. 319 
" chlorate of, xvii. 200 
" hydrochlorate of, i. 295 
" nitrate of, 
l. 54 
" sulphate of, in calomel, viii. 346 
" sulphomethylate of, vii. 69 
" water and salts of, preparation 
of, xix. 233 
u watery solution of, xiii. 93 
Bastard ipecacuanha, xix. 19 
Bateman's pectoral drops, v. 25, xi. 69 
Bath, sulphur, xiii. 105 
Battley's sedative, v. 260, viii. 349 
<{ liquor cinchonae, viii. 349 
Baume's hydrometer, ii. 286 
Bdellium, distinction between myrrh and 
xvii. 227 
K tree producing, v. 139 
Beaked hazel, xiv. 280 
Bebeerine, constitution of, xix. 113 
" sulphate of, viii. 199 
Bebeeru tree of British Guiana, viii. 199 
Beer, adulteration of, xvi. 287 
Beeswax, composition of, x. 262 
Beet juice, purification of, viii. 151 
" sugar in France, viii. 84 
Behaviour of vegetable charcoal towards 
chlorine, bromine, &c, xx. 243 
Be-lahe, bark of, x. 47 
Belladonna, adulteration of, xi. 221 
" ointment of mercury and, 
xvi. 318 
<c poisoning by, xi. 83 
" preparation of extract of, 
xvi. 174 
e< tincture of, xviii. 108 
Belladonine, xiii. 127 
Benares opium, xxi. 195 
Bengal, gum elemi from, iv. 84 
Benzin, anaesthetic effects of, xx. 245 
" production of, x. 176 
Benzoic acid, ii. ]55, vii. 258, ix. 19 
ct " conversion of, into hip- 
puric, xvii. 6 
" e * in elecampane, xv. 157 
M " preparation of, xvi. 157 
61 " sublimed, xii. 173 
Benzoin, vi. 200 
e< and benzoic acid, v. 113 
Benzole, preparation and properties of, 
xxi. 329 
Benzoline, xvii. 239 
Berberin, iii. 173, vii. 328 
" its occurrence in columbo root, 
xx. 322 
Betula lenta, volatile oil of, xv. 241 
Bibliographical notices, xx. 20, 26, 198, 
280 
Bicarbonate of soda, i. 93, viii. 114, xii. 
182 
e< potassa, x. 82 
Bichloride of hydrogen, xvii. 76 
Bichromate of lime, xx. 70 
" perchloride of chromium, 
xi. 84 
" potassa, xx. 70 
" " in the preparation 
of aldehyde and acetic acid, xviii. 292 
Bicyanuret of mercury, vi. 24 
Bigonia catalpa, vi. 352 
Bisnonia chica, 
xvi. 149 
Bile and sugar, test for, xvii. 114, 117 
Bimeconate of morphia, xi. 166 
Biniodide of mercury, i. 205, viii. 83 
Binoxalate of ammonia, xiv. 135 
Bismuth, crystallization of, iv. 84 
£< expansion of, vi. 84 
cc subnitrate of, xx. 17 
Bisulphuret of carbon, xxi. 181 
" " anaesthetic effects 
of, xx. 245 
Bitter almonds, iv. 67, 85, 127, xviii. 209 
e « " distilled water of, xiii. 
349, xvii. 79 
" " essential oil of, xix. 315 
" " poisoning by oil of, xii. 
172 
<c extracts, action of charcoal on, 
viii. Ill 
" taste of sulphate of magnesia re- 
moved by tannin, xix. 300 
Bitumens, composition of, ix. 84 
Black drop, v. 260, xi. 202 
" hellebore, xx. 161 
" " tincture of, xviii. 113 
" ink, xiii. 189, xx. 67, 69 
Bladders, evaporation by means of, i. 68 
Blaud's pills, xi. 55 
] Bleaching compounds of chlorine, i. 275, 
viii. 292 
" principle, new, xviii. 158 
" powder, process of determin- 
ing the strength of, xix. 276 
" shell lac and vellow wax, iii. 
264 
" wax, xiii. 223 
Blistering cloth, xx. 38 
" ointment, ammoniacal, xviii. 
160 
" plaster, ii. 166, xiii. 302, xvi. 
159 
