...rheumatism wherever it'be located. The prickly-ash, finely pulverized, may be added to the "spice bitters in the proportion of one part of the former to four parts of the latter. SECTION III. GOUT. GOUT is a constitutional disease, being always connected with a disordered state...

...seeir very satisfactory. The head must be shaved, and cloths dipped in cold water, or spirits and water (in the proportion of one part of the former to four parts •'f the latter), applied to it, and kept constantly wet. Two drops of croton "i; should also be placed...

...22. Atmospheric air is composed principally of 2 gases, oxygen and nitrogen, mixed in the proportions of one part of the former to four parts of the latter. How much of each gas is there in a room that is 12 feet broad, 14 feet long, and 7£ feet highi 23....

...and others, have shown that the air consists of two gases — oxygen and nitrogen, in the relation of one part of the former to four parts of the latter ; these gases not being in chemical combination, but merely in mechanical mixture. Further, it is believed that the...

...represented by it. 57. Oxygen and nitrogen are mingled together in atmospheric air, in about the proportions of one part of the former, to four parts of the latter. When phosphorus is burnt within a glass jar, inverted over water, the water rises, a% the oxygen is...

...atmosphere is essential to health. Now, what is this atmosphere ? It is a compound of two gases, — oxygen and nitrogen, — in the proportion of one part of the former to four parts of the latter. Although four-fifths of the atmosphere consist of nitrogen, we do not withdraw any of it . by breathing....

...rheumatism wherever it be located. The prickly-ash, finely pulverized, may be added to the spice bitter* in the proportion of one part of the former to four parts of th» latter. SECTION III. GOUT. GOUT is a constitutional disease, being always connected with a disordered...

...appearance to Borgman's mixture of the bi and trichlortoluchinones. The chlorate and cresole were mixed in the proportion of one part of the former to four parts of the latter, as recommended by Graebe. At first, the cresole became black ; then the color changed to a deep red...

...that if the water-supply of the plant be deprived of air, its vital processes are at once checked. 14. The air is not a simple element, as the ancients...support life and combustion. The discovery of this fact "ffas made bv the French chemist, Lavoisier, in 1778. 1 3. The atmosphere ? How high or deep? How essential...

...that if the water-supply of the plant be deprived of air, its vital processes are at once checked. 14. The air is not a simple element, as the ancients...powerful, and incessantly active ; and is the essential clement which gives to the atmosphere its power to support life and combustion. The discovery of this...