CHAPTER XVI

ADULTERATION OF FOOD

National Loss from Adulteration--"Adulterated" Electricity--The Beer Conner--Conflict of Evidence--The Notice Dodge--Preservatives--Standards for Food--Court of Reference--Administration of the Law 214

INDEX 239

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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TRIAL OF CAROLINE RUDD _Frontispiece_

WAR PLAN SENT BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY 24

PHOTO SENT BY TELEGRAPHY FROM PARIS 26

PORTRAIT SENT BY "WIRELESS" 28

MAJOR RICHARDSON'S MAN-TRACKER "PATHAN" 30

FRENCH POLICE DOG 32

PURKENJE'S STANDARD FINGER-PRINTS 64

TYPES OF FINGER-PRINTS 66

HEREDITY IN HANDWRITING 71

INFLUENCE OF TRAINING ON HANDWRITING 74

SIGNATURES OF NAPOLEON AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF HIS CAREER 77

WRITERS' CRAMP 78

SPECIMEN OF AGRAPHIA 78

WRITING OF LENAU, BEFORE AND DURING INSANITY 79

WRITING OF HÖLDERLIN, BEFORE AND DURING INSANITY 79

MIRROR WRITING IN PARALYSIS 80

HYPNOTIC HANDWRITING 82

GARIBALDI'S SIGNATURE 83

DETECTION OF FORGERY BY MEANS OF CAMERA AND MICROSCOPE 100

FURTHER SPECIMENS OF DETECTION OF FORGERY, AND TESTS TO DISTINGUISH OLD FROM NEW INKS 102

ELIZABETHAN DOMESTIC RECIPE FOR INK 107

THE TINTOMETER 109

GOAT'S AND COW'S HAIR 162

KANGAROO'S AND HUMAN HAIR, AND THE HAIR OF A CAT AND A DOG 164

FIBRES OF CHINESE SILK 164

RABBIT'S AND HORSE-HAIR 166

WOOL FIBRES FROM DIFFERENT BREEDS OF SHEEP 168

COTTON AND FLAX FIBRES 170

ANNE TURNER 172

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