io CHARLES GRIFFIN & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS. 



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



Barrister-at-Law, Public Analyst for the County of Devon, and Medical Officer 

 of Health for St. Marylebone. 



I. FOODS: THEIR COMPOSITION AND 



ANALYSIS. Price i6/. In Crown 8vo, cloth, with Elaborate Tables 

 and Litho- Plates. Third Edition. Revised and partly rewritten. 

 General Contents. 



History of Adulteration Legislation, Past and Present Apparatus useful to the 

 Food Analyst "Ash" Sugar Confectionery Honey Treacle Jams and Preserved 

 Fruits Starches Wheaten- Flour Bread Oats Barley Rye Rice Maize Millet 

 Potato Peas Chinese Peas Lentils Beans MILK Cream Butter Cheese Tea 

 -Coffee Cocoa and Chocolate Alcohol Brandy Rum Whisky Gin Arrack 

 Liqueurs Beer Wine Vinegar Lemon and Lime Juice Mustard Pepper Sweet 

 and Bitter Almond Annatto Olive Oil Water. Appendix: Text of English and 

 American Adulteration Acts. 



" Will be used by every Analyst." Lancet. 



" STANDS UNRIVALLED for completeness of information. . . . A really ' practical ' 

 work for the guidance of practical men." Sanitary Record. 



" An admirable digest of the most recent state of knowledge. . . . Interesting 

 even to lay-readers." Chemical News. 



*** The THIRD EDITION contains many Notable Additions, especially on the subject 

 of MILK and its relation to FEVER-EPIDEMICS, the PURITY of WATER-SUPPLY, the 

 MARGARINE ACT, &c., &c. 



II. POISONS: THEIR EFFECTS AND DE- 

 TECTION. Price i6/. 



General Contents. 



Historical Introduction Statistics General Methods of Procedure Life Tests 

 Special Apparatus Classification : I. ORGANIC POISONS : (a.) Sulphuric, Hydrochloric, 

 and Nitnc Acids, Potash, Soda, Ammonia, &c. ; (b.) Petroleum, Benzene, Camphor, 

 Alcohols, Chloroform, Carbolic Acid, Prussic Acid, Phosphorus, &c. ; (c.) Hemlock, 

 Nicotine, Opium, Strychnine, Aconite, Atropine, Digitalis, &c. ; (</.) Poisons 

 derived from Animal Substances; (e.) The Oxalic Acid Group. II. INORGANIC 

 POISONS: Arsenic, Antimony, Lead, Copper, Bismuth, Silver, Mercury, Zinc, Nickel, 

 Iron, Chromium, Alkaline Earths, &c. Appendix: A. Examination of Blood and 

 Blood-Spots. B. Hints for Emergencies: Treatment Antidotes. 



"Should be in the hands of every medical practitioner." Lancet. 



" A sound and practical Manual of Toxicology, which cannot be too warmly re- 

 commended. One of its chief merits is that it discusses substances which have been 

 overlooked." Chemical Aews. 



" One of the best, most thorough, and comprehensive works on the subject." 

 Saturday Review. 



HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH (a Die- 



tionary of) : embracing the following subjects : 



I. SANITARY CHEMISTRY : the Composition and Dietetic Value of 



Foods, with the Detection of Adulterations. 

 II. SANITARY ENGINEERING : Sewage, Drainage, Storage of Water, 



Ventilation, Warming, &c. 



III. SANITARY LEGISLATION: the whole of the PUBLIC HEALTH 

 ACT, together with portions of other Sanitary Statutes, in a 

 form admitting of easy and rapid Reference. 



IV. EPIDEMIC AND EPIZOOTIC DISEASES : their History and Pro- 

 pagation, with the Measures for Disinfection. 

 V. HYGIENE MILITARY, NAVAL, PRIVATE, PUBLIC, SCHOOL. 

 Royal 8vo, 672 pp., cloth, with Map and 140 Illustrations, 28/. 



" A work that must have entailed a vast amount of labour and research. . . . Will 

 become a STANDARD WORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH." Medical Times and Gazette. 

 " Contains a great mass of information of easy reference." Sanitary Record. 



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