Experimental essays
Subtitle: on medical and philosophical subjects: particularly, I. On the fermentation of alimentary mixtures ... II. On the nature ... of fixed air III. On the respective powers ... of ... antiseptics IV. On the scurvy ... V. On the dissolvent power of quick-lime ...
By: ; by David MacBride ...
Edition: The 3rd ed., enl. and corr.
Publisher: Printed for T. Becket and T. Cadell ..., T. Lowndes ... and W. Woodfall
Published: 1776
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Scurvy; Fermentation; Anti-Infective Agents, Local; Anti-infective agents, Local; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Medical and philosophical subjects; MacBride's Essays
Notes: Includes 2 unnumbered folded leaves of tables.

NLM's copy imperfect: p. 134-135 partially obscured by inkstain.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: I. On the fermentation of alimentary mixtures, and digestion of food.; title: II. On the nature and properties of fixed air.; title: III. On the respective powers, and manner of acting, of the different kinds of antiseptics.; title: IV. On the scurvy; with a proposal for trying new methods to prevent or cure the same, at sea.; title: V. On the dissolvent power of quick-lime; and a further investigation of the properties of fixed air.