Food and its adulterations : comprising the reports of the Analytical sanitary commission of "The Lancet" for the years 1851 to 1854 inclusive, revised and extended being records of the results of some thousands of original microscopical and chemical analyses of the solids and fluids consumed by all classes of the public ... / by Arthur Hill Hassall.

  • Hassall, Arthur Hill, 1817-1894.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Food and its adulterations : comprising the reports of the Analytical sanitary commission of "The Lancet" for the years 1851 to 1854 inclusive, revised and extended being records of the results of some thousands of original microscopical and chemical analyses of the solids and fluids consumed by all classes of the public ... / by Arthur Hill Hassall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Radish-seed, structure of, 127. Rape-sekd, structure of, i'27. Raspberries, 439. 479 ; jam, 51G. Red Earth, 117. Red Rag. See Uredo. Revalenta, 237; testimoniiils of Messrs Ure, Ryan, Muspratt, Bullock, Pettigrew, Slg- mond, Fenwick, 238, 239, 240; fy., 241 ; Durra, 241 ; puffs, 242. et seq.; Analysis of, 246,^^., 247. Rhubarb, 436. 485 ; in tobacco, 549; structure, ^^5., 560. RicE-FLOUR, 139; bread, 159. Rye-flour, 156, Jig., 137; bread, 158. Sago, in pepper, 49. Sarcina, in water, 76. Sauces, 506; varieties, Dolichos, Tomato, 506; garlic. Tarragon, 507. Results of Eiam. of samples bought, 507; Harvey's, Reading, King of Oude, 508; Burgess's, Soyer's, Great Western, Tomato, 507 ; essence of lobsters, of shrimps, of anchovies, 510 ; Frec- mans' India Soy, 511 ; letter from Messrs. Freeman, 513; from Messrs. Hickson, 513. Semola, semolina, 252. Shrimps, potted, 504 ; essence of, 510. SiLURus. See Isinglass, 361. SiNAPis. See Mustard. SiPRiNus. See Isinglass, 361. Smut, 148. Snuff, 579. Steatite, soap-stone in tea, 283. 298. Stuff, 160. Spices, 389 ; mixed, 425. Results of Exam, of samples, 426. Starch, in sugar, 20; in flour, 134, Jig., 135 ; barley,^(7., 136 ; rye, Jig., 137 ; oat, Jig., 138; rice, j^^-., 139 ; milk, 337 ; in lard, 520. Sugar, 12 ; two kinds of—cane, grape or glucose, 12 ; Chemical Constitution of each kind, 12; Characters of unadulterated cane-sugar, 12; fallacy of copper test, grape-sugar present in almost every variety of cane-sugar, 13; treacle, 13. Impurities of cane- sugar, organic, inorganic, 13 ; fragments of sugar-cane in sugar, structure of cane, ] 4 ; microscopical 14 (Jigs, at pp. 14, 15); Muscovado, bastards, East India sugar, 15; admixture of grape or glucose with cane-sugar, 15 ; lump-sugar, sugar-candy, brown sugars, raw or Muscovado, 16; albumen, vegetable, in cane-sugar, causes difficulty in sugar refining, 16; blood used in manufacture of sugar, 16, 17; acarus sacchari, or sugar-insect, description of, of, 17, 18; present in brown sugars, absent in white, 19; grocer's itch, probably due to sugar-insect, 19; acarus farinas, 20; fungi in sugar, Jig. of, 20 ; starch, 20; woody fibre, ^jr., 21 ; lime, 21 ; lead, 21 ; iron, 21 ; stone and grit, 21. Results of the Microscopical AND Chemical Examination of Thirty-six Brown Sugars, 22, 23 ; results of microscopical and chemical examination of fifteen samples of lump-sugars, 24, 25 ; results of analysis of brown sugars from different countries: Madras, Mauritius, Calcutta, Bombay, Cassipore, Jamaica, Rio de Janeiro, 25 ; results of microscopical and chemical examination of numerous brown sugars pur- chased of London grocers, 26, 27, 23. Adulterations of sugar, mixing, or handling, 28, 29 ; Dr. Scoffern on manufacture of, 29 ; with flour, 29 ; with potato-sugar, 30 ; with gum, or dextrine, 30 ; means of detecting impurities and adulterations, 30, 31 ; advice on purchase of sugar, 31; to grocer and refiner, 31 ; sugar in cocoa, 212 ; in chocolate, 236 ; in gin, 641. SULPHO-SINAPISIN, 124. Sulphuretted Hydrogen, in water, 69, 70. Tannin in tea, 271. Tapioca, 35. Tea, 268'; varieties of, 268 ; scenting, Mr. Ball on,269 ; M'Ciilloch on cultivation of, 270 ; Analysis oi: thein, caffein, tannin, 271; analysis of Mulder, 272 ; properties of, 272 ; Adulteration : of black tea, 273, with leaves of camellia sasanqua, and cliloranthus in- conspicuus, figs, 275; beech, elm, horse-chesnut, plane, fancy-oak, willow, poplar, hawthorn, and sloe, leaves, 273. 276, 277 ; Jigs, of leaves of te.i-plant, Assam, and other, 274, 275, 276. 315; exhausted tea-leaves, Mr. George Philips on, 278; catechu, La Veno Bono, 219 ; Jig., '2^0; Chinese botanical powder, j^jr., 281 ; gum and starch, 282 ; sulphate of iron, rose-pink, logwood, 282; black-lead, talc, china clay, soap-stone, 283; indigo, physiological effects. Dr. Roth on, turmeric, 284. Results of microsc, and chem. exam.,, U U