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Acids of castor oil. . . . 967 



Sulpholeic, sulphomargaric acids, &c. . 968 



Acroleine. ... 969 



CHAPTER IX. 



Vegeto-alkalies. . . . .970 



SECT. I. Morphine and the other bases in opium ; nar- 



cotine, codeine, thebaine, narceine. . 976 



SECT. II. Quinine and cinchonine. . . . 979 



Strychnine and brucine. . . . 980 



SECT. III. Veratrine. . . . . .981 



SECT. IV. Conicine, atropme, nicotine, &c. . . 982 



CHAPTER X. 



Cyanogen and its compounds. . . 982 



SECT. I. Formation of cyanogen. . . . 983 



SECT. II. Hydrocyanic acid, cyanides. . . 986 

 Double cyanides of iron, cobalt, chromium, pla- 

 tinum, &c. 989 

 SECT. III. Compounds of cyanogen with oxygen ; cyanic 



acid, urea. . . . . 992 



Fulminic acid. . . . . 995 



Cyanuric acid, &c. . . . . 996 



SECT. IV. Sulphocyanogen, metasulphocyanogen, mellon, 

 cyanilic acid, melam, melamine, ammeline, 



ammelide, &c. .... 998 



SECT. V. Uric acid and the products of its decomposition. 1002 

 Uric acid. . . . . .1002 



Allantoin. . . . . 1003 



Alloxan; alloxanic, parabanic, oxaluric acids, &c. 1004 



Alloxantin. ..... 1007 



Murexide. ..... 1009 



Murexan. ..... 1010 



CHAPTER XI. 



SECT. I. Organic processes of plants and animals. . 1011 



Food of plants. . . 1012 



Food of animals. 1014 



