Volume 2

Animal chemistry with reference to the physiology and pathology of man / by J. Franz Simon ; translated and edited by George E. Day.

  • Johann Franz Simon
Date:
1845
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Animal chemistry with reference to the physiology and pathology of man / by J. Franz Simon ; translated and edited by George E. Day. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    VERNIX CASEOSA. 30;') retentive of water. It required ten hours' exposure over tlie steam-bath, to expel from eight grains the whole of the water belonging to it, when it was reduced to 1-77 grain. A spe- cimen of great purity taken from a healthy infant immediately after birth was found to consist of: “ A portion of the same was incinerated: it burned with a bright flame and left a very small quantity of white ash, hardly ith of a grain, although 40 grains was the quantity con- sumed, weighed before drying. This ash, in a drop of dilute muriatic acid, dissolved, emitting a distinct smell of sulphuretted hydrogen; and the solution was clouded by adding a little am- monia, indicating the presence of a minute portion of phosphate of hme and sulphur—the latter in union probably with lime or potash.] Water Olein Margarin Epithelium-scales . 77-87 5-75 313 13-25 100-00