The causes and treatment of imperfect digestion / by Arthur Leared.

  • Leared Arthur, 1822-1879.
Date:
1882
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    that a single volume of it absorbed the gases wliich possess a present interest in the following pro- portions :— The able researches of Dr. Stenliouse, published in 1855, greatly increased the interest in the sub- ject. His experiments were mainly directed to the deodorizing qualities of charcoal, and he proved beyond c^uestion that its properties of destroying the smell of putrid animal or vegetable bodies depended, not, as had been previously supposed, on its antiseptic power, but on the very opposite quality of absorbing and oxidizing effluviae. Several others have since that time investigated this ab- sorbent action, and Mr. Hunter published an account of his experiments, showing the relative amount of various gases taJien up by diiferent kinds of charcoal.* He found that charcoal made from cocoa-nut shells possessed most power, and deduced a general * FMlosophical Magazine, February, ISCo. Sulphm-etted hydrogen Carbonic acid .. Oxygen Nitrogen Carburetted hydrogen Hydrogen 55 35 9-2 7-5 1-7