CONTENTS. 



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44. Aromatic acids and some of their derivatives. 



Constitution of aromatic compounds Carbolic acid ; tests for 

 it Creasote Sulphocarbolic acid Picric acid Benzoic acid 

 Oil of bitter almond Salicylic acid Gallic acid Tannic acid . 295-301 



45. Ethers. 



Constitution Formation of ethers Occurrence in nature 

 General properties Ethyl ether Acetic ether Ethyl nitrite 

 Amyl nitrite Fats and fat oils Soap ...... 302-309 



46. Carbohydrates. 



Constitution Properties Occurrence in nature Groups of 

 carbohydrates Grape-sugar ; tests for it Fruit-sugar Inosite 

 Cane-sugar Milk-sugar Starch Dextrine Gums Cellulose 

 Nitro-cellulose Glycogen Glucosides Santonin . . . 310-317 



47. Amines and amides. Organic bases. Alkaloids. 



Forms of nitrogen in organic compounds Amines Amides 

 Formation of amines and amides Aniline Occurrence in nature 

 Alkaloids ; their general properties General mode of obtaining 

 alkaloids Antidotes Detection of alkaloids in cases of poison- 

 ing Important alkaloids Coniine Nicotine Opium Mor- 

 phine, its salts and reactions Codeine Narcotine and narceine 

 Meconic acid Cinchona alkaloids Quinine ; its salts and reac- 

 tions Cinchonine Strychnine and its reactions Brucine 

 Atropine ; its reactions Veratrine ; its reactions Caffeine . . 317-331 



48. Cyanogen and its compounds. 



Occurrence in nature Constitution of cyanogen compounds 

 Dicyanogen Hydrocyanic acid Potassium cyanide Silver cya- 

 nide Mercuric cyanide Reactions for cyanides Antidotes 

 Cyanic acid Sulphocyanic acid Metallocyanides Potassium 

 ferrocyanide Reactions for ferrocyanides Potassium ferricyanide 

 Nitrocyanmethane ........ 



332-339 



49. Albuminous substances or proteids. 



Occurrence in nature General properties Analytical reactions 

 Classification Serum-albumin Egg-albumin Vegetable al- 

 bumin Blood-fibrin Muscle-fibrin Vegetable fibrin Milk- 

 casein Legumin Peptone Haemoglobin Animal cryptolites 

 Pepsin . 340-346 



VII. 



PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 



5O. Chemical changes in plants and animals. 



General remarks Diiference between vegetable and animal life 

 Formation of organic substances by the plant Decomposition 

 of vegetable matter in the animal system Animal food Nutri- 

 tion of animals, digestion Waste products of animal life 

 Chemical changes after death ....... 



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