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— OXIDE (jjed), preparation by pre- 
cipitation, 00, 446, 
— THE N[ ATE (phexylate). See Mer- 
curic CARBOLATE. 
— poTAssio-ioDiDE, as antiscptic, 00, 
536. 
— HALK'YLATES, preparation and pro- 
perties, 82, 806, 88, 242, 612, 80, 
249. 
— TAXXATE, uses, 80, 224. 
MEIiCURUUS SALT8, action of ozone, 
82, 617 — influence on the detection 
of silver, OO, 6()S. 
— RROMiDE, crystallized, preparation, 
88, 197. 
— ciiLoHiDE, influence on the bile, 
87, 444 — action of sodium chloride, 
80, l iH — sxamination of commer- 
cial, 85, 515— as test in iodoform 
poisoning, OO, 806 — influence on 
fermentations and micro-orj^anisms, 
83, 514— pills, excipient, 85, 594— 
stability in organic mixtures, 81, 
248, 82, 30'). 
— IODIDE (yellow), proper color, 84, 
54'i — contains usually mercuric 
iodide, 80, 2;jo— pills, excipient, 
85, 594 — preparation (Eads), 80, 
124; (Stroman), 88, 197 ; (Soetje, 
Stevens), 88, 529 ; (Haifa), 80, 12 ; 
(Rother), 87, 389; (Martindale), 
00, 523. 
— SALICYLATES, preparation and prop- 
erties, 82, 306. 
MERCURY, absorption through the 
skin denied, 87, 614, 88, 178— 
changes of compounds in the ani- 
mal organism, 80, 41 — detection in 
liquids (:y[erget), 82, 220, 88, 512 
— inhalation from flannel, 80, 611 
— eflTects of injections, 87, 20, 351 
— vapors, sensitive reagent ( Merget) 
00, 19. 
— VMMONIATED, Commercial, examina- 
tion, 88, 279 — preparation, chem- 
istry, etc. (:\toerk), 88, 80, I09. 
— and CHALK, commercial, 84, 554 — 
changes on keeping. 80, 591 — prep- 
aration (gum arable), 80, 119. 
— loDoTANXATE, preparation, 88 , 407. 
MERE.NfDERA persica, Afghanistan, 
87, 47. 
ME^SEMBRYANTHEMUM crystal- 
LiNUM, contains oxalic acid, 80, 502 
— p. c. of potash from it, 83, 370. 
— EDULE, use of leaves, 00, 473. 
MESPILODAPHNE sassafras, con- 
tains safroi, 87, 415. 
MESPILUS JAPoxiCA, uses, 80, 250. 
METALS, bronzing, 87, 73 — estima- 
tion and separation by sodium pyro- 
phosphate, 88, 421 — logwood as 
test, 84, 214 — relative poisonous 
e fleets, 82, 14. 
ME TER, proper spelling. See Metric 
SYSTEM. 
ME rHACE:TIN, distinctive tests, 80, 
506 — preparation and properties, 
80, 291. 
I METHANE series, 80, 549. 
METHYL ACETAxiLiD. See Exalgin. 
i — alcohol, detection in ethvl alco- 
hol, 81, 119; of acetone, 80, 76— 
I commercial, examination, 87, 605, 
636 — use for burns, 88, 268; for lin- 
iments, 88, 203— purification, 88, 
129. See also Wood naphtha. 
— aniline, action of sodium hypo- 
! bromite, 80, 19. 
] — CHiNoLiN. See Lepidine. 
— CHLORIDE, as local anaesthetic, 87, 
614 — temperature reducing, 88, 243. 
! — CHLOROFORM ( monochlorethy liden 
chloride), as ancesthetic, 81, 119. 
— coxiiNE, svntnesis, 81, 401. 
— GUANiDixE, nature, 87, 254. 
— IODIDE, preparation without danger, 
85, 151— vesicating properties, 80, 
18. 
— • MORi'iiiNE. See Codeine. 
— phenacetin, preparation, 00, 5S1. 
— I'HENYLACETONE (hypnone). See 
Acetophenone. 
: — thallixe, preparation and proper- 
j ties, 80, 381. 
I METHYLAL (methylene-dimethyl 
ether), preparation and properties, 
I 87, 19, 198, 567— hypnotic, 88, 12, 
298 — hypodermic dose, 88, 541 — 
use for extraction of perfumes, OO, 
614. 
METHYLENE chloride, alarming 
symptoms from using impure, 84, 
645. 
METIIYSTICINE, preparation and 
properties, 80, 8, OO, 87 — deriva- 
tives, 00, 352. 
M ETRIC system, orthography of units, 
81, 9, 40, 57, 94, 100, 141— adoption 
for the Pharmacopoeia, OO, 270, 306 
— in Russia, OO, 592 — difficulties of 
introduction OO, 157. See also 
I Wi:i(iiiTS. 
METROSIDEROS robust a in New 
Zt-aland, 88 , 627. 
MEXICO. See Pharmacopceia Mexi- 
can a. 
MEZQUITE. See Algarobia glan- 
1 dulosa. 
' MECHELIA champaca. oil, 81, 125. 
MICROMERIA Douglasii, micro- 
scopical examination, 82, 461. 
