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A Treatise on Adulterations of Food

by Friedrich Accum

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Preliminary Observations
  4. 4Remarks on The
  5. 5Characters of Good Water
  6. 6Chemical Constitution of the Waters Used in Domestic Economy and th…
  7. 7Spring Water
  8. 8River Water
  9. 9Deleterious Effects of Keeping Water for Domestic Economy in Leaden…
  10. 10Method of Detecting Lead, When Contained in Water
  11. 11Adulteration of Wine
  12. 12Test for Detecting the Deleterious Adulterations of Wine
  13. 13Specific Differences, and Component Parts of Wine
  14. 14Constitution of Home-made Wines
  15. 15Adulteration of Bread
  16. 16Method of Detecting the Presence of Alum in Bread
  17. 17Easy Method of Judging of the Goodness of Bread Corn, and Bread-Flour
  18. 18Adulteration of Beer
  19. 19Porter
  20. 20Strength and Specific Differences of Different Kinds of Porter
  21. 21Illegal Substances Used for Adulterating Beer
  22. 22Old, or Entire; and New, or Mild Beer
  23. 23Method of Detecting the Adulteration of Beer
  24. 24Counterfeit Tea-Leaves
  25. 25Method of Detecting the Adulterations of Tea
  26. 26Counterfeit Coffee
  27. 27Adulteration of Brandy, Rum, and Gin
  28. 28Method of Detecting the Adulterations of Brandy, Rum, and Malt Spirit
  29. 29Method of Detecting the Presence of Lead in Spiritous Liquors
  30. 30Poisonous Cheese
  31. 31Counterfeit Pepper
  32. 32White Pepper
  33. 33Poisonous Cayenne Pepper
  34. 34Poisonous Pickles
  35. 35Adulteration of Vinegar
  36. 36Adulteration of Cream
  37. 37Poisonous Confectionery
  38. 38Poisonous Catsup
  39. 39Poisonous Custard
  40. 40Poisonous Anchovy Sauce
  41. 41Adulteration of Lozenges
  42. 42Poisonous Olive Oil
  43. 43Adulteration of Mustard
  44. 44Adulteration of Lemon Acid
  45. 45Poisonous Mushrooms
  46. 46Mushroom Catsup
  47. 47Poisonous Soda Water
  48. 48Food Poisoned by Copper Vessels
  49. 49Food Poisoned by Leaden Vessels
  50. 50Epigraph

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