509

Parturition, oxytocics in, 197

Pasteur protective inoculations in
hydrophobia, 564.
Pasteurization of milk, 588

Pathologic conditions present, influ-
ence of, in dosage, 39

Patient, care of, after operation, 298
in operating room, 296
pre-operative care of, 292

preparation of, for operation, 294
Peanut butter, 591

Peanuts, fat content of, 597

Pecans, fat content of, 597.

Pediculosis, 793

Pellagra, diet in, 631

Pelletierinæ tannas, 83

Pelletierine tannate, 83

for tape-worms, 175, 177

Pelvic pain in menstrual disturbance,

corpus luteum in, 476

Peppermint, oil of, 79

spirit of, 80

water, 80

for administering drugs in pre-

scriptions, 32

solution of, 75

as antiseptic, 119

Perspiration, drugs used to decrease,
107, 186

to increase, 107, 183
excessive, 796

profuse, treatment, 187
Pertussis. See Whooping-cough.
Peruvian bark, red, 63, 357
yellow, 63, 357

Pétrissage, 675, 676
Petrolatum, 84
album, 84

liquidum, 84

Petroleum jelly, 84
white, 84

liquid, 84

for burns, 756
oil as laxative, 163

Pharmacal incompatibility, 36

Pharmacopoeia, United States, 21, 22
Phenacetin, 46, 336

Phenazone, 52, 337
Phenobarbital, 283
Phenobarbital-sodium, 283
Phenol, 84, 119
action of, 120
glycerite, 84
in sterilization, 119
liquefactum, 84, 119, 122
ointment of, 84

poisoning, treatment, 121
solutions as antiseptics, 118
toxic action of, 120

uses, 122
Phenolphthalein, 84
as laxative, 165
Phenolphthaleinum, 84
Phenyl salicylate, 85, 381

in acute diarrhea, 382

in intestinal putrefaction, 173
in typhoid fever, 382

Phenylcinchoninic acid, 48

to increase uric acid excretion,
398
Phenylethylbarbituric acid, 283
Phenylis salicylate, 85
Phosgene gas poisoning, 749
Phosphate of soda, 94

effervescent, 94

exsiccated, 94

Phosphatids, 597

Phospholipins, 597, 598

Phosphoric acid, diluted, 48

inhibition of sexual development
by, 501, 503

insufficiency of, increased sexual
development from, 501, 503

Pinkroot, 95

as anthelmintic, 178
Pin-worms, 175

anthelmintics for, 178
treatment, 178
Pituitary gland, 445
description, 445
desiccated, 73

extracts, action on circulation, 211
administration, 457

after abdominal operations, 455
as oxytocic, 197

for increasing peristalsis, 158
from anterior lobe, in dystrophy
adioposogenitalis, 454

in infantilism, 452
in rickets, 457

from posterior lobe in cardiac
failure and shock with
low blood-pressure, 455
in diabetes insipidus, 448,
456 299

in obstetrics, 455
injection of, after opera-
tion, in Addison's disease, 469
in bladder paralysis after lapa-
rotomy, 456

in menorrhagia, 455
in metrorrhagia, 455
uses, 454

whole gland, in epilepsy, 456
in pituitary headache, 454
in vasomotor disturbances,
456

function, 446

hypersecretion of, 450
hyposecretion of, 452

typical evidences of, 453

posterior lobe and sugar metab-

Poisoning, lead, acute, treatment of,

733
chronic, 733

symptoms, 734
treatment, 736

nervous system in, 735
manganese, 731

mercuric chloride, 761

symptoms, 762
treatment, 762
mercury, 731
methyl alcohol, 764

symptoms, 765
treatment, 765
morphine, 716
muscarine, 768
mustard gas, 748
nicotine, acute, 727
nitrite, treatment, 246
opium, chronic, 267
treatment, 265
paraldehyde, treatment, 280
phenol, treatment, 121
phosgene gas, 749
phosphorus, 738

acute, treatment, 739
chronic, 740

pilocarpine, treatment, 185

prevention of, by thyroid gland,

syphilis in, 346

thyroid in, 407

vomiting of, nutrient enema for, 605

thyroid extract in, 437

Pre-operative care of patient, 292
Preparations and drugs, official, 21
official, types of, 22

that are specific, 109, 338
Prepared chalk, 65, 353.
Prescription, art of writing, 17
evolution of, 32

for more than one ingredient, 33
for official compounded pill, 33
for pill with several ingredients, 34
writing, 29

abbreviations for, 32
aim of, 31

apothecaries system in, 28
art of, 17

capsules in, 34

conditions modifying action of a
drug, 40