Book excerpt: Excerpt from The North American Journal of Homeopathy, 1870, Vol. 18: Published Quarterly I'r crystallizes in four or six-sided rectangular prisms, is with out smell and of a metallic, styptic, disagreeable taste; does not change when exposed to the air, when heated it decomposes into cyanogen-gas and Mercury; dissolves easily by ordinary temperature. In eight parts water, with more difficulty in al cohol. Nitric and sulphuric-acid diluted dissolve it without decomposing it; it is a haloid salt, composed of one atom of Mercury and two atoms of cyanogen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.