Practical Everyday Chemistry (Bennett, H.)

Soap: Making Everyday Chemistry Public

This grime is hard to wash off with water, simply because water molecules are more attracted to one another than they are to oil. Oil and water don't mix; thus, they separate into two. We have been taught this since elementary school, with lots of demonstrations. Oil molecules are large and awkward; they are not polar, so water, a very polar molecule, can’t bond with it. This is why when you ha...

Practical Physiological Chemistry

This little book is designed to present in brief outline form the basic principles underlying radioactivity, the derivation of a wide variety of artificial radioactive isotopes, and the application of these substances to biological problems. Following a discussion of the structure of atomic nuclei, the authors describe methods by which radioactive elements may be detected and suggest procedures...

Practical Physiological Chemistry

Practical Physiological Chemistry

Medical Students and Clinical Assistants, ny Caleb, m.b., m.s. (Durham), Prof, of Physiology, King Edward Medical College, Lahore, etc. Messrs. Butterworth & Co., Calcutta, 1919. Physiological chemistry is a subject that is becoming yearly of greater importance in scientific medicine. The future study of medicine will undoubtedly be very intimately associated with advances in our knowledge of t...

Clinical Chemistry in Practical Medicine

organism to the life of another. P'art II is concerned wvitli penicillin, and is the largest in the book. The tale of its (liscovery is told with commendable b-evity and accuracy. Considerable space is devoted to the chemistry of the substance and a method used in its synthesis is given. The description of its commercial production and manufacture is goo(d and the illustrations aire apt even if...