CHARLES ORIFFIN <£• COMPANTS 



WORKS by A. WYNTER BLYTH, M.R.C.S., F.C.S., 



Public Analyst for the County of Devon, and Medical Officer of Health for 

 St. Marylebone. 



HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH (a Die- 



tionary of) : embracing the following subjects : — 



I. — Sanitary Chemistry : the Composition and Dietetic Value of 

 Foods, with the Detection of Adulterations. 

 II. — Sanitary Engineering : Sewage, Drainage, Storage of Water, 

 Ventilation, Warming, &c. 

 III.— Sanitary Legislation: the whole of the PUBLIC HEALTH 

 ACT, together with portions of other Sanitary Statutes (without 

 alteration or abridgment, save in a few unimportant instances), in 

 a form admitting of easy and rapid Reference. 

 IV. — Epidemic and Epizootic Diseases : their History and Pro- 

 pagation, with the Measures for Disinfection. 

 V — Hygiene— Military, Naval, Private, Puplic, School. 

 Koyal Svo, 672 pp., cloth, with Map and 140 Illustrations, 28/. 

 Opinions of the Press. 



" Excellently done . . . the articles are brief, but comprehensive. We hare tested 

 the book, and can therefore recommend Mr. Blyth's Dictionary with confidence." — 

 IVcstvniisti r Review. 



" A very important Treatise . . . an examination of its contents satisfies us that 

 it is a work which should be highly appreciated." — Medico-Chirurgical Revieiv. 



" A work that must have entailed a vast amount of labour ana research. . . . Will 

 become a Standard Work in Hygiene and Public Health." — Medical Times and 

 Gazette. 



" Contains a great mass of information of easy xekrencc." —Snjiitary Record. 



RE-ISSUE OF BLYTH'S "PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY." 



In 2 Vols. Crown Svo. 

 Vol. I.— FOODS: THEIR COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS. 

 Price 16/. 



General Contents. 



History of Adulteration -Legislation, Past and Present — Apparatus useful to the 

 Food Analyst—" Ash "—Sugar— Confectionery— Honey — Treacle— Jams and Preserved 

 Fruits— Starches— Wheaten-Flour— Bread — Oats— Barley — Rye— Rice— Maize— Millet 

 — Potato — Peas — Chinese Peas— Lentils — Beans — Milk — Cream- Butter— Cheese — Tea 

 — Coffee — Cocoa and Chocolate — Alcohol — Brandy— Rum — Whisky— Gin— Arrack — 

 Liqueurs— Beer— Wine — Vinegar — Lemon and Lime Juice— Mustard— Pepper — Sweet 

 and Bitter Almond— Annatto— Olive Oil— Water. Appendix: Text of English and 

 American Adulteration Acts. 



/« Crown Zvo, cloth, with Elaborate Tables, Folding Litho-Plate, and Photographic 



Frontispiece. 



Vol. IL— POISONS: THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTION. 

 Price 16/. 



General Contents. 



Historical Introduction — Statistics— General Methods of Procedure — Life Tests — 

 Special Apparatus— Classification : L— Organic Poisons : {a.) Sulphuric, Hydrochloric, 

 and Nitric Acids, Potash, Soda, Ammonia, 8i.c. ; (b.) Petroleum, Benzene, Camphor, 

 Alcohols, Chloroform, Carbolic Acid, Prussic Acid, Pho.sphorus, &c. ; (c.) Hemlock, 

 Nicotine, Opium, Strychnine, Aconite, Atropine, Digitalis, &c. ; [d.) Poisons 

 derived from Animal Substances ; (c.) The Oxalic Acid Group. IL — Inorganic 

 Poisons : Arsenic, Antimony, Le.ad, Copper, Bismuth, Silver, Mercury, Zinc, Nickel 

 Iron, Chromium, Alkaline Earths, &c. Appendix: A. Examination of Blood and 

 Blood-Spots. B. I /if its for Emergencies: Treatment— Antidotes. 



" Will be used by every Analyst." —Lancet. 



" Full of great interest . . . The method of tre.itment excellent . . . Gives 

 just that amount of information which those able to appreciate it will desire." — IVest- 

 ininster Review. 



" Stands Unrivalled for completeness of information . . . A really ' practical ' 

 •work for the guidance of practical men." — Sanitary Record. 



"The whole work is full of useful practical information." — Chemical Nexus. 



