CONTENTS. 
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SECTION PAGES 
113. Sodii Carbonas—Carbonate of Soda—Properties .... 128 
114. Bicarbonate of Soda .......... 128 
115. Statistics ............ 128 
116. Effect of the Fixed Alkalies on Animal and Vegetable Life . . 128, 129 
117. Local Effects ........... 129 
118. Symptoms.129, 130 
119. Post-mortem Appearances ......... 130, 131 
120. Chemical Analysis . . . . . . . . . . 131 
121. Estimation of the Fixed Alkalies . . . . . . . 131, 132 
VII. NEUTRAL SODIUM, POTASSIUM, AND AMMONIUM SALTS. 
122. Poisonous Properties of the Neutral Salts . . . . . . 132 
123. Sodium Salts ........... 132 
124. Potassium Salts—Potassic Sulphate—Hydropotassic Tartrate . . 132 
125. Action on the Frog’s Heart ........ 132 
126. Action on Warm-blooded Animals ....... 132, 133 
127. Elimination ........... 133 
128. Nitrate of Potash .......... 133 
129. Statistics ............ 133 
130. Usbs in the Arts ........... 133 
131. Action of Nitrates of Sodium and Potassium—Sodic Nitrite . . 133, 134 
132. Post-mortem Appearances ......... 134 
133. Potassic Chlorate—Properties ........ 134 
134. Uses in the Arts ........... 134 
135. Poisonous Properties .......... 134 
136. Experiments on Animals ......... 134, 135 
137. Effects on Man .......... 135 
138. Nephritis—Illustrative Case ........ 135, 136 
139. Elimination ........... 136 
140. Essential Action of Potassic Chlorate ....... 136 
Detection and Estimation of Potassic Chlorate. 
141. Dialysis—Tests ........... 136, 137 
Toxicological Detection of Allcali Salts. 
142. Natural Occurrence of Potassium and Sodium Salts—in the Blood 
and Tissues—Tests for Potassic and Sodic Salts—Tests for Chlorates 
—Ammonium Salts ......... 137, 138 
PART V.—MORE OR LESS VOLATILE POISONOUS SUBSTANCES CAPABLE 
OF BEING SEPARATED BY DISTILLATION FROM NEUTRAL OR ACID 
LIQUIDS. 
Hydrocarbons—Camphor—Alcohol—Amyl Nitrite—Ether—Chloroform and 
other Anaesthetics—Chloral—Carbon Disulphide—Carbolic Acid—Nitro¬ 
benzene—Prussic Acid—Phosphorus. 
I. HYDROCARBONS. 
1. Petroleum. 
143. Petroleum. 139 
144. Cymogene ............ 139 
145. Rhigolene ............ 139 
146. Gasolene ............ 139 
147. Benzoline—Distinction between Benzoline and Benzene . . . 139, 140 
148. Paraffin Oil ........... 140 
149. Effects of Petroleum .......... 140, 141 
150. Poisoning by Light Petroleum ........ 141 
151. Separation of Petroleum . . . . . . . . . 141 
