Prospectus for session 1912-1913 / University of Glasgow, School of Medicine for Women, Queen Margaret College.

  • University of Glasgow. Queen Margaret College. School of Medicine for Women
Date:
1912
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    Sewage—Effects of purification processes; analysis of raw sewage and sewage effluents. Soils—Chemical and physical examination. Foods—Analysis and detection of adulterants; microscopic examination of food-stuffs ; physical, microscopical, and chemical examination of milk ; analysis of milk, cream, butter, cheese, and oils used as foods; microscopical ex- amination and chemical analysis of starchy foods, sugars, tea, coffee, cocoa, pepper, etc.; examination of preserved foods and detection of their adulterations. Disinfectants—Their valuation and comparison; examina- tion of pigments in articles of attire, wall-papers, and those used in trade. Bacteriology—Methods of investigation, cultivation, and transmission; preparation of culture media; bacteriological examination of air, water, foods, blood, earth, etc.; micro-photo- graphic processes. Microscopy—Examination of food substances; parasites— animal and vegetable ; crystalline deposits; micro-organisms. Meteorological Instruments—Barometer, thermometers, dif- ferent kinds; rain gauges; anemometers and manometers; I. hygrometers, and the different forms of these instruments. The Laboratory is furnished with all the necessary chemical apparatus, etc., required for analysis, and each worker is furnished with a set of apparatus for personally doing the work, and for which he is held personally responsible. In the Departmental museum there is a complete collection of model sanitary appliances, including traps, soil stacks, soil \ led pipes, ventilators, meteorological instruments, and an abundant [ ^ collection of drawings, diagrams, and illustrative tables. The Laboratory also possesses a large collection of microscopic | p, specimens illustrative of parasites—animal and vegetable—food characteristics, of bacteriology, and of tropical diseases. Visits will be made, as arranged, during the session, to view] ,r Pie