Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Medical Record, Vol. 19: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery; January 1, 1881-June 25, 1881 Thus, 1 c.c. Of a solution gramme of chloral hydrate) gave the brown color, the precipitate, and the smell. One c.c. Of the 6 solution (000] gramme) gave an orange color, but neither precipitate nor smell. One c.c. Of the 0 solution gramme) gave a very faint straw color. The first and second of these results are, I think, sufficient to establish the presence of chloral hydrate; the third I should hardly trust to, as the reaction was so faint, though I verified it by repetition of the experiment. 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.