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How are or- 1069. PROXIMATE ANALYSIS. When it 



ganic bodies j s desired to separate organic bodies from 

 fromlach each other, and determine their relative 

 other? proportion without reference to their ele- 



mentary composition, the methods are analogous to 

 those of inorganic chemistry. Distillation, and the 

 analysis of the fats, which have been already described, 

 may be taken as examples. 



