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

Joseph Jakob von Plenck

Date:: 1797

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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$Experiments Vith heat, water, spirit of wine, acids, aerated alkali, caiistic alkali, calces of raetals, &c. spontaneous degene- ration—By dry distillation, afFords water, empyreumatic oil, inflammable and carbonated air; and the incinerated carbone, pure and phospborated calx—Observations—Experiments— Consiituent principies of animal fat and oil—Use. \ Cutaneous Perspirable Matier, page 240. ' ' Definition—Secretory organ—Preofs, a looking glass, &c. —Smell—Taste—Consistence.—Colour — Specifk gra^vity— Quantity, varies in respeft of climate, time of tbe year, age food, drink, regimen, affeflions of the mind, &c.—Quality— Constituent principies, water, animal gas, azotic gas—Use. Snjueafy page 248. Definition—Secretory organ —Smell—Consistence—Specific gravity—Colour-^Quantity—Constituent principies, cutane- ous perspirable rr/atter, glandular smegma, subciftaneous oil, and serum of blood—Varies in respe£f of the teniperature of the atmosphere, sex, age, ingesta, medicines, region of the body, diseases, &c.—Use, PUTREFACTION of THE BODY. Definition—Requisites, humidity, air, heat—Observations —Phenomina emphysematous swelling, cadaverous smell, change of colour, &c.—Observations—Soft parts sometimes form a saponaceous substance, chemically examined, composed of oil and volatile alkali—Thegases disengaged are, alkaline, inflammable carbonated, phospborated inflammable fixed, azotic, and putrid air—Proximate cause—Life defined—Di- vided into Chemical, physical and physiological—Use ofpu- trefaction.$