Deceimial Index ^ 1881 — 1890. 
97 
— ERRHiNE (Rabow), 86, 294. See 
also Snuff. 
— Gregory, miscible with water, 82, 
142. 
— for SICK HEADACHE, composition, 
89, 142. 
— INFANT (talc), 82, 65. 
— INSECT. See Insect powder. 
— phosphorescent, 82, 65. 
— RICE, as a styptic, 8(5, 294. 
— SEiDLiTZ, Ph. Germ., 83, 130 — with 
ammonium chloride, 81, 181 — 
cause of the scum, 84, 553 — with 
sulphate of magnesia, 81, 45S — 
formation of bitartrate of potas- 
sium, 82, 142. 
— thymol, dispensing, 90, 16. 
POAVDERS, division, 80, 575,89, 
385, 442, 465, 635 — mic^roscopical 
examination (Wilder), 90, 278,332. 
POWER and Weigiitman's labora- 
tory, fire, 84, 237. 
PRECIPITATE, WHITE. See Mercury, 
AMMOXIATED. 
PRECIPITATES, washing, 81, 473; 
(' by small residues"), 89, 532 — how 
best obtained, 85, 26 — in fluid ex- 
tracts (Lloyd), 81, 511, 82, 528, 83, 
536, 84, 449, 85, 511. 
PRELIMINARY education, 81, 378, 
380, 85, 51, 109, 111, 88, is79. 
— EXAMINATION, 83, 541, 84, 123, 85, 
10, 80, 49, 410, 573, 89, 444. 
PREMNA iNTEGRiFOLiA, uses, 90, 
196. 
— TAiTENSis ftonga), account, 81, 439. 
PREPARATIONS, alcoholic strength, 
90, 157 — antiseptic value of chemi- 
cal, 90, 31, 546 — concentrated for 
liquid use, 80, 509 — often contain 
copper, 84, 555 — copyrighted and 
secret, action of the Am. Pharm. As- 
sociation, 82, 524 — galenical to be 
dropped from the U. S. Ph., 89, 440 
— home-made, 80, 264 — special 
manufacture ordered by the physi- 
cians, 84, 546 — potent, equalization 
of strength, 81, 499, 515 — ready- 
made, 84, 558, 652, 85, 5('9. 
— STANDARDIZING (Schacht), 84, 552, 
90,228; (Squibb), 90, 218; (Ber- 
inger), 90, 213 ; (Rusby), 90, 209 ; 
(Maisch), 90, 221, 268. 
PRESCRIPTIONS.analysis with refer- 
ence to elixirs, 88, 284, 285— odd 
directions, 81, 394 — incompatibili- 
ties, 80, 264, 88, 351, 90, 1. See 
also the respective substances and 
preparations — numbering, 87, 159 
—ownership, 82, 330, 83, 107— 
recording, 204. 
PRESERVATIVES, effect on action 
of diastase, 88, 856. 
PRICKLY ASH. See also Xantiioxy- 
LUM — Southern, origin of commer- 
cial, 90, 322. 
— PEAR, Opuntia species, use, 85, 449. 
PRINOS vertictlt ATUs, analysis of 
bark (Smith), 90, 275. 
PROCESSES, SYNTHETICAL, in the ani- 
mal organism, 89, 197. 
PR0DIGI08A, Athanasia amara, 86, 
75. 
PROOF SPIRIT, spec, gr,, 83, 332. 
PROPEPTONES in urine, test, 87, 
498, 
PROPIONYLQUININE, preparation 
and properties, 81, 156. 
PROPRIETARY . medicines, pre- 
scribed by physicians, 87, 536 —pro- 
portion of sales bv pharmacists, 90, 
379. See also Nostrums — Patents. 
PROPYLAMINE, use in chorea, 83, 
51. 
PROSOPIS DULCIS— P. JULIFLORA— 
p. MicROPHYLLA, ])roducts, 85, 543. 
— TiNTicACo, fruit, diuretic, 82, 134. 
PROTEIDS, estimation in milk, 89, 
363. 
PROTIUM'heptapiiyllum, use of fruit 
in Brazil, 84, 623. 
— OBTUsiFOLiuM, resiii in pith, bark 
and pericarp, 87, 451. 
PROTOPIN, physiological action, 90, 
12 — plants, containing it, 82, 627^ 
90, 12, 13. 
PROTOPLASM and its history (Good- 
ale), 90, 47. 
PRUNUS armeniaca, use in India, 
80, 447. 
— virginiana, fluorescent principle 
(Rother), 87, 286— p. c. of hydro- 
cyanic acid in preparations, 89,, 
534— p. c. of tannin, 82, 388— use 
by the Cree Indians, 84, 620. 
PSAMMOGETON setifolium, Afghan- 
istan, 87, 44. 
PSEUDO-INDICANinThevetianerii- 
folia, 82, 176. 
PSEUDOMORPHINE, composition 
and derivatives, 84, 338— distin- 
guished from morphine, 87, 75 — 
identical with oxydimorphine, 87, 
PSEUDOTROPINE, properties, 84, 
584. 
PSEUDOTSUGA Douglasii, source of 
cork, 90, 533. 
PSEUDOXANTHINE in muscles, 
80, 497. 
PSIDIUM POMIFERUM— P. PYRIFEEUM 
