Decennial Index ^ i^58i — 1890. 
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BALLOTA LANATA, use of leaves, 90, 
472. 
BALLS, VAGINAL, 87, 301. 
BALSAM, CANADA. See Balsam, fir. 
— FIR, early history, 81, 593— acid 
number, etc., 87, 92, 89, 357— as 
pill excipient, 85, 595. 
— GURJUN, acid number, etc., 87, 92 — 
secretion, ,88, 605 — reactions, 82, 
15— in leprosy, 81, 475. 
— LAGAM, constituents, 88, 368. 
— MECCA, acid number, etc., 87, 92, 
89, 357. 
— Peru, acid number, etc., 87, 92, 
89, 357— characters, 81, 334— 
commercial, quality, 84, 555 — ex- 
amination for purity, quantita- 
tively, 82, 614 ; qualitatively, 82, 
612 — reactions, 82, 609 — mixture 
with fluid soaps, 90, 401 — solubil- 
ity in different media, 82, 608 — 
testing, 81, 296, 361 — use in tuber- 
culosis and tuberculous aflections, 
90, 320, 442 — use in ulcerations, 
82, 89, 90, 320. 
— Peru, artificial, 90, 180. 
— SULPHUR, fragrant, 89, 22. 
— TOLU, acid number, etc. (Kremel), 
87, 92; (Dieterich), 89, 357— 
emulsionizing, 89, 559 — for bottle 
wax, 81, 458. 
BALSAMS, testing (Kremel), 87, 91 ; 
(Dieterich), 89, 357. 
BALSAMO, of Ph. Mexicana, 85, 
291. 
— de Mezquite, aqueous extract of 
leaves of Prosopis species, 85, 543. 
— NEGRO, Peru balsam, 85, 342. 
BALSAMODENDRON, formation of 
gum resin, 88, 506. 
— Berryi. gum resin, 89, 508. 
— Africanum — B. Myrrha, resin in 
pith and bark, 87, 451. 
BALSA MUM, antarthriticum, secre- 
tion, 88, 505. 
— TRANQuiLLANS, Ph. Mcxicana, 85, 
286. 
— NuciSTiE, Ph. Germ., 83, 7. 
B AMBUS A PUERULA, use in Japan, 
84, 530. 
BANANAS, constituents of ripe and 
unripe, 83, 49 — in Mexico, 86, 
74 ; West Indies, 86, 445. 
BANDAGES, CORROSIVE sublimate, 
change, 88, 562. 
BANDERILLA, Loeselia coerulea, 
use, 85, 385. 
BARB AS, de Ciiivo, Clematis sericea, 
use of leaves, 85, 385. 
BARBUDILLA, Dorstenia Contra- 
yerva, use, 85, 433. 
BARFF'S PRESER\ ING COMPOUND, 82, 
354. 
BARIUM, bromate, preparation, 89, 
119. 
— CHLORIDE, impurities, 84, 9, 52. 
— OXIDE, action of phosphates, 88, 
I 617. 
1 — PHOSPHATE, applied in acidimetry, 
I 87, 468. 
I — SALICYLATE, preparation, 86, 246. 
BARK, BITTER, from San Salvador, 
description, 83, 195. 
— RED, of the Nilgiris plantation, 
identity, 85, 92, 97. See also Cin- 
chona SUCCIRUBRA. 
BARLERIA prionitis, use of leaves, 
90, 472. 
BARLEY, analysis, 84, 366, 470— 
changes during malting, 85, 357. 
BAROSMA, speciies yielding buchu, 
90, 194, 472. 
— BETULINA B. CRENULATA — B. SER- 
ratifolia, use of leaves, 90, 526. 
BARRINGTONIA acutaxgula, use of 
leaves, 90, 472. 
BARRINGTONIE.E, properties, 82, 
345. 
BARTUNG, seed of Plantago species, 
use in dysentery, Persia, 85, 107. 
BASES, diffusion with acids, 89, 615. 
BASSIA ELLiPTicA, milk juice, 83, 
524. 
— LATiFOLiA, flowers, constituents, 
^6, 250— yield of sugar, 87, 558. 
— longifolia, analysis of seed, 85, 
108. 
— MOTTLEYANA, yields gutta-percha, 
84, 444. 
BATATAS EDULis (sweet potato), use 
in Japan, 84, 530 ; in Mexico, 85, 
387 — carbohydrates, p. c. of sugar 
and starch, 90, 441. 
BATJENTJOR (batiatior), Vernonia 
nigritiana, medicinal use, 88, 347. 
BAYCURU, analysis of root, 84, 361. 
BAYRUM. See spiritus myrci^. 
BDELLIUM, acid number, etc., 87, 
94. 
BEAN CAPER, Zygophyllum Fabago, 
use in Mexico, 85, 601. 
BEBEERINE, precipitated by sodium 
chloride, 83, 308. 
i — SULPHATE, composition, 81, 534 — in 
pills, 88, 20. 
BEDBUG POISON, 85, 437. 
BEEKEEPING in America, 84, 585. 
BEEF, SCRAPED, palatable, 89, 473. 
BEEF FAT, detection in lard, 89, 
195 — iodine number, 89, 197. 
BEER, examination for adulteration 
(Dragendorff), 82, 160— effect on 
