CONTENTS 



CHIP. FAGB 



I. THE GENERAL SCOPE OF BIOCHEMICAL STUDY . . 7 



II. THE IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC 



COMPOUNDS 12 



in. THE "CONSTITUTION," OR "STRUCTURE," OF SOME OF 



THE SIMPLER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS . ... . 46 



IV. STEREOISOMERISM ' *'~V '"". 160 



V. THE CHIEF CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF THE ANIMAL 



BODY 179 



VI. THE METHODS EMPLOYED FOR INVESTIGATION OF 



CHEMICAL CHANGES WITHIN THE ANIMAL ORGANISM 266 



VII. THE CHEMICAL PROCESSES TAKING PLACE IN PLANTS 319 



Many of the engravings of apparatus are taken by 

 permission from the catalogue of Messrs. Tatlock & Baird 

 (London), Ltd., 14 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, E.C. 



