INDEX.  579 
Berries  and  leaves  of  Ilex  opaca          .....  312 
Bichromate  of  potash  and  sulphuric  acid  test  for  strychnia,  on  the     .  474 
Bichromate  of  potassa,  poisonous  properties  of  533 
Bisulphide  of  carbon,  characters  of  the  flame  off       .          .          .  464 
Bi-sulphuret  of  carbon,  action  of  the  vapor  of  ....  219 
Blancard's  pills  of  iodide  of  iron          .....  39 
Bloom  of  roses              ......<  272 
Blanc  de  perle             .......  272 
Blue  pill,  preparation  of           ......  161 
Bones,  solubility  of,  in  water    ......  443 
Boucherie,  Dr.,  patent  process  for  preserving  wood     .          .          .  471 
Boutigny's  method  for  iodide  of  iron     .....  517 
Bran,  its  useful  effect  in  bread            .....  565 
Breed,  Dr.  D.,  on  nitrogenous  manures           ....  142 
Bronze  latin  labels  for  shop  furniture             ....  90 
Brown,  D.  R.,  on  sweet  spirits  of  nitre          ....  248 
Breigleb,  P.,  on  the  action  of  phosphate  of  soda  on  fluor  spar             •  529 
Brine,  poisonous  properties  of  .          .          .          .          .          .  534 
Brucia,  testing  for                                                                     .  349 
Bryonin,  on  the  preparation  of                    .          .          •          .  166 
Buchu,  compound  fluid  extract  of         .....  17 
Bach,  John,  note  on  the  strength  of  commercial  alcohol       .          .  391 
Bachner,  Max.,  on  the  oxyphenic  acid  of  wood  vinegar  .  .  343 
Bulloch,  Charles,  remarks  on  Boutigny's  process  for  protoiodide  of 
mercury             .......  517 
Caffein,  new  method  of  preparing        .....  232 
Calcined  magnesia        .......  7 
Calcined  talc     ........  272 
Caldwell,  Alonzo,  on  a  new  gun  cotton           ....  4 
Calomel,  action  of  vegetable  acids  on             ....  527 
Calvert,  Prof.,  on  the  conversion  of  tannic  into  gallic  acid  in  the  ex- 
tracts of  tanning  substances    ....  455 
"          on  the  alloys  of  iron  and  aluminium            .          .  175 
Camphor  cold  cream     .......  85 
Camphor  balls    ........  86 
Camphor  paste             .......  86 
Canadian  isinglass        .......  133 
Cantharis  vesicatoria,  cantharidin  value  of                .          ,          .  193 
Cantharis  vittata,  cantharidin  value  of           •  193 
Cantharidin,  preparation  of      .                              ...  231 
Caoutchouc,  use  of  liquid         ......  182 
Carbon  and  hydrogen,  determinations  in  organic  analysis      .          .  394 
Carbonic  acid,  its  physiological  and  therapeutical  effects       .          .  69 
Casselman  Arthur,  on  tartrate  of  lime  and  a  reaction  for  tartaric  acid  53 
Castor  oil  pomatum       .......  179 
Castor  oil  as  a  mechanical  lubricant    .....  184 
Castor  oil  beans,  experiments  on        ....  206 
