A hand-book of materia medica and therapeutics : with twenty-nine illustrations : being a portion of An analytical compendium of the various branches of medicine / by John Neill and Francis Gurney Smith.

  • John Neill
Date:
1852
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A hand-book of materia medica and therapeutics : with twenty-nine illustrations : being a portion of An analytical compendium of the various branches of medicine / by John Neill and Francis Gurney Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    CONTENTS. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. PAGE Physical forces, - - - - - - -13 Cohesion, - - - - - - - - 18 Chemical affinity, - - - - - - -13 Gravitation, - - - - - - - 13 Capillarity, - - - - - - - - * 14 Endosmose, ------.-. 14 Diffusibility of gases, - - - - - - -14 Physical condition of the atmosphere, 15 The barometer, - - - - -- -15 Specific gravity, -------16 PART I. IMPONDERABLE SUBSTANCES. Section 1.—Caloric. Latent heat, ----- .-ig Effects of caloric—Expansion, 19 Thermometers, - - - - - - -20 Communication or transfer of heat, - - - 21 Conduction of heat, - - - - - 21 Radiation of heat, - - - - - 21 Reflection of heat. - - - - - - 22 Transmission of heat, - - - - - 22 Vaporization, - - - - - - - 23 Evaporation, ------ 21 Specific heat, - - - - - ■' • 2-) The spheroidal condition, - - - - - 25 Section II.—Light. Theories of light, - ,- - - - - 25 Refraction and reflection of light, - 26 Chemical effects of light, - - - - - 27 1
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