This section is from the book "The London Dispensatory", by Anthony Todd Thomson. Also available from Amazon: PDR: Physicians Desk Reference.
The following Tables were drawn up by Bergman, and additions made to them by others at different times. The substance, the attractions of which are to be shown, is placed at the head of a column, and the substances to which it has an attraction, placed beneath, in the order of the forces of attraction.
Oxygen.
Carbon
Charcoal
Manganese
Zinc
Iron
Tin
Hydrogen
Sulphur
Arsenic
Nitrogen
Nickel
Cobalt
Bismuth
Mercury
Silver
Arsenons acid
Nitric oxide
Gold
Flatina
Carbonic oxide
Muriatic acid
White oxide of manganese White oxide of lead
Oxygen.*
Titanium
Manganese
Zinc
Iron
Tin
Uranium
Molybdena
Tungsten
Cobalt
Antimony
Nickel
Arsenic
Chrome
Bismuth
Lead
Copper
Tellurium
Platina
Mercury
Silver
Gold
Carbon.
Oxygen
Iron
Hydrogen
Nitrogen.
Oxygen Sulphur Phosphorus Hydrogen
Hydrogen.
Oxygen
Sulphur
Carbon
Phosphorus
Nitrogen
Sulphur. Phosphorus.
Potassa
Soda
Iron
Copper
Tin
Lead
Silver
Bismuth
Antimony
Mercury
Arsenic Molybdena
Potassa, Soda, and Ammonia.
Acids :
Sulphuric
Nitric
Muriatic
Phosphoric
Fluoric
Oxalic
Tartaric
Arsenic
Succinic
Citric
Lactic
Benzoic
Sulphurous
Acetic
Mucic
Boracic
Nitrous
Carbonic
Hydrocyanic Oil ' Water Sulphur
Barytes.
Acids: Sulphuric Oxalic Succinic Fluoric Phosphoric Mucic Nitric Muriatic Suberic Citric Tartaric
Acids :
Arsenic
Lactic
Benzoic
Acetic
Boracic
Sulphurous
Nitrous
Carbonic
Hydrocyanic Sulphur Phosphorus Water Fixed Oils
Strontites.
Acids :
Sulphuric
Phosphoric
Oxalic
Tartaric
Fluoric
Nitric
Muriatic
Succinic
Acetic
Arsenic
Boracic
Carbonic Water
Lime.
Acids : Oxalic Sulphuric Tartaric Succinic Fhosphoric Mucic Nitric Muriatic Suberic
* Vauquelin's Table of the affinity of the metals for oxygen, according to the difficulty with which their oxides are decomposed by heat.
Acids :
Fluoric
Arsenic
Lactic
Citric
Malic
Benzoic
Acetic
Boracic
Sulphurous
Nitrous
Carbonic
Hydrocyanic Sulphur Phosphorus Water Fixed oil
Magnesia.
Acids :
Oxalic
Phosphoric
Sulphuric
Fluoric
Arsenic
Mucic
Succinic
Nitric
Muriatic
Tartaric
Citric
Malic
Lactic
Benzoic
Acetic
Boracic
Sulphurous
Nitrous
Carbonic
Hydrocyanic Sulphur
Alumina.
Acids : Sulphuric Nitric Muriatic Oxalic Arsenic Fluoric Tartaric Succinic
Acids : Mucic Citric Phosphoric Lactic Benzoic Acetic Boracic Sulphurous Nitrous Carbonic Hydrocyanic
Silex.
Fluoric acid Potassa
Oxide of Platina. Oxide of Gold.*
Acids:
Gallic
Muriatic
Nitric
Sulphuric
Arsenic
Fluoric
Tartaric
Phosphoric
Oxalic
Citric
Acetic
Succinic
Hydrocyanic
Carbonic ! Ammonia
Oxide of Silver.
Acids: Gallic Muriatic Oxalic Sulphuric Mucic Phosphoric Sulphurous Nitric Arsenic Fluoric Tartaric Citric
Acids :
Lactic
Succinic
Acetic
Hydrocyanic
Carbonic Ammonia
Oxide of Mercury.
Acids: Gallic Muriatic Oxalic Succinic Arsenic Phosphoric Sulphuric Mucic Tartaric Citric Malic Sulphurous Nitric Fluoric Acetic Benzoic Boracic Hydrocyanic Carbonic
Oxide of Lead.
