CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGE 



THE PROPERTIES OF SOLUTIONS i 



A. Colloids and Crystalloids . . . . . . . . i 



B. Diffusion and Dialysis . . . . . . . . 2 



C. Osmotic Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 3 



D. Freezing Point . . . . . . . . . . 5 



E. The Electrical Properties of Colloids . . . . 9 



F. The Precipitation of Colloids . . . . . . 10 



G. The Concentration of Hydrogen-Ions . . . . 14 

 H. Ampholytes or Amphoteric Electrolytes . . . . 30 



CHAPTER II. 



THE PROTEINS 33 



A. Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 



B. Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 



C. General Reactions . . . . . . . . . . 35 



D. Colour Reactions . . . . . . . . . . 38 



E. The Heat Coagulation of Albumins and Globulins 42 



F. The Properties of Albumins and Globulins . . 45 



G. The Chemistry of Egg- White . . . . . . 49 



H. The Metaproteins . . . . . . . . . . 51 



I. The Albumoses or Proteoses and Peptones . . 52 



J. The Gluco-Proteins . . . . . . . . . . 57 



K. The Reactions of certain Albuminoids . . . . 58 



CHAPTER III. 



THE NUCLEOPROTEINS, NUCLEINS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS . . 60 



