Transcriber’s Notes Text printed in italics in the original work are transcribed between underscores, as in _text_. Bold faced and underlined text are transcribed as =text= and ~text~ respectively. Small capitals have been transcribed as ALL CAPITALS. [U] represents a U-shaped symbol. Where appropriate Unicode characters are not available, subscripts have been transcribed as _{...}. Depending on the hard- and software used to read this text, not all characters may display correctly or display at all. The alignment of text and lines in tables and structural formulas may vary depending on the font used. Chemical structural formulas as given here are approximations of the structures given in the original work only. Double bonds are represented by ║, =, // or \\, quadruple bonds by ≣. More Transcriber's Notes may be found at the end of this document. POISONS: THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTION. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. _Fourth Edition. At Press._ FOODS: THEIR COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS. _With numerous Tables and Illustrations._ =General Contents.= History of Adulteration--Legislation, Past and Present--Apparatus useful to the Food Analyst--“Ash”--Sugar--Confectionery--Honey-- Treacle--Jams and Preserved Fruits--Starches--Wheaten-Flour--Bread-- Oats--Barley--Rye--Rice--Maize--Millet--Potato--Peas--Chinese Peas-- Lentils--Beans--MILK--Cream--Butter--Cheese--Tea--Coffee--Cocoa and Chocolate--Alcohol--Brandy--Rum--Whisky--Gin--Arrack--Liqueurs--Beer-- Wine--Vinegar--Lemon and Lime Juice--Mustard--Pepper--Sweet and Bitter Almond--Annatto--Olive Oil--Water. _Appendix_: Text of English and American Adulteration Acts. “Will be used by every Analyst.”--_Lancet._ “STANDS UNRIVALLED for completeness of information. . . . A really ‘practical’ work for the guidance of practical men.”--_Sanitary Record._ “An ADMIRABLE DIGEST of the most recent state of knowledge. . . . Interesting even to lay-readers.”--_Chemical News._ _In Large 8vo, Handsome Cloth._ 21_s._ FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY. BY J. DIXON MANN, M.D., F.R.C.P., Professor of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology in Owens College, Manchester; Examiner in Forensic Medicine in the University of London, and in the Victoria University; Physician to the Salford Royal Hospital. PART I.--Forensic Medicine. PART II.--Insanity in its Medico-legal Bearings. PART III.--Toxicology. “By far the MOST RELIABLE, MOST SCIENTIFIC, and MOST MODERN book on Medical Jurisprudence with which we are acquainted.”--_Dublin Medical Journal_. “A MOST USEFUL work of reference. . . . Of value to all those who, as medical men or lawyers, are engaged in cases where the testimony of medical experts forms a part of the evidence.”--_The Law Journal._ LONDON: CHARLES GRIFFIN & CO., LTD., EXETER ST., STRAND. POISONS: THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTION.