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form of charcoal, and composed of three atoms carbon and one 

 atom azote. 



(3.) Common animal charcoal, which according to the analysis 

 of Dobereiner, is composed of six atoms carbon and one atom 

 azote. {Annals of Philosophy, xv. 388.) 



5. Bile of the Yellow Coaita (Ateles Arachnoides).— MM. Che- 

 vallier and Lassaigne have analyzed the bile of this animal, and 

 found the following constituents : 



Albumen, 



A yellow-colouring matter, 



Green resin, 



Picromel, 



Muriates of potash and soda, 



Phosphate of soda, 



A trace of phosphate of lime. 



(Ann. de Chim. et de Phys. xi. 104.) 



6. Bile of the Couguar (Felix Discolor). — The same chemists 

 have found"^in the bile of this animal the following constituents : 



Albumen, 

 Yellow matter. 

 Green resin, 

 Picromel.— (Ibid. p. 106.) 



7. Pus'of Venereal Sores. — Chevallier, from the pus of an ill- 

 conditioned venereal ulcer, extracted the following substances : 



Water, 



Ammonia, 



Albumen, 



Fatty matter, 



Muriates of potash, soda, and ammonia, 



A trace of sulphate, 



Osmazome, 



Gelatine. 



From the pus of a well-conditioned venereal ulcer, he extracted 

 he following substances : 



Water, 



Albumen, 



Fatty matter, 



Muriates of potash and soda, and a trace of muriate of ammonia; 



A trace of sulphate, 



Gelatine. — {Annals of Philosophy, xiv. 232.) 



8. Earthy Mass from a Wen. — This substance was subjected 

 to analysis by Dr. Prout, who found it composed of 



