CHARLES GRIFFIN & COMPANTS 



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. 



HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH (a Die- 



tionary of) : embracing the following subjects : — 



I. — Sanitary Chemistry : the Composition and Dietetic Value of 

 Foods, with the Detection of Adulterations. 

 II. — Sanitary Engineering : Sewage, Drainage, Storage of Water, 

 Ventilation, Warming, &c. 

 III.— Sanitary Legislation: the whole of the PUBLIC HEALTH 

 ACT, together with portions of other Sanitary Statutes (without 

 alteration or abridgment, save in a few unimportant instances), in 

 a form admitting of easy and rapid Reference. 

 IV.— Epidemic and Epizootic Diseases : their History and Pro- 

 pagation, with the Measures for Disinfection. 

 V. — HYGiiiNE- Military, Naval, Private, Public, School. 

 Royal 8vo, 672 pp., cloth, with Map and 140 Illustrations, 28/. 

 Opinions of the Press. 



" Excellently done . . . the articles are brief, but comprehensive. We haTe tested 

 the book, and can therefore recommend Mr. Blyth's Dictionary with confidence." — 

 IVestmUister Review, 



"A very important Treatise . . . an examination of its contents satisfies us that 

 it is a work which should be highly appreciated." — Medico-ChirTirgical Review. 



"A work that must have entailed a vast amount of labour ana research. . . . Will 

 become a Standard Work in Hygiene and Public Health." — Medical Times ajid 

 Gazette. 



*' Contains a great mass of information of easy rekrence." —Sa/titary Record. 



RE-ISSUE OF BLYTH'S "PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY." 



In 2 Vols, Crown 8vo. 

 Vol. I. —FOODS: THEIR COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS. 

 Price 16/. 



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 

 —Potato— 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. Appetidix : Text of English and 

 American Adulteration Acts. 



In Crown Bvo, cloth, •with Elaborate Tables, Folding; Litho-Platet <^^d Photographic 

 Frontispiece. 



Vol. II.— POISONS: THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTION. 

 Price 16/. 



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. ; (3.) Petroleum, Benzene, Camphor, 

 Alcohols, Chloroform, Carbolic Acid, Prussic Acid, Phosphorus, &c. ; (<:.) Hemlock' 

 Nicotine, Opium, Strychnine, Aconite, Atropine, Digitalis, &c. ; (d.) Poisons 

 derived from Animal Substances ; (f.) The Oxalic Acid Group. II. — Inorganic 

 Poisons : Arsenic, Antimony, Lead, Copper, Bismuth, Silver, Mercury, Zinc, Ni(ikel 

 Iron, Chromium, Alkaline Earths, &c. Appendix i A. Examination of Blood and 

 Blood-Spots. B. Hints for Emergencies: Treatment — Antidotes. 



" Will be used by every Analyst."— Xa^K-^^. 



" Full of great interest . . . The method of treatment excellent . , . Gives 



just that amount of information which those able to appreciate it will desire." West- 



Tninster Review. 



" Stands Unrivalled for completeness of information . . A really * practical * 

 work for the guidance of practical men." — Sanitary Record. 



*'The whole work is full of useful practical information." — Chemical News ^ 



