Decennial Index, 1881 — 1890. 
77 
other opium alkaloids, 87, 511 — ; 
test, 81, 284— salts, 84, 152. \ 
NAREGAMIA alata, properties, 81, 
315 — description, chemistry and 
uses, 87, 575. 
NAREGAMINE, preparation, 87, 576. 
NARINGIN, decomposition by acids, 
88, 287. 
NASEBERRIES from Guiana, 86, 
444. 
NASTURTTUM amphikium— N. offi- 
cinale, uses in Mexico, 85, 385. 
NEDDIVATTUM plantations of cin- 
chona, 85, 92. j 
NEMOGNATHA chrysomelina — N. | 
LUTEA, blistering insects, 85, 351. 1 
NEOSOTE, from waste gases of blast j 
furnaces, 87, 527. 
NEPETA Cataeia, analysis (Gilles- 
pie), 89, 555. 
NEREINE, physiological action, 89, 
174. 
NERIANTIN, characters, 83, 194. 
NERIIN, characters, 83, 368. 
NERIODORIN — neriodorein, prop- 
erties, 81, 350, 351, 83, 368. ' 
NERIUM ODORUM, constituents, 81, 
351 — bitter principles, 83, 578 — use 
of leaves, 90, 197. 
NEROLIN, properties, 85, 604. 
NES^A SALTCiFOLiA, uses, 86, 123. j 
NESODAPHNE obtusifolia, aro- I 
matic bark, 87, 416. 
NESSINE, from Heimia syphilitica, 
85, 603. 
NE P PLE, STINGING, poison, 83, 98, 
86, 252 — an albuminoid compound, 
87, 447. 
NEURIDINE— XEUEiN, nature, 87, 
254. 
NEW ZEALAND hemp. 8ee Piior- 
MIUM TENAX. ! 
NICANDRA piiYSALoiDEs, naturalized 
in the South, 89, 554. 
NICKEL, action of phosphates, 88, 
619 — separation from cobalt, 83, 
262 — elementary nature (Fleit- 
mann), 89, 430— new metal and 
redetermination of atomic weight, 
89, ] 32— malleable, different de- 
grees of hardness, 81, 17 — plating, 
baths, 88, 141— removal of rust, 
86, 611. 
— SALTS, action of ozone, 82, 618 — 
are innocuous, 88, 181. 
— BROMIDE, preparation and use, 86, j 
592. 1 
— OXIDE, native from Oregon, 84, 648. j 
NICOTIAN A I'EESicA, description, 86, [ 
— SPECIES, cultivated in Mexico, 86, 
123. 
— TABACUM, mydriatic alkaloids, 90, 
492. See also Tobacco. 
NICOTINE, behavior to potassio- 
bismuth iodide, 82, 491 — antidote 
to strychnine, 84, 376 — constitu- 
tion, 83, 548, 89,547 — in cannabis 
Indica (not present), 81, 535, 85, 
266,86, 511— estimation, 82, 60, 
84, 497 — in tobacco smoke, 82, 
492, 628. 
— TARTRATE ACID, preparation, 89, 
292. 
NIEREiMBERGIA h i p p o m a n i c a , 
properties, 82, 134. 
NIGELLA damascena, alkaloid from 
seeds, 90, 340 — seeds contain a 
fluorescent principle, 82, 10. 
— sativa, seeds, ash, 87, 28 — charac- 
ters, 82, 304. 
NINFA, Nymph^a odorata, use in 
Mexico, 86, 23. 
NITRATES, detected bv naphthol, 
85,503; by orcinol, 89, 92; by 
phenol, 89, 91 ; by resorcin, 89, 
507. 
NITRITES, detected by orcinol and 
phenol, 89, 91; by apomorphine, 
89, 470— chemistry, 87, 524. 
NITROBENZOL, detection in oil of 
bitter almonds, (40 per cent, alcohol ), 
87, 557; (oxidation), 89, 77, 90, 
247 — in soap (color reaction), 90, 
247 — fluorescence destroyed by it, 
89, 132. 
NITROGEN ]Mo>'OxiDE, preparation of 
pure, 89, 132. 
NITROGENOUS substances, insol- 
uble in the gastric juice, 85 , 454. 
NITRO(tLYCERIN, chemistrv, 86, 
39, 87,^524— preparation, 82, 225 
— doses and use, 82, 473 — use in 
hiccough, 86, 156. 
NITRON APHTHA LIN, destroys 
fluorescence, 87, 312, 89, 132. 
NITROUS OXIDE, preparation, 85, 
398 ; steady current, 86, 166 — and 
chloroform for aucTsthesia, 83, 474. 
NITROPRUSSIATES, action of so- 
dium hvpobromite, 89, 19. 
NOMENCLATURE, chemical (Brit. 
Chem. Soc), 82, 475. 
— piiARMAcoptEiAL (Oldberg), 81, 522, 
89, 439; (Rother), 86, 326; 
(Maisch), 365 — for wholesalers' and 
manufacturers' labels, 88, 525— for 
pharmaceutical preparations (Hall- 
berz), 88, 527. 
N01*AL, Opuntia cochinillifera, ac- 
count, 85, 449. 
