Decennial Index, 1881 — 1890. 
95 
— ANTIDOTE (general), 88, 246. 
— BOTTLE GUARD (Wiegand), 81, 033 ; 
(Blair), 81, 395; (Hartranft), 86, 
316. 
— CASE (Smith), 82, 38; (Biroth), 
84, 545. 
— DISPENSING precautions, 81, 377. - 
— LAW in Denmark, 84, 573. 
— prescribed in medicines (strych- 
nine granule case), 84, 493, 556. 
— neutralization by antagonism, 
88, 345. 
— plants of California, 89, 443. 
POIVRETTE (olive pits), for adul- 
terating pepper, 87, 146. 
POKE ROOT. See Phytolacca decan- 
dra. 
POLANISIA icosandra, vesicant, 90, 
197. 
— viscosA, use of leaves, 90, 473. 
POLARISGOPEfor detecting adulter- 
ation of volatile oils, 87, 161. 
POLEMONIUM reptans, substitute 
for serpentaria, 87, 374. 
POLIANTHES tuberosa, in perfum- 
ery, 85, 135. 
POLISHING powder, 85, 292, 505. 
POLLEN, how to mount, 89, 171. 
POLVO, of Ph. Mexicana, 85, 440, 
441. 
POLVILLO (tequezquite), salina ap- 
pearance in Mexico, 86, 125. 
POLYGALA ALBA, source of false 
senega, 89, 451 — c onstituents 
(Reuter), 90, 11— botanical charac- 
ters, 90, 326. 
— BALDwiNii, constituents and uses, 
90, 484. 
— BOYKiNii, source of false senega, 
81, 387— distribution, 89, 450. 
— SENEGA, botanical characters, 90, 
326. See also Senega. 
— senega latifolia, botanical char- 
acters, 81, 484. 
— tenuifolia, constituents (Reuter), 
90, 11. 
— species, used in Mexico, 86, 74, 75 
— determination of oil (Maisch), 
90, 483. 
POLYGONUM aviculare, uses, 85, 
552, 86, 301. 
— iiydropiper, analysis (Trimble and 
Schuchard), 85, 21, 86, 356; 
(Rademaker), 86, 279, 373— uses, 
85, 552. 
— hydropiperoides, properties, 83, 
195— uses, 85 , 552. 
POLYPODIUM aureum, uses, 85, 
387. 
— lanceolatum, properties, 86, 20. 
POLYPORUS officinalis, constit- 
uents, 84, 873. 
POLYTRICHUM commune, analysis, 
81, 272. 
POMADES. See also Ointment — 
Unguentum. 
— French, 85, 134, 136. 
— Ph. Mexicana, 85, 291,441, 549. 
POMADE for comedones, 82, 629. 
— for chapped hands, 89, 521. 
— polishing, 86, 429. 
POMEGRANATE, administration, 
84, 29, 87, 72— alkaloid, 85, 172 
— constituents, 84, 137 — medicinal 
value, 90, 578 — preparations de- 
prived of astringency, 83, 583 — 
p. c. of tannin in root bark and 
rind, 82, 388. 
PONCHISHUIS, "Asclepias curassa- 
vica, uses, 86, 75. 
PONGAMIA GLABRA, habitat and 
uses, 83, 266 — use of leaves, 90, 
473. 
POPCORN in vomiting of pregnancy, 
83, 473. 
POPLAR BARK, use by the Indians, 
84, 618. 
POPP'S stomach powder, composi- 
tion, 87, 286. 
POPPY. See also Papaver. — cultiva- 
tion in Turkey, 83, 413. 
— capsules, alkaloids, 81, 531. 
POPULIN, uses, 86, 163. 
POPULUS alba — P. nigra, uses in 
Mexico, 85, 309. 
— tremuloides, resin from flower- 
buds, 89, 240. 
PORPHYRINE, preparation and 
properties, >»1, 115. 
PORPHYROSINE, preparation and 
properties, 81, 116. 
PORTUGAL, pharmaceutical study, 
82, 423. 
PORTULACA OLERACEA, uses, 86, 
123. 
POTASBES, manufacture, 81, 293. 
POTASS A, commercial, 85, 514— 
contains nitrite, 86, 173. 
— suLPHURATA, U. S. Ph. and Ph. 
Germ., 83, 495. 
POTASS lO-ciNCHONiNE IODIDE, re- 
agent for heavy metals, 89, 82. 
— MERCURIC IODIDE, autlseptic, 87, 
636. 
POTASSIUM ALUMINATE, 81, 59. 
AMMONIUM SULPHITE, 90, 151. 
— BICARBONATE, autldote to iodoform, 
85, 459. 
— BICHROMATE, in glue, 88, 289 — use 
in syphilis, 83, 51, 85, 459. 
— BiTARTRATE, adulteratiou, 81, 139, 
