216 On the Action of the Vegetable Acids on Alcohol. 
On visiting the patient in the evening, she had had two 
evacuations by stool, and the sickness and vomiting had 
entirely ceased. 7 
R Liquor ammon. acetat. cum aq. menth. et sp. lavand. 
comp. 
23d.—Has had several stools during the night, of a wa- 
tery consistence, but has had some sleep and no return of 
bad symptoms. 
24th and 25th.—Much better, bowels regular. 
26th.—Some discharge from the wound, but she appears 
quite well; has been twice out of bed, and has a good ap- 
petite. 
27th and 2g9th.—Dressed the wound, on which there is | 
some erysipelatous inflammation which extends towards the 
pubis ; some pain in voiding urine. 
B Liquor plumbi acetat. dilut. Fiat lotio. 
A few days afterwards a considerable degree of pain 
came on in the ahdomen, particularly on the ieft side, at- 
tended with hiccough and sickness, but the bowels were 
regular. It appeared, however, that this inflammation was 
brought on by the patient having returned to the use of 
spirits. ) 
BR Liquor ammon, acetat. ipec. comp. syrup. papav. 
—ier die. ‘ 
About the middle of December the wound was perfectly 
healed, and the patient was dismissed cured. 
JoHn TAUNTON. 
ne eo ee a ca 
XXXVIIT.—On the Action of the Vegetable Acids on Alco- 
' hol, with or without the Intermedium of the Mineral 
Acids. —By M. THENARD *, 
he hee is the only chemist who has hitherto taken up 
the subject of this memoir. At first he was convinced 
that the acetic, benzoic, tartarous, citric, aud succinic acids 
did not form any ether with pure alcohol. Afterwards, 
being desirous of ascertaining if these acids were suscepti- 
ble of forming it with alcohol and a mineral acid, such as 
the sulphuric, nitric, and muriatic acids, he made various 
experiments; from which he concluded : 
Ist. That the acetic acid and alcohol produced, with one 
of the three mineral acids above mentioned, an ether which 
was easily decomposed by potash, and which contained 
acetic acid. , 
* Mem. d’Arcueil, tomeii. p. 5. 
ed. That 
