Decennial Index, 1881 — 1890. 
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— MINERAL, detection in vinegar 
(methylviolet), 82 , 375, 90, 587; 
(gurjun oil), 82, 15; (oxalate of cal- 
cium), 84, 574 — test (Giinzburg's), 
88, 240. 
of DRYING OILS, 87, 618. 
ACIDIMKTRY, use of barium phos- 
phate, 87, 468. 
ACOCOTE, Pentacripta atropurpurea, 
Mexico, 85, 433. 
ACONITE, administration, 83, 51— 
alkaloids, different action on the 
heart, 85, 152 — cultivation in Cam- 
bridgeshire, 89, 510 — preparations, 
assayed (Reig), 90, 123; relative 
strength and doses, 82, 559. 
— ROOT, character, etc., 82 , 334, 534, 
84, 277 — time of collection, etc., 
82, 555 — Japanese and Chinese, 
81, 436. 90, 395— best men- 
struum, 89, 53(), 90, 525 — physio- 
logical test,81, 561. 
ACONITINE, internal administra- 
tion, 83, 583, 84, 40— crystallized, 
danger in use, 90, 298 ; dose, 88, 
100; preparation, 86, 51(), 87, 52u 
— detection after death (time), 88, 
569 — estimation (Mayer's reagent), 
86, 58 1 , 583, 87, 4, 88, 489— action 
on the heart, 85, 152 — Japanese, 
90, 395 — poisoning (Winschoten 
case) 82, 171; doses, 90, en- 
action of potassium and bismuth 
iodide, 82, 497 — properties, 86, 24 
— reduces silver and mercury salts, 
85,172 — tests: (Hamlin's color test), 
81,284 ; (sugar, sulphuric acid) 88, 
247 — differences in strength of vari- 
eties, 82, 172, 560, 566. 
ACONITUM niiNExsE, 90, 395. 
JAPONKTM, 87, 594. 
— LYcocTONU.M, alkaloids, 85, 458. 
— NAPELLus, strength of ditierent vari- 
eties, 88, 535. 
— NAPELLUS DELPIIINOIDES, MeXlCO, 
85, 233. 
— PANicur>ATu^[, used in making ex- 
tracts, 82, 334. 
ACONKATHERA ouabaio, glucoside, 
89, 84, 469. 
ACORIN and derivatives, 87, 89. 
ACORN CACAO and chocolate, 86, 
597. 
ACORUS CALAMUS See calamus. 
ACOTJRTIA MosciiATA, stomachic, 
86, 171. 
ACQUETTA di peru(;l\, 82, 157. 
ACRASPIS ERiXACEi, insect of oak 
leaf galls. 90, 663. 
ACTINOMERIS iteijanthoides, use 
of root, 81, 85. 
! ACXOYATIC, Ipom^ea muricata, 
Mexico, 85, 233. 
ADANSONIA digitata, use of leaves, 
90, 196. 
ADDER poison, fatal dose, 90, 351. 
ADENIUM BoEHMiANUM, source of 
echugin poison, 90, 176. 
I ADENOPHORA verticellata, adul- 
! terant of ginseng, 90, 283. 
! ADEPS. See Lard. 
ADEPSIN, substitute for lard, 82, 
169. 
ADHATODA vasica, use of leaves in 
asthma, 90, 471. 
ADI ANTRUM capillus Veneris, use 
in the Orient, 83, 4. 
— tenerum, Mexico, 85, 506. 
ADIPATUM, substitute for lard, 90, 
87. 
ADONIDINE, physiological action, 
86, 293— preparation, 82, 497, 87, 
609— properties, 82, 497, 83, 368, 
85, 577. 
ADONIS VERXALis, active principle, 
I 82, 497— uses, 8iT, 577. 
! ADORMIDERAS. Papaver somni- 
forum, use of capsules, 85, 234. 
ADULTERATION, appropriation for 
prosecuting cases, 90, 377 — national 
i bill, 90, 312— laws, 81, 428— pre- 
valence, 82, 528 — report (Pennsyl- 
vania), 89, 335 — responsibility, 83, 
539. 
yECIDlUM NiTExs on blackberry 
leaves, 81, 596. 
/ERATED beverages, technical 
points, 85, 298. , 
.EGLE MARMELOS, use of juice, 90, 
194 — use of leaves in eye-diseases, 
90, 471. 
yESCHYNOMENE Sesran, poultice of 
leaves, 90, 194. 
.ESGULTN, effect of heat, 81, 171— 
physiological action, 82, 391 — rela- 
tion to gelsemic acid, 82 , 338, 390 
—reactions, 82, 339, 390. 
^ESCULUS iiippocASTAxuM, constitu- 
j ents of leaves, 82, 626, 86, 4i'9— 
! popular uses, 87, 152 
vETHER cANTHARiDixi, 85, 239. 
PIIOSPIIORATUS, 85, 2^9. 
— See also ether. 
AFGH ANLSTAN plants and products, 
87, 38. 
j AGALLAS (nutgalls) = cones of 
I Cupressus semper virens, Mexico, 
85, 432. 
I AGAR-AGAR, substitute for gum 
arable, 88, 150. 
, AGARICUS ALIUS, constituents. 83, 
