An essay on burns, principally upon those which happen to workmen in mines from the explosions of inflammable air ( or hydrogen gas).

  • Kentish, Edward, -1832.
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[1797]
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Credit: An essay on burns, principally upon those which happen to workmen in mines from the explosions of inflammable air ( or hydrogen gas). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. ' CHAP. I. Analyfs of Airs —Lavoifer's Experiments—Phenomena of Cembufion in general—Water—Decompofition of it—Expert• vients—Prtduttion of Hydrogen Gas in Mines—Of Combuflion in Mines in particular. Atmofpheric air confifts of two elaftic fluids, page I.—Analytic method of difcovcring thefe principles by the oxydation and difoxydation of mer- cury, 2.—Effedls of thele principles when feparate, upon life, 3.—One of them favourable to life, and combuflion is denominated oxygen gas : The other adverfe to both,<izoiic gasproportion of each in the atmofphere, 4.—Oxygen and azotic gas are alfo compound fluids, 5.—Combuflion takes place on the principle of affinity, 6.-—Theory of the extrication of light and caloric, ib.—Decompofition of water—hydrogen gas, one of it* conflituent principles, obtained by pafling water over ignited iron—oxy- dation taking place at the fame time in the iron, proved the exiflence of oxygen, 8.—Water fynthetically formed by the combuflion of hydrogen with oxygen gas, 9.—Water, by being in contadl with pyrites, metals, or coal, may be decompofed, and hydrogen gas feparated, 10.—The pheno- mena of combuflion of hydrogen gas in mines, refemblc in many particu- lars the exploflon of gun-powder in pieces of ordnance, r 1. CHAP. II. Ancient, Heifer.—Commentaries by Van Swieten.—Modern, Pell.—Encyclopedic Methodique■—Med. Eclairee.—Practice and Opinions of Authors and Practitioners in this If and. Medical fails the motl valuable, often loft or negledled by being blend- ed with falfc hypothefis, 12.—Heifler’s divifion of burns into four clafles, —Aftringents or ftimulants recommended, 14.—Emollients recom- mended, 16.—Even blood-letting and purgatives enjoined by him, 18.— Remark, on Hsifter’s pradice in this accident, 19. 20.—Van Swieten’s Commentaries on Boerhaave’s Aphorifms, 21— Emollients diredled for the cure of burns, 23.—Relation of an accident which happened to Boer- kaave, from the burfting of Papin’s digeftcr—treatment, 30, 31.—Why Heiftcr, Boerhaave, and Van Swieten denominated by the author, an- cient,