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In another individual, the gases of the small intestines were— 
ORYRED io wearin seen ss se tee 
Catbonic amt ess pcs 3 ee - 40°00 
Eiydrogetew aces eee a aes bas pol Ts 
Fee elo 3 Te eagle hte ERR ocees. SUS 
100-00 
Those in the large intestines, of 
PAVE yok oes sc iain m be: Se ais eeeee 0°00 
Carbonic acid ........ RE Sr Chee 70°00 
Hydrogen and carbureted hydrogen.... 11°60 
Azotic ©. Ge AF 0.0 O'S 0'e).0 6 ee se @ yt eee wu cece 18°40 
100°00 
The stomach in this individual contained only a single bubble of 
gas. 
In another individual, the gases in the small intestines were 
SPRY BED a ctexcien aie anahs mi speig tet» etisjes ss 0°00 
SOMONE BEI nig v4 ccetshstiotirs ee ee 25°00 
TAYE ZEN ye nti ste te 9 Rae ee nts. vis ve) 8°40 
Azotic O° G0 0/6 Oye ae ole oe 1elel alate ele elete 66°60 
100-0Q 
The ccecum contained 
Oxygen..... ihn, SefGhe his, 5 hia shes AN aps 0:00 
Cambonte nei wwvyciiey heh midlanda sie ome 12°50 
Hydrogen ...... airs eialars Sisfa ree Sie 7°50 
Carbureted hydrogen .............. 12°50 
AOC 2. attra eka Rens Sake a vic in sect 67°50 
100°00 
I should like to have seen the method stated which was employed 
in analysing this gas, 
The rectum contained 
WEpren Ge akss's ot awh bisieg seis degess WHOMOO 
Carbonic acid ........., te te eee ho 4906 
Carbureted hydrogen. ............2. 11°18 
RROH Cie ink ais » kitagdive Ceiceseecvseees 45°96 
100°00 
(See Ann. de Chim. et Phys. ii. 292.) 
VII. MINERALOGY. 
This branch of science, being a dependant upon chemistry, 
shares with it the general attention, and makes, in consequence, 
more rapid advances than most of the other physical sciences. We 
shall, as usual, divide it into the two great departments of Oryc- 
fognosy and Geognosy. 