Acids: Gallic Sulphuric Mucic Oxalic Arsenic Tartaric Phosphoric Muriatic Sulphurous Suberic Nitric Fluoric Citric Malic Succinic Lactic Acetic Benzoic Boracic
Acids :
Hydrocyanic Carbonic
Fixed oils
Ammonia
Oxide of Copper.
Acids:
Gallic
Oxalic
Tartaric
Muriatic
Sulphuric
Mucic
Nitric
Arsenic
Phosphoric
Succinic
Fluoric
Citric
Lactic
Acetic
Boracic
Hydrocyanic
Carbonic Fixed alkalies Ammonia Fixed oils
Oxide of Arsenic.
Acids :
Gallic
Muriatic
Oxalic
Sulphuric
Nitric
Tartaric
Phosphoric
Fluoric
Succinic
Citric
Acetic
Hydrocyanic Fixed alkalies Ammonia Fixed oils Water
Oxide of Iron.
Acids : Gallic
* Omitting the oxalic, citric, succinic, and carbonic, and adding sulphureted hydrogen alter ammonia.
Acids: Oxalic Tartaric Camphoric Sulphuric Mucic Muriatic Nitric Phosphoric Arsenic Fluoric Succinic Citric Lactic Acetic Boracic Hydrocyanic Carbonic
Oxide of Tin.
Acids :
Gallic
Muriatic
Sulphuric
Oxalic
Tartaric
Arsenic
Phosphoric
Nitric
Succinic
Fluoric
Mucic
Citric
Lactic
Acetic
Boracic
Hydrocyanic Ammonia
Oxide of Zinc.
Acids: Gallic Oxalic Sulphuric Muriatic Mucic Nitric
Acids:
Tartaric
Phosphoric
Citric
Succinic
Fluoric
Arsenic
Lactic
Acetic
Boracic
Hydrocyanic
Carbonic Fixed alkalies Ammonia
Oxide of Antimony.
Acids :
Gallic
Muriatic
Benzoic
Oxalic
Sulphuric
Nitric
Tartaric
Mucic
Phosphoric
Citric
Succinic
Fluoric
Arsenic
Lactic
Acetic
Boracic
Hydrocyanic Fixed alkalies Ammonia
Sulphuric Acid. Hydrocyanic*
Strontites
Potassa
Soda
Lime
Magnesia
Ammonia
Glucine Yttria Alumina Zircon Metallic oxides
Sulphurous Acid. SUCCINIC.†
Baryta
Lime
Potassa
Soda
Strontites
Magnesia
Ammonia
Glucine
Alumina
Zircon
Metallic oxides
Phosphoric Acid. Carbonic. ‡
Baryta
Strontites
Lime
Potassa
Soda
Ammonia
Magnesia
Glucine
Alumina
Zircon
Metallic oxides
Silex
Phosphorous Acid. Lime Baryta Strontites Potassa Soda
Ammonia Glucine Alumina Zircon Metallic oxides
Nitric Aero. Muriatic Acid.§
Baryta
Potassa
Soda
Strontites
Lime
Magnesia
Ammonia
Glucine
Alumina
Zircon
Metallic oxides
Fluoric Acid. Boracic Acid. || Arsenic ACID. Tungstic Acid.
Lime
Baryta
Strontites
Magnesia
Potassa
Soda
Ammonia
Glucine
Alumina
Zircon
Silex
Lactic Acid.
Suberic Acid.**
Baryta
Potassa
Soda
Strontites
Lime
Ammonia
Magnesia ††
Metallic oxides
Glucine
Alumina
Zircon
* With the omission of all after ammonia.
† Ammonia should come before magnesia; and strontites, glucine, and zircon be omitted.
‡ Magnesia should stand above ammonia, and alumina and silica be omitted. § Ammonia should stand above magnesia.
Silex should be omitted, and water and alcohol inserted. Except silex.
* * With the omission of strontites, metallic oxides, glucine, and zircon, †† Magnesia should stand above ammonia.
Lime
Baryta
Strontites
Magnesia
Potassa
Soda
Ammonia
Alumina
Metallic oxides
Water
Alcohol
White oxide of arsenic Potassa Soda
Ammonia Baryta Lime Magnesia Alumina
Camphoric Acid.
Lime Potassa soda
Baryta
Ammonia
Alumina
Magnesia
Fixed Oils. Lime Baryta Potassa Soda
Magnesia Oxide of mercury Metallic oxides Alumina
Alcohol.
Water Ether Volatile oil Alkaline sulphurets
Hydrogen. Baryta Potassa Soda Lime Ammonia Magnesia Zircon
 
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