The hygrology, or chemico-physiological doctrine of the fluids of the human body / translated from the Latin of J.J. Plenck ... by Robert Hooper.

  • Plenck, Joseph Jacob, Ritter von, 1738-1807.
Date:
1797
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Credit: The hygrology, or chemico-physiological doctrine of the fluids of the human body / translated from the Latin of J.J. Plenck ... by Robert Hooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I The Hairy faris, page 27. By boiling glve out-oU and jelly; and leaye animal gluten, Exp^eriments, with aerated and volatile alkali, acids and heat. OF THE FLUIDS IN GENERAL. Dcfinition-Solld, definition of—Fluidity depends on water —that of water on heat—Quantity of fluids—Division into crude - Sanguineous Lymphatic—Secreted — Excrementi* tious.—The Secreted divided into ladleal, aqueous, mucous, albuminous, oleous, and bilious.—From their motion fluids are divided into circulatory—^Commorant, and—Stagnant. FLUIDS COMMON TO THE WHOLE BODY, Of the BLOOD in generali page 53. Definition— Quantity —Colour—Heat—Taste—Smell— Specific gravity—Consistence—Spontaneous separatiori—into Serum—and Cruor-Experiments in vital, mepjiitic air, and in vacuo—with boiling water, alcohol of wine, vegetable acids, radical vinegar, oxygenated acid of salt, common and concen- trated acid of salt, caustic alkali—Spqntaneous degenera- tion—By calcination affords, volatile alkali, empyreumatic oil, coeruUc acid, phosphoric acid.—Produdls of fire—By dis- tillation emits inflammable and fixed air, and gives out water, empyreumatic oil, ammoniacal spirit, carbone—Proximate principhs, animal gas, cruor of the blood, albuminous serum of the blood—The bilescent principle—Use. c