Theory of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

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Lea & Febiger, 1910 - Chemistry - 540 pages
 

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Page 24 - Weight 10 milli-grams = 1 centi-gram. 10 centi-grams = 1 deci-gram. 10 deci-grams = 1 gram. 10 grams = 1 deka-gram. 10 deka-grams = 1 hecto-gram. 10 hecto-grams = 1 kilo-gram.
Page 338 - A mixture of the enzymes naturally existing in the pancreas of warm-blooded animals, usually obtained from the fresh pancreas of the hog, Sus scrofa or the ox, Bos taurus.
Page 357 - State as ascertained by the commission hereinafter provided for, nor less than 2 per cent nor more than 4 per cent of the total...
Page 338 - A proteolytic ferment or enzyme obtained from the glandular layer of fresh stomachs from healthy pigs, and capable of digesting not less than 3000 times its own weight of freshly coagulated and disintegrated egg albumen, when tested by the process given below.
Page 35 - It is measured by the quotient arising from dividing the weight of the body by the weight of an equal volume of...
Page 65 - Therefore, it may be stated in general that the boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid becomes equal to the external pressure acting upon the surface of the liquid.
Page 285 - A transparent, colorless, mobile liquid, having a characteristic odor and a burning and sweetish taste.
Page 45 - ... the ratio of the ovendry weight of a sample to the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the sample at some specific moisture content, as green, air-dry, or ovendry.
Page 36 - ... at the standard temperature, and then divide the weight of the liquid by the weight of the water ; the quotient will of course be greater or less than unity, as the liquid experimented on is heavier or lighter than water.
Page 288 - F.). When freshly prepared, or even after being kept for some time with but little exposure to light and air, it is neutral to litmus paper. When long kept, or after having been freely exposed to air...

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