xxx INDEX. 
Lead, acetate and subacetate of, xiii. 
94 
££ action of, in distilled and river 
water, xvii. 16 
" carbonate of, xiv. 66, 128 
" purity of, ii. 243 
££ chromates of, iv. 172, xx. 70 
" colic, iv. 258, vii. 346, 349 
te in atmosphere, vii. 339 
££ in eudiometry, viii. 321 
££ in various artificial products, xvi. 
303 
" iodides of, vi. 134, xix. 298, xxi. 
228 
££ " toxicological effects of, 
ix. 356 
££ nitrate of, i. 55 
" pipes, corrosion of, viii. 82, xxi. 
342 
" plaster, viii. 284, xv. 271 
'•' " carbonate of, iii. 206 
" sulphuret of, crystals of, vi. 86 
<£ tannate of, ix. 261 
Leaf, matico, vi. 286, xv. 156, xvi. 105, 
xix. 60 
Leaves, cherry laurel, xviii. 209 
" coloring matter of, xi. 28 
££ of plants, mineral substances 
in, xvi. 265 
Lecture, introductory, at the University 
of Maryland, 
ix. 269 
« « of Prof. Wood, 
xii. 298 
« « of Prof. Procter, 
xix. 241 
Leeches, iv. 265, xv. 308 
" preservation of, xviii. 313 
Lee's antibilious pills, xi. 74 
Lemon syrup, viii. 171 
Lemonade, sulphuric, xiii. 105 
Lichens, coloring matter of, iv. 346 
Light, action of, on drugs, xix. 144 
££ during crystallization, viii. 157 
££ effect of, on plants, ii. 255 
" for signals, viii. 85 
" homogeneous, of great intensity, 
vi. 347 
Lignirode gum. vi. 49 
Ligustrine, and the ligustrum vulgare, 
xii. 347 
Lilacine, xiv. 139 
Lime, i. 52, vi. 81, xiii. 203 
" action of, on solutions of carbo- 
nate of potassa, vi. 166 
££ bichromate of, xx. 70 
" chloride of, liquid, i. 278 
££ ££ in gonorrhoea, viii. 
86 
" « in itch, xiii. 172 
Lime, crystallization of the carbonate 
of, iv. 260 
K hydrosulphuret of, in itch, vii. 
263 
u muriate of, i. 54 
" oxymuriate of, i. 275 
" phosphate of, x. 27 
" phosphuret of, v. 94 
" precipitated carbonate of, xvi. 
161, xviii. 231 
££ saccharate of, xiii. 74 
££ sulphate of, i. 54 
££ water, xiii. 93 
Limone, xvii. 32 
Liniment, cosmetic, vii. 351 
<£ for ascites, ix. 175 
££ for chilblains, iv. 351, xi. 170 
££ iodine, v. 294 
££ of hydriodate of potash, xiv. 
102 
££ of Mr. St. John Long, ix. 85 
££ soap, xv. 163, xxi. 178, 206 
Liniments, v. 110 
Linseed oil, products by oxidation, xviii. 
76 
££ ££ purification of, vi. 85, xvii. 
78 
Lip salve, vii. 349 
Liquefaction of gases, viii. 261, xvii. 19, 
121 
Liquidambar styraciflua, vi. 190 
Liquid and solid iodide of iron, viii. 253 
£ ' carbonic acid, viii. 359, x. 301 
££ extract of eubebs, xiii. 78 
£t opodeldoc, xvi. 317 
££ terchloride of carbon, xv. 267 
Liquids, boiling of, in glass vessels, xx. 
329 
Liquor ferri iodidi, xxi. 5 
" ££ potassio-citratis, xv. 158 
" morphias sulphatis, iii. 207 
c£ Van Swieten's, xiii. 104 
Liquorice, experiments on, vi. 227 
paste, ii. 251 
root, commercial powdered, 
xvi. 319 
Liriodendrine, iii. 5 
Liriodendron, xiv. 91 
££ tulipifera, iii. 11 
Litharge, its power of dissolving oxygen, 
xvii. 270 
Lithontriptics, alkaline drinks as, xv. 
145 
Litmus, coloring matter of, xxi. 236 
Lixiviation of vegetable and animal sub- 
stances, viii. 221 
Loan for apparatus, i. 22 
Lobelia cardinalis, xi. 2S0 
££ inflata, ix. 98, xiv. 108 
££ principles of, v. 300, xiii. 2 
