Scarlet fever, its cure : based on the chemistry of the human body, and confirmed by medical science and pratice : being the sequel to 'Asiatic cholera' ... / by Alexander Mackenzie Cameron.

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[1885]
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    time by a strong solution of niti'ate of potash, or of niui'iate of anunonia ; and fibrin, aftor blood has been allowed to coagulate, is gradually dissolved by the latter. Hematofibrin is formed from gelatine and choleic acid = albumen and water:— 1 eq. hoinatofibriii \ _ f 3 eqs. gelatine + 18 ,, water j ~ 11 >> cholcic acid. Consequently, loss of bile, as albumen in a state of conversion is bile (and gelatine), which loss occurs in scarlet fever, means non-renewal, non-supply, of fibrin. III. Choleic acid fully oxidised will yield as follows :— f 1 eq. ammonia \ au m- ^ 1 oq. choleic acid 1 1+2 „ m.lpliuric acid I ^'j Hmiate pro- 144 oxygen j = | + 52 „ carbonic ,. ) ^y^^};^ ^'^a- tion. + 42 ,, water And cholic acid :— 1 eq. cholic acid 1 i ^ i ., -M22 Oxygen ] = \ ^^7^ These acids are the products of the destruction of sanguigenous matter by the oxygen of the blood. The colouring matter of the bile exhibits changes cimnected with the formation or destruction r f the bile; and we know that blue colouring matters are turned giecu Ly by ilkalis, and red by acids. A red colouring matter is turned green by alkalis, and is also very fugitive. It is also soluble in water and alcohol. Bile may be decolourised by dissolving it in absolute alcohol to separate mucus, and digesting the alcoholic solution with animal charcoal till the colour is removed. We may note here also the oxidation of albumen :— . ^ / 4 eqs. choleic acid 4 eqs. albumen J J -t- 8 ,, cholic acid -f 40 „ water \ = . ^^^^ -J-224 „ oxygen from the air j (^gG ,, carbonic acid 4 eqs. albinnen + 40 ,, water + o2 ,, oxygen from the air + 192 „ oxygen fi margarine U 20 eqs. sugar. 12 water ) ^ ° Thus (20 eqs.) sugar yields both fat and oxygen. Sugar is a source whence blood may obtain oxygen when respiration is impeded. IV. The juice of flesh is uniformly, or more frequently, acid. The acids present are lactic acid in large quantity, phosphoric acid, and other acids. The bases are potash in large proportions, both as phos- phate, lactate, inosinate, etc., and as chloride of potassium ; soda in much smaller quantity, chiefly as chloride of sodiunr ; etc. The com- position of flesh is :— Water 78) Fibrin, &c 17 V= 100 Albumen, &c 5 J Acid tribasic phosphate of potash ^ | | exists in large pro- portion in the juice of flesh, chiefly contributing to its acidity, and is produced by phosphoric acid acting on chloride of potassium or salts of potash. Just as soda is essential to blood, potash is essential to