Experiments and Observations on the Following Subjects 1. On the preparation, calcination, and medicinal uses of Magnesia Alba. 2. On the solvent qualities of calcined Magnesia. 3. On the variety in the solvent powers of quick-lime, when used in different quantities. 4. On various absorbents, as promoting or retarding putrefaction. 5. On the comparative antiseptic powers of vegetable infusions prepared with lime, &c. 6. On the sweetening properties of fixed air.

The same quantity of Peruvian bark, and of lime water, without the addition of any fresh lime, being rubbed in the same manner, afforded a tincture tasting strongly of the bark,...

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The medicinal uses to which Magnesia has hitherto been applied are in general so well known, that it will be necessary only to give a short summary of the cases in which it is b...

Twenty drops of the syrup of violets were added to a glass-full of water strongly impregnated with fixed air, after the method directed by Dr. Priestley[ab], but without any var...