xviii 
INDEX. 
Decomposition of carbonic acid and alka- 
line carbonates by the 
light of the sun, xvi.91 
W of chloride of silver, v. 
264 
" of essential oils by iodine 
ix. 79 
C of narcotine, products 
from the, xvi. 136 
" of oscillarias, viii. 334 
Decrepitation, cause of, viii. 34, 345 
Defence against flies, iv. 351 
Deliquescent salts, viii. 87 
Delphine, v. 175 
Delphinium consolida, xi. 1 
Densities of alcoholic liquids, xiv. 321 
Dentifrice, vii. 351, xvii. 77 
Deoxidation of ferridcyanide of potas- 
sium, &c, xvi. 252 
" of persalts of iron, xvi. 252 
Depurative syrup, vii. 347 
Description of the frankincense tree, 
xvi. 187 
Dessication of solids, xxi. 103 
Detection of arsenic, x. 108, xii. 279, 
xiii. 149, xiv. 103 
" " in organic mix- 
tures, xviii. 220 
•< poisons in the urine, xix. 
118 
" potato starch by muriatic 
acid, xv. 76 
" prussic acid, xvii. 77 
" quinic acid, xvii. 156 
" stearine and stearic acid in 
wax, xix. 214 
Determination of nitrogen, xiv. 141 
Deutiodide of mercury, i. 205, viii. 83 
Deutochloride of gold, xiii. 94 
" mercury, i. 56, xvii. 
255 
" platinum, xiii. 94 
Deutoxide of copper, xiii. 94 
" mercury in ointments, viii. 
338 
" " solubility of, x. 
259 
Dewees' carminative, v. 102 
Dextrine and diastase, xi. 265 
Diabetic patients, bread for, xxi. 242 
c < sugar, x. 354 
" urine, test for sugar in, xvi. 234 
Diamonds, artificial, i. 76 
Diaphoretic antimony, xi. 297 
Diastase, dextrine and, xi. 265 
Dictamnus albus, xi. 103 
Didym metal, xv. 155 
Different kinds of calcined magnesia, xvi. 
272 
.« " gums, iv. 158, vi. 42 
Different kinds of kino, iv. 53 
" " opium, iv. 57 
Digestion, chemical phenomena of, xvii. 
136 
" of alcoholic drinks, xx. 241 
Digestive ointment, vii. 261 
Digitalic acid and digitalates, xvii. 181 
Digitalin, xxi. 88 
Digitalis, v. 89, ix. 262, xi. 191, 204 
t( chemical examination of, vii. 
218 
" experiments on, xv. 196 
« extract of, xvi. 178 
64 means of ascertaining the effi- 
cacy of, xviii. 160 
" oil of, v. 262 
" purpurea, xvii. 97 
« «< bitter principle of, 
xviii. 160 
" syrup of, x. 279 
Dinner pills, xiii. 105 
Dioscorea villosa, viii. 19 
Diospyros lotus, v. 138 
" virginiana, fruit of, xviii. 161 
Dippel, animal oil of, ix. 244 
Discoloration of skin by nitrate of silver, 
xiv. 328 
c< " means of prevent- 
ing, xiv. 329 
" '< removal of, xiv.330 
Disinfecting gas, vi. 263 
" powder, vi. 85 
" power of nitrate of lead, 
xix. 269 
Dispensatory, Edinburg, review of, iii. 
250, iv. 33 
" Mayne's, xx. 198 
fi new, iii. 179 
et of the United States, xv. 
170, xvii. 170 
" of the United States, re- 
port on, vi. 76 
" of the United States, re- 
view of,iv.297,v.309 
Displacement apparatus, new, xviii. 98, 
191, xxi. 129 
" Boullay's system of, x. 1 
" method of, xi. 189 
" observations on, vii. 308 
" of senna, xiv. 103 
Distillation of fat bodies, product of, 
xiii. 220 
Distilled oil of caoutchouc, viii. 340 
" water of bitter almonds, xiii. 
349, xviii. 209 
" waters of bitter almonds, iv. 
203 
£< "of the Pharmacopoeia, 
xvii. 159 
<e " preparation of , viii. 217 
