Decennial Index ^ 1^58 1 — 1890. 
83 
— MiLLEFLEURS, for hair oil, etc., 87, 
348. 
— MILLET, properties, 88, 139. 
— MINERAL, fluorescence removed, 
87, 312, 89, 1 32— detection in fixed 
oils, 89, 413 — estimation, 90, 524, 
See also oil paraffin. 
MIRBANE. See NiTROBENZOL. 
— MONARDA PUNCTATA, analysis, 88, 
113, 149 thymol from it, 83, 
156. 
— MUSCATEL SAGE. See OIL SALVIA 
SCLAREA. 
— MUSTARD (essential), contains car- 
bon bisulphide, 81, 572, 88 , 556— 
preparation of artificial, 83, 48 — 
p. c. in cruciferous seeds, 83, 370. 
— MUSTARD (expressed) in California, 
81, 121. 
— myrcia, spec, grav., 87, 286, 88, 
441 — constituents, 89, 413. 
— MYRisTicA suRiNAMENSis, properties, 
86, 88. See also oil nutmeg. 
— myrtus COMMUNIS, action and use, 
86, 299— composition, 89, 246. 
— nardostachys jatamansi, 81, 315. 
— NEATs FOOT, iodine number, 89, 
197. 
NEROLi, commercial varieties, 84, 
124— from Grasse (France), 85, 132. 
NUT. See oil arachis. 
NUTMEG (essential), compositlon 
and properties, 90, 441. 
NUTMEG (expressed), coutains free 
acid, 83, 198 — iodine number, etc., 
85, 356. 
OLiBANUM, constituents and charac- 
ters, 89, 412. 
OLIVE, fatty acids, melting and 
solidifying points, 83, 355— admin- 
istration, 90, 208— adulteration, 
90, 14 — American and European 
oils compared (Moerk), 89, 225— 
characteristics, 87, 420, 437 — vehi- 
cle for cocaine, 86, 224— detection 
of cotton-seed oil. See oil cotton- 
seed — detection of seed oils, 82, 
252, 451 ; of poppy oil, 83, 26; of 
sesame oil, 83, 26, 87, 420, 439, 
88, 238, 290 — iodine number, etc., 
85, 356, 89, 197, 226— spec. grav. 
and bromine number, 87, 420 — 
production in California, 88, 125, 
149; in Tuscany, 84, 391— reac- 
tions, etc. (Moerk), 89, 225 — tests 
I Marie), 83, 25; (subacetate of 
lead), 84, 470; (Becchi), 87, 280, 
312; (nitric acid), 87, 438 ; ( Audoy- 
naud), 86, 91 ; (Conroy nitric acid), 
81, a41. 
— olive, oxygenated, 82, 547. 
— onion, distillation, 89, 374. 
— orris, distillation, 89, 372. 
— PALM, iodine number, etc., 85, 
356, 89, 197 — preoaration by ben- 
zin,81, 310. 
— PANicuM (millet), preparation and 
properties, 88, 139. 
— PARAFFIN, use in ointments, 81, 
536 — uses, 85, 151 — in hypodermic 
injections, 87, 349, 397— oxidation 
to oxalic acid, 82, 69 — adulterant 
for cod liver oil, 87, 129— colorless 
variety (glycolin), 89, 316. See 
also OIL, mineral. 
— patchouli, adulteration, 88, 184 — 
preparation and properties, 81, 
26— stearopten, 83, 586, 84, 84. 
— PEACH, reactions, 86, 408. 
— peanut. See oil arachis. 
— pennyroyal. See oil hedeoma. 
— peppermint, action of acids, 82, 
77 — use in burns, 85, 206 — detec- 
tion of oil of hedeoma, 82, 83 — 
distillation and rectification (Todd), 
86, 159, 511, 88, 328— polari- 
zation, 87, 163, 88, 527— pro- 
duction and demand, 89, 372 — 
color reactions, 89, 180, 90, 491— 
chemical relation to spearmint 
(Trimble), 85, 484 — spec, gravity, 
87, 285 — stearopten, 84, 345. See 
also menthol, etc. — yield in Michi- 
gan, 85, 600. 
— PEPPERMINT, Bombay, 81, 315 — 
Italian, 89, 373— Russian, 89, 373, 
90, 400. 
— petitgrains, commercial value, 89, 
372. 
— phosphuretted, for corns, 85, 241. 
— pimenta, sp. grav. and tests, 88, 
441 — color reaction, 89, 180 ; with 
pyrrol, 90, 292. 
— polygala species, 90, 483, 535. 
— PONGAMiA, in skin diseases, 83, 
266. 
— POPPY, spec. grav. and bromine 
number, 87, 420 — iodine number, 
etc., 85, 356. 
— PUMPKIN SEED, is not tsenifuge, 90, 
274 — iodine number, etc., 85, 356. 
— ranunculus sceleratus, effects and 
reactions, 82, 130. 
— RAPE seed, iodine number, etc., 85, 
356, 89, 197. 
— retinospora obtusa, properties, etc., 
89, 374. 
— rose, adulteration, 81, 370 ; (petro- 
latum), 90, 157 — congealing point, 
variability, 89, 373, 90, 468— pro- 
duction and commerce (Lock), 81, 
366— production in Bulgaria and 
