A Practical Handbook of Medical Chemistry

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Blanchard and Lea, 1863 - Clinical chemistry - 326 pages
 

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Page i - A MANUAL OF ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY; Theoretical and Practical. From the seventh revised and corrected London edition. With one hundred and ninety-seven illustrations. Edited by ROBERT BRIDGES, MD In one large royal 12mo. volume, of (JOO pages.
Page ii - For clearness of language, accuracy of description, extent of information, and freedom from the pedantry and mysticism of modern chemistry, no other textbook comes into competition with it. ... The best guide to the study of chemistry yet given to the world."— Lancet.
Page i - GRAHAM (THOMAS), FRS THE ELEMENTS OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, including the Applications of the Science in the Arts. New and much enlarged edition, by HENRY WATTS and ROBERT BRIDGES, MD Complete in one large and handsome octavo volume, of over 800 very large pages, with two hundred and thirty-two wood-cuts, extra cloth.
Page ii - BREE, CR, MD HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE, not observed in the British Isles. Illustrated with 238 Coloured Plates. Five vols., super-royal 8vo, cloth, .£5 5^.
Page ii - Conceived and worked out in the most sturdy common-sense method, this book gives, in the clearest and most summary method possible, all the facts and doctrines of Chemistry, with more especial reference to the wants of the Medical Student."— Mediral Times.
Page xi - ... possible. This edition has been embellished with a large number of additional wood engravings from sketches made in the laboratory. Also MEDICAL CHEMISTRY. Fourth Edition, with 82 Engravings on Wood. . . Fcap. 8vo, 6s. 6d. *»* This work gives instructions for the examination and analysis of urine, blood, and a few other of the more important animal products, both healthy and morbid. It comprises also directions for the detection of poisons in organic mixtures and in the tissues.
Page v - During the three years which have elapsed since the publication of the third edition of this...
Page ii - The result is a work which for fulness of matter, for lucidity of arrangement, for clearness of style, is as yet without a rival. And long will it be without a rival. For, although with the necessary advance of chemical knowledge addenda will be required, there will be little to take away. The fundamental excellences of the book will remain, preserving it for years to come, what it now is, the best guide to the study of Chemistry yet given to the world.
Page 29 - Oxalate of urea (C2H4N2O2,HO,C2O3)* may be prepared by concentrating urine on a water-bath to about one-eighth its bulk, and filtering through muslin, in order .to separate the insoluble sediment of phosphates and urates, which are gradually deposited during the evaporation. The liquid thus clarified is mixed with about an equal bulk of a strong solution of oxalic acid in hot water, or the solid acid in powder may be added as long as the liquid, heated to about 190° or 200°, continues to dissolve...
Page 61 - Sulphate of Soda 3-16 Phosphate of Soda 294 Phosphate of Ammonia 1-65 Chloride of Sodium 4-45 Muriate of Ammonia 1-50 Phosphates of Magnesia and Lime...

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