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



BMTi4ldr-«t-L»w, Public Analyst for the County of Deron, and Medical OfHoer of Health f«r 



St. Uarylebone. 



FOODS: 



THEIR COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS. 



Ill Demy 8vo, with Elaborate Tables, Diagrams, and Plates. Huidsomo 

 Cloth. Fifth Edition, Thoroughly Eevisod, 



Enlarged, and Re-written. [At Press. 



GENERAL CONTENTS. 

 History of Adulteration — Legislation, Past and Present — Apparatoa 

 aaeful to the Food-Analyst — "Ash" — Sugar — Confectionery — Honey — 

 Treacle. — Jams and Preserved Fruits — Starches — Wheaten-Flour — Bre«d 

 — Oat-s — Barley — Rye— Rice — Mai^e — Millet — Potato — Peas — Chines* 

 Petos, — Lentils — Beans — Milk — Cream — Butter — Oleo-Margarine — 

 Butt-erine — Cheese — Lard — Tea — Coffee — Cocoa and Chocolate — Alcohol — 

 Braniiy — Rum — Whisky — Gin — Arrack — Liqueurs — Absinthe — Principles 

 «f Fermentation — Yeast — Beer — Wine — Vinegar — Lemon and Lime 

 Juice — Mustard — Pepper— Sweet and Bitter Almond — Annatto — Olire 

 Oil — Water — Standard Solutions and Reagents. Appendix : Text of 

 EngliHii and American Adulteration Acts. 



PRESS NOTICES OF THE FOURTH EDITION. 



" Mttiply nroisPENSABLB in the Analyst's laboratory." — TA* Lancti. 



" Thk Standard wokk on th« subject. . . . Every chapter and every page gi\*e 

 fclinadunt rroof of the strict revision to which the work has been autjected. . . . Tha 

 ••ct'on on Miuc is, we believe, the niOKt exh»u8t re Btniiy of the subject eitant. . . . Am 

 OTDispsKiABLS KAMUAL for Analypti and Medical OfiBieis of Health." — Public Health. 



' .\ attr edition of Mr. Wyntei Blyth's Standard work, KifBiCHKD with all thb RXOBsn 

 MsuOT^^Alxs AKD iMPROVEMEKTg, wlll be accepted as a boon." — Chtmical A'eut. 



POISONS: 



THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTION. 



Thikd Edition. In Large Svo, Cloth, with Tables and lUuatratioiu. 



Price 21s. 



GENERAI. CONTENTS. 



I. — Historical Introduction II. — Classification — Statistics — Connectios 



between Toxic Action and Chemical Composition — Life Tests — General 



Method of Procedure — The Spectroscope — Examination of Blood and Blood 



Stains. Ill, — Poisonous Gases. IV. — Acids and Alkalies. V. — More 



or ess Volatile Poisonous Substances. VL — Alkaloids and Poisono«$ 



Vegetable Principles. VII. — Poisons derived from Living or Dead AnunaJ 



Sulwtances. Vlll. — The Oxalic Acid Group. IX.— Inorganic PoLiodh. 



Appendix: Treatment, by Antidotes or otherwise, of Cases of Poisoniii|r . 



" Undoubtedly thi most complete woek on Toxioology in our language."— Tfc* Jlnalym /»n 

 Hu Third EdUion). 



" As a PBACTICAL OCIDB, we know no bettbb work."— 3 ht Lancet (on the Third Edition). 



•,'In tha Third Editiom, Enlarged and imrtly Re-written, Mew Ahalttical MiTHODt Lat* 

 b«eu lEtrodnced, and the Cadatbeic Alkaloids, or Ptomaihes, bodies playing so great a part Id 

 Tood-poUonlng and in the Hanifestatiens of Disease, have received special attention. 



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