Decennial Index ^ 1881 — 1890. 
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MEGARRHIZA californica, constit- 
uents, 83, 195. 
MEL BORAcis, chemistry, 83, 453. 
CALCIS CHLORINATiE, 81, 269. 
— DKSPUi[ATUM, U. S. Pli. and Ph. 
Germ., 83, 443— formula, 88 , 399. 
— Ros^, 82, 64, 88, 559— U. S. Ph. 
and Ph. Germ., 83, 444. 
MELALEUCA species, product, 82, 
346, 90, 195. 
— UNCiNATA, leaves in catarrh, 90, ; 
473. 
MELANTHIN, in nigella seeds, 82, ' 
10. 
MELx^STOMA malap.atiiricum, use 
of leaves, 90, 473. 
MELEGUETA pepper. See (trains 
of Paradise. 
MELIA azadiraciita, constituents, 
88, 6i9~use of leaves, 90, 197. 
MELICOCCA, BiJUGA, use of fruit, 
86, 446. 
MELIPONE domestica, Mexican bee, 
85,431. 
MELOE tridentata, use in Mexico, 
85, 387. 
MELTING POINT, determination 
(MaischX 86, 486. 
MENISPERMINE, reactions, 84, 
403, 404. 
MENISPERMUM canadense, histolo- 
gy and analysis, 84, 401. 
MENISPINE, reactions, 84, 403, 404. 
MENTHA species, of East India, 81, 
315 — with a peppermint taste, 83, 
18 — Chinese and Japanese, 83, 15. 
— ARVEXsis var. ciLABRATA, China, 83, 
18. 
— ARVENSis var. piper ASCENS, Japan, 
83, 17. 
— PIPERITA, cultivation in Michigan, 
85, 599 — industry and distillation 
in the United States, 87, 375, 88, 
328— Mexican substitute, 86, 168. 
— viRiDis, Mexico, 86, 168. 
ME HTHENE, chemistry, 82, 71, 88, 
308. i 
MENTHIODOL, preparation, 86, \ 
427— use in neuralgia, 88, 400. I 
MENTHOL, nature, 84, 345— action 
of chloral, 86, 283; of thvmol, 86, 
51, 539— administration, 90, 405— i 
chemistry, 88, 308 — composition 
and melting point, 84, 40H — deriv- | 
atives, 82, 70 — examination, 85, 
429 — best exhibited in oleic acid, i 
85, 430 — importation, 85, 515 — i 
inhalation in asthma, 90, 157 — [ 
preparation, 86, 159 — properties, i 
82, 70 — uses (ringworm, neuraljiia, 
toothache), 84, 503 ; (pruritus, urti- 
caria) 85, 206, 86, 183; (vomiting 
of pregnancy), 90, 208. 
— Japan and American, comparisonj 
84, 406. 
— BOUGIES, 86, 294. 
GLYCERIN CREAM, 90, 401. 
MENTHONE, chemistry, 82, 70, 
88 — conversion into menthol, 88, 
401. 
MENTZELIA iiispida, constituents 
and uses, 86, 172. 
MENYANTIIES trifoliata, gelatin- 
ization of the infusion, 81, 360. 
MERCURAMMONIUM chlorides, 
preparation and properties(Moerk), 
88 , 80, 109— (Andre), 89, 519. 
JNIERCURIALIN, not an active prin- 
ciple, 86, 301. 
MERCURI A LIS annua— M. perennis, 
action, 86, .301. 
MERCURIC SALTS, action of chloral 
and iodoform, 88, 13 — as antisep- 
tics, 90, 31, 554, 591. 
— alaninate, preparation and prop- 
erties, 88, 274. 
— benzoate, preparation, 89, 353, 
90, 586. 
— carbolate. preparation, 87, 293, 
88, 611 — definite compound, 89, 
135. 
— CHLORIDE as tests for alkaloids, 
86, 129 -as antiseptic, 87, 636— 
effects of external applications, 88, 
246 — use in gonorrhcjea, 84, 120 — 
incompatibility with quinine, 87, 
403 — stable combination with soap, 
86, 165— all solutions see li- 
quor ITYDRARGYRI BICIIL( )RIDI— SOlu- 
bility in sodium chloride, 89, 78 — 
Stable solution for bandages, 88, 
562. 
— cpiLORiDEand caffeine compound, 
crystalline, 90, 522. 
— CYANIDE, use in diphtheria, 87, 
586, 88, 287— in syphilis, 85, 
459, 86, 16. 
— FORMAMiDATE, preparation, 83, 366. 
— IODIDE (red), action of sodium 
hyposulphite, 82 , 373 — antiseptic 
action, 89, 316 — dangerous combi- 
nation with morphine, 87, 63"! — 
soluble in fatty bodies, 85, 609 — • 
preparation (Rother), 87, 387 ; 
(Eads), 89, 123 — combined in soap, 
88, 553— use in tuberculosis, 88, 
512. 
— OXIDE, presence in mercurial pre- 
parations, 85, 47. 
— OXIDE (yellow), contains mercur- 
ous chloride, 82, 309 — mercurous 
oxide, 87, 130. 
