The violet coloring matter is obtained in a pure state on evaporating the amyl alcohol.
This suggestive fact at once directed his attention to the problem of the origin of the amyl alcohols in alcoholic fermentation.
Oxygen insufflation will aid in the restoration of respiration, and a pearl of amyl nitrite should be crushed in gauze and blown in with the oxygen.
Prompt introduction of a bronchoscope, with oxygen and amyl nitrite insufflation and artificial respiration, may be necessary to save life.
A pearl of amyl nitrite may be broken in the wash bottle.
Sudden respiratory arrest might occur, from pathology or foreign body, necessitating the inserting of the bronchoscope for breathing purposes, and the insufflation of oxygen and amyl nitrite.
Amyl Alcohol [Footnote: The odor of amylic alcohol is sweet, nauseous, and heavy.
Amyl alcohol, introduced as an adulterant, is an extremely dangerous addition to ordinary alcohol, in whatever form it is presented.
The affinity of the hydrated oxide of amyl (fusel oil) for acetic acid is so great, that they readily unite without the intervention of a mineral acid.
Amyl and butyl nitrite cause rapid pulse, headaches, and involuntary passing of urine and feces.
A soft, dull, glossy finish may be obtained by applying two coats of a mixture of one part each of white shellac and banana oil (amyl acetate).
Aniline stains may be cut in alcohol and mixed with equal parts of white shellac and banana oil (amyl acetate) and all applied in one coat.
They had been photometered carefully by two observers by means of a Lummer-Brodhun photometer and a Hefner amyl acetate lamp previous to their use in the experiment.
The Hefner unit is the amount of light produced by an amyl acetate lamp at a flame height of 40 mm.
Active valeric acid, a metameric variety which turns the plane of polarization to the right, although formed by the oxidation of a levorotatory amyl alcohol.
Amyl nitrite, a yellow oily volatile liquid, used in medicine as a depressant and a vaso-dilator.
Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether.
It is used as a source of amyl compounds, such as amyl acetate, amyl nitrite, etc.
In addition to acetote, benzine, and a little pyroxylin, it contains amyl acetate, which gives it the odor of bananas.
Digitalis has a certain effect on the heart-beat; nitrite of amyl diminishes arterial tension.
The doctors say that digitalis and nitrite of amyl act on the heart; and that the action of these drugs was discovered by the help of experiments on animals.
Gamgee that nitrite of amyl had this power, and therefore tried it on the patient.
The best treatment is artificial respiration, but the inhalation of nitrite of amyl may prove useful.
Footnote A: It has been proposed to mix dynamite with amyl alcohol for this purpose.
One variety consists chiefly of nitro-cellulose, with amyl acetate as solvent.
Originally it was a mixture of nitro-glycerine and nitro-cellulose, with amyl acetate as solvent.
Twenty-five years ago it carried the provisions, machinery and workers for the numerous, now abandoned, gold mines of the Amyl valley.
The old people on the shore of the River Amyl related to me an ancient legend to the effect that a certain Mongolian tribe in their escape from the demands of Jenghiz Khan hid themselves in a subterranean country.
The attendant circumstances of the analysis render it admissible that the influence of this second group of conceptions caused the displacement of amyl to propyl.
I cannot yet vindicate the exchange of amyl for propyl.
Fraser and others, but the practical application of amyl to the treatment of angina was first suggested, I believe, by Dr.
It is in stenosis of the coronary arteries, and in aortic obstruction, that nitrite of amyl and nitro-glycerine are most useful.
Confirm by adding a drop or two of ammonia to the second half of the amyl alcohol extract and a violet coloration will be produced if cochineal is present.
Remove the amyl alcohol and wash with water until it is neutral.
Equal parts of the fatty acids, amyl alcohol, and a 1 per cent.
But the long series of reactions, represented by the deportment of nitrite of amyl vapor, does not favor this conception; for, were the atoms animated solely by a common motion, the molecules would not be decomposed.
If allowed to stand in a test tube, the odor of valeric aldehyde will first be noticed, then that of amyl valerate, and lastly that of valeric acid.
Subsequently Böttger[2] proved that potassium iodide is not decomposed by pure amyl alcohol, and that the decomposition is due to the presence of acids contained in fusel oil.
This is entirely due to the waves of light, which wreck the nitrite of amyl molecules, the products of decomposition forming innumerable liquid particles which constitute the cloud.
From the quantity of barium valerate found he calculates the amount of amyl alcohol present in the original solution; 150 c.
More accurate results are obtained by using a very dilute solution of potassium permanganate, which is decomposed by amyl alcohol much more rapidly than by ethyl alcohol.
But Foerster[6] objects to this method because he finds the color to be due to the presence of furfurol, and that pureamyl alcohol gives no color with aniline and hydrochloric acid.
Fusel oil and its chief constituent, amyl alcohol, are direct nerve poisons.
The chief constituent of the fusel oil procured in the manufacture of alcohol from potatoes and grain, usually known as fusel oil and potato-spirit, is isoprimary amyl alcohol, or isobutylcarbinol.
Ordinary fusel oil yields also an isomeric amyl alcohol (active amyl alcohol) boiling at about 128 deg.
Borohydrofluoric Acid, Borosalylbenzoic Acid, Boroglycerine, Formaldehyde with Menthol, Thymol, Amyl Acetate and other Antiseptic Aromatics.
In angina pectoris this drug has a beneficial action; it relieves the pain and distress in many cases, even whenamyl nitrite and nitroglycerin have failed entirely.
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