Phosphates : their chemical composition and uses in the different tissues of the body / by M.F. Anderson.

  • Anderson, M. F. (Mark French)
Date:
1877
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Phosphates : their chemical composition and uses in the different tissues of the body / by M.F. Anderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    body during life. The practice of medicine is, to a great extent, empirical. We find out by accident or chance that certain drugs produce certain effects, and having ascertained this, we turn our knowledge to account, without troubling ourselves much about the reason why. Chemistry, as a science, is yet in its infancy, and organic chemistry is a difficult branch of the study; but the lessons of inorganic chemistry are more easily learnt, as this contribution to the inorganic chemistry of the tissues, which I now offer testifies.