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INDEX. 
Pills, Anderson's Scot's, v. 25, xi. 69 
" antichlorotic, vi. 264 
U Blaud's, xi. 55 
<£ camphor and opium, iii. 290 
" candied, xx. 160 
" compound cathartic, iii. 207 
" creasote, viii. 88 
" cubeb, iii. 290 
es dinner, xiii. 105 
" for ascites, ix. 175 
<£ Hooper's, v. 24, xi. 68 
<£ Lee's antibilious, xi. 74 
" " New London, xi. 74 
££ mercurial, i. 100, xiv. 48, 243 
<£ " ferruginated, xv. 138 
££ mode of covering with gelatine, x. 
229 
<£ mode of covering with gelatine and 
sugar, xiii. 77 
" new ferruginous, x. 244 
" Plummer's, ix. 122 
<£ protiodide of iron, xv. 71 
" ££ mercury, xiii. 105 
Pinic acid in Venice turpentine, ii. 81 
Pink root, extracts of, xvi. 18 
" " and senna, xx. 
87 
Piper angustifolium, xvi. 105, xviii. 174 
Piperine, ii. 249, iii. 176 
Pipes, action of water on iron, vi. 234 
" " " lead, viii. 82, 
xxi. 342 
Pipette, a new, xi. 84 
Pipsissewa, syrup of, xv. 70 
Piscidia erythrina, v. 159 
Pistacia, galls of, xvi. 32 
££ terebinthus, xii. 67 
Pitaya bark, vii. 332 
Pitch, Burgundy, xii. 132 
Pitcoal, products of distillation of, vii. 
332 
Plant producing cascarilla, vi. 238 
" " gum ammoniac, xv. 263 
C( taqua, or vegetable ivory, xv. 37 
Plants, effect of light on, ii. 255 
" mineral substances in organs of, 
xvi. 264 
" narcotic, mode of drying, ii. 253 
new method of drying, viii. 175 
nutrition of, xvii. 192 
of ancient Egypt, v. 137 
" producing cassia, xii. 217 
Plaster, adhesive, v. 33, 84, xix. 97 
a 
a 
a 
assafcetida, 
v. 36 
tt 
blistering, ii. 1 66, xiii. 302, xvi. 
159 
" without cantharides, 
ii. 167 
cc carbonate of lead, iii. 206 
« cloth, ii. 166, xvi. 159 
Plaster, court, India rubber, ' xv. 38 
" croton oil, xv. 66 
<£ for excoriations, ii. 167 
from India rubber, xviii. 235 
hemlock, vi. 353 
in whooping cough, vii. 262 
££ isinglass, xiii. 320 
issue, ii. 166 
of caoutchouc, iii. 296 
lead, vii. 284, xv.271, xix. 172 
linen or gauthier, i. 38 
simple, ix. 124 
a 
a 
a 
a 
a 
a 
a 
a 
tartar emetic, 
v. 295 
Plasters, i. 107, iv. 203, v. 109 
Platinum, amalgam of, vii. 84 
" and tin, compounds of, viii. 
81 
e: applications of, upon the me- 
tals, xi. 112 
C£ chloride of, i. 56 
" deutochloride of, xiii. 94 
££ extraction of, vii. 237 
££ malleable, i. 74 
<£ oxide of, xv. 32 
t: separation of, from gold, xiv. 
135 
££ properties of spongy, vii. 321 
Plumbago, iron converted into, x. 81 
Podophyllum peltatum, analysis of, xix. 
165 
" <£ principle of, iii. 
273 
Poisoning by aconite, xii. 173 
" arsenic, ix. 75, xiii. 326, 
xvii. 238, xviii. 179, 
287 
belladonna, xi. 83 
gin, xi. 164 
Morrison's pills, vii. 70, 
viii. 347 
oil of bitter almonds, xii. 
172 
Prussic acid, detection of, 
xvii. 77 
quinine, of rabbits, xii. 172 
strychnia, x. 82 
vegetables or their active 
principles, xix. 294 
Poisonous properties and use of tanghin, 
xi. 35 
Poisons, xiii. 218 
ee antidote to certain, v. 173 
££ detection of, in the urine, xix. 
118 
Polished iron, i. 56 
Pollen, xiii. 216 
Polygala poaya, iii. 195 
££ senega, ii. 105, viii. 92, ix. 
262 
Pomade divine, xx.24 
a 
a 
a 
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a 
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a 
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