Medical chemistry; or, a compendious view of the various substances employed in the practice of medicine, that depend on chemical principles for their formation; designed for the use of medical students. To which is appended, a discourse on the medical character / By Thomas D. Mitchell.

  • Thomas Duché Mitchell
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[1819]
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Credit: Medical chemistry; or, a compendious view of the various substances employed in the practice of medicine, that depend on chemical principles for their formation; designed for the use of medical students. To which is appended, a discourse on the medical character / By Thomas D. Mitchell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ey — 40] itate, to expose the mercury to the a air in or- es - der that oxygen may be absorbed; and the | heat i is indispensible, to overcome, by its re- pelling power, the attraction of cohesion sub-_ sisting ‘between the mercurial particles, in order that the latter: ‘May coming with the oxygen. aa gs cle This medicine i is conilly given in the dose of 4 0 a gen in _ the form of - twice. aed eth he uecnre of heats An ; li cleansed, will answer the pur. pose. Tal sseonly. well. Take the substance thus formed, “which is an oxy-nitrate, and expose it to a str ong heat in an oil flask for several hours; it will Pe enged into a red _gubstance, which is the preci scipits - 4ion. Nearly all the acid is driv ren offby the heat, so that the product is almost a pure . oxyde, though frequently there i 18 present a portion of nitric acid, sufficient to consti: tute a sub- nitrates | oe i sa