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BY JOHN THORBURN, M.D., F.R.C.P., 



LATE PROFESSOR OF OBSTETRIC MEDICINE, OWENS COLLEGE AND VICTORIA UNIVERSITY, MANCHESTER; 

 OBSTETRIC PHYSICIAN TO THE MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY. 



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THE DISEASES OF WOMEN 



(A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON). 



Prepared with Special Reference to the Wants of the General Practitioner and 



Advanced Student. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



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



PUBLIC ANALYST FOR THE* COUNTY OF DEVON, AND MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR ST MARYLEBONE. 



New Edition. Revised and partly Rewritten. 



FOODS: THEIR COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS. 



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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 Potatoe 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. 



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POISONS: THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTION. 



With Tables and Illustrations. Second Edition. Price 16s. 

 GENERAL CONTENTS. 

 Historical Introduction Statistics General Methods of Procedure Life Tests Special 

 Apparatus Classification: I. Organic Poisons: (a.) Sulphuric, Hydrochloric, and Nitric 

 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. ; (d.) Poisons derived from Animal Substances; (e.) The 

 Oxalic Acid Group. IT. Inorganic Poisons : Arsenic, Antimony, Lead, Copper, Bismuth, 

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