| RefNo | PP/12/18 |
| Previous numbers | PP/44/19 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Note on the volumetric determination of uric acid' by A M Gossage |
| Creator | Gossage; A M (fl 1888) |
| Date | 1888 |
| Description | Gossage writes: 'Dr Haycraft has recently proposed a method for the volumetric determination of uric acid in urine (‘Brit. Med. Journ.,’ 1885, 2, p. 1100) which has great advantages over all former methods in that it is much quicker and easier to manage. The uric acid from 25 c. c. of urine is precipitated by silver nitrate after previous addition of sodium carbonate (to prevent reduction) and ammonia (to dissolve silver chloride, & c.); this precipitate is then collected, washed, and dissolved in nitric acid, and the amount of silver present in this solution ascertained by Volhard’s method, i. e., titration with ammonium sulphocyanate; from this the amount of uric acid can be calculated.'
Annotations in pencil and ink.
Subject: Chemistry
Received 29 May 1888. Read 7 June 1888. Communicated by John Scott Burdon Sanderson.
A version of this paper was published in volume 44 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Note on the volumetric determination of uric acid'. |
| Extent | 9p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1888.0036 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8280 | Burdon-Sanderson; Sir; John Scott (1828 - 1905) | 1828 - 1905 |