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uses, 85, 602, 90, 195 — contains 
ffuavin, 90, 208. 
P80RALEA BiTUMiNOSA, properties, 
89, 349. 
— CASTOREA, farinaceous root, 89, 346. 
— coRYLiFoLiA, properties, 89, 352. 
— ESCULEXTA, description, use and 
analysis of root, 89, 346. 
— cii-ANDULOSA, tiistory, 89, 349 — 
vermifuge, 90, 197— use, 86, 171. 
— MELiLOToiDES, description and use 
of roots, 89, 350. 
— MEPHiTicA, farinaceous root, 89, 
350. 
— PENTAPJiYLLA, history, 89, 351. 
— PHYSODES, properties, 89, 350. 
PSYLLIUM. See Plantago psyllium. 
PTEROCARPUS Draco yields Dra- 
gon's blood, 8(5, 77. 
PTEROCAULON pycnostachyum, use 
in the South, 85, 91. 
PTERONIA species, properties of 
leaves and flowers, 90, 474. 
PTOMAINES, composition, 87, 254— 
distincttion from plant alkaloids, 
82, 221— in dead bodies, 81, 20— 
in inferior animals, 82, 222 — from 
gelatine, 87, 508 — forensic determi- 
nation, 83, 404 — difficulty of detec- 
tion, 87, 253 — importance in toxi- 
cology, 82, 152 — reactions, 81, 
457, 82 , 392, 87, 491— genesis, 86, 
43 — researches (Gautier) 86, 497. 
PTYCHOTES ixvoLucRATA, use of 
leaves, 90, 197. 
PULQUE, constituents and proper- 
ties, 86, 21. 
PULVIS. See also Powders. 
— iEEOPHORUS — P. yEROPlIORUS ANdLI- 
cus. Ph. Germ., 83, 130 — p. ^ro- 
PHoRus LAXANS, Ph. Germ., 83, 
495. 
— ALUMixis coMPosiTUS (Hebra) 81, 
370 
BISMUTH — B. COMP. — B. C. OPIO ; 
CATARRH., Phil. Hosp., 88, 373,423. 
— EFFERVESCENT. See PoWDER, SeID- 
LITZ. 
— glycyrrhiz.e COMPOSITUS, modified 
(Blackwell), 81, 83; (Oxley), 86, 
597 
— GUMMOsus, Ph. Germ., 83, 130. 
— iPECACUANH.E et opii, improved 
(Vosbough), 81, 428; (Wiegand), 
83, 346— U. S. Ph. and Ph. Germ., 
83, 496 — of different pharmaco- 
poeias (Squire), 81, 500. 
— MAGNESIA CUM RHEO, Ph. Germ., 
83, 496. 
— -.rORPHIN.^ ACETATIS COMPOSITUS 
(New Jersey), 85, 363. 
— RHEi coMPosiTiTS, miscibiHty with 
water, 82, 142 -U. S. Ph. and Ph. 
Germ., 83, 490. 
— RHEI et GENTiAN.E, Phil. Hosp., 88, 
423. 
— SALicYLicus CUM TALCO, Ph. Germ., 
83, 130. 
PUL VERES, Ph.Mexicana, 85, 440, 
441. 
— Phil. Hospital, 88, 373, 423. 
PUMPKIN SEED, active principle 
I and administration, 82, 382 — ash, 
87, 28 — ground, action for dam- 
ages, 87, 270. 
PUNICA GRAXATUM. See Po^megrax- 
ate. 
' PUS, tincture of guaiac a reagent, 88, 
I 451. 
! PUTREFACTION, volatile products, 
82, 581 — chemical action of its 
alkaloids, 84, 158. 
PUTRESCINE, properties, 87 , 254. 
PYCNANTHEMUM lixifolium, uses, 
88, 610. 
PYOKTANIN (= methyl violet), an- 
tiseptic, 90, 295, 639. 
PY^RETHRUM flowei^s, toxic prin- 
ciple (Schlagdenhaufien and Reeb), 
90, 456. See also Ixsect powder. 
PYRIDINE, assav, 88, 405— etlects, 
86, 50— origin", 88, 418— inhala- 
tion for asthma, 87, 490, 88, 108- 
uses, 88, 418 — in blennorrhagia, 
90, 617. 
— BASES, researches, 83, 327. 
PYROCATECHINE, color reactions, 
87, 345 — in the animal economy, 
87, 345. 
PYRODIN, caution in use, 89, 472— 
compared with hydracetin, 89, 131 
—doses, 89, 136. 
PYROGALLOL. See Acid pyrogal- 
lic. 
PYROLA SPECIES, constituents, 81, 
549. 
PYROXYLIN. See Gux-cottox. 
PYRROL, as reagent for oils, coirain- 
ing allyl-benzol, 90, 292. 
— SERIES, 89, 551. 
PYRUVIN, from citric acid, heated 
with glycerine, 88, 14. 
QUACK MEDicixE, formula, 81, 631. 
QUASSIA AMARA, constituents (Mas- 
sute), 90, 338— for plant li< e, 88, 
176— uses in Mexico, 85, 434. 
QUASSIDE, properties, 85, 29. 
QUASSIIN, chemistry, 82, 503, 85, 
29, 90, 338— preparation, yield and 
properties, 82, 499, 83, 472, 84, 
98. 
