Observations on the nature and cure of calculus, sea scurvy, consumption, catarrh, and fever : together with conjectures upon several other subjects of physiology and pathology / by Thomas Beddoes, M.D.

  • Beddoes, Thomas, 1760-1808.
Date:
1793
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Credit: Observations on the nature and cure of calculus, sea scurvy, consumption, catarrh, and fever : together with conjectures upon several other subjects of physiology and pathology / by Thomas Beddoes, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Quantity of Fixed . .,. . 1 r r 'tX. Pure Air« Air* a cubic inches of grafs with 1 cubic inch of muft . of a little 312 Ditto of ripe cucumber juice . . . . il a little 230 40 drops of vitriolic acid 7f 4- 29$ a little vitriolated tartar 12 I 296 * * * fine fun-mine, 6 hours. 2 cubic inches of fempervi- vum teflorium in 86 of water . . . 3 fcarceany 245 Ditto with 1 cubic inch of its own juice . 4i 0 3°% * * * * fine weather, 6 hours. 1 cubic inches of grafs in 86 of water ... . 3 fcarce any 245 Ditto with \ cubic inch of ftrong vinegar 7I -5- 276 with 1 of juice of the cornus majcula . . 8 % \ 323 1 of juice of onion 2| 228 1 of juice of turnep 1% k 217 In thefe numerous inftances, the effect of the ad- dition equally appears from the numbers that ex- prefs the quantity and thofe that exprefs the quality of the air produced. It may be obferved alfo, that a few fubftances, fuch as the juice of onions, cu- cumbers, and turneps, prevent, inftead of forward- ing, the extrication of air, and that it is of an in- ferior quality to that which is produced when no addition is made.