8 . CHARLES GRIFFIN 6c 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. — Hygiene— 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 have tested 

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

 Westmifisti-r Review. 



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

 it is a work which should be highly appreciated." — Medico-Chirurgical 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 and 

 Gazette. 



" Contains a great mass of information of easy reference."— ^rt;/zVarj/ Record. 



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



In 2 Vols. Crown 8vo. 



Vol. I.— 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— MaLze— 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. Appendix: Text of English and 

 American Adulteration Acts. 



In Crown ivo, cloth, with Elaborate Tables, Folding Litlio-Plate, and PJwtographic 



Frontispiece. 



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

 Price 16/. 



General Contents. 



Historical Introduction — Statistics— General Methods of Procedure — Life Tests — 

 Special Apparatus— Classification : \. — Organic Poisons : (a.) Sulphuric, Hydrochloricj 

 and Nitric Acids, Potash, Soda, Ammonia, &c. ; (^.) Petroleum, Benzene, Camphor^ 

 Alcohols, Chloroform, Carbolic Acid, Prussic Acid, Phosphorus, &c. ; (f.) Hemlock, 

 Nicotine, Opium, Strychnine, Aconite, Atropine, Digitalis, &c. ; (</.) Poisons- 

 derived from Animal Substances ; ie.') The Oxalic Acid Group. IL — Inorganic 

 Poisons : Arsenic, Antimony, Lead, Copper, Bismuth, Silver, Mercury, Zinc, Nickel 

 Iron, Chromium, Alkaline Earths, &c. Appendix : A. Examination of B!ood and 

 Blood-Spots. B. N ints/or Fmergencies: Tieatment—Antidoies. 



" Will be used by every Analyst." —Lancet. 



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

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

 jninster 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 iniormaxwn."— Chemical News. 



