Important: Safety Warning
This page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional.
This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon.
Phosphorescence
the property which many substances and organic be- PHOSPHORESCENCE, the property ings possess of emitting light under cerings possess of emitting light under cerdoses it is dangerous. In larger ones it Among animals, some of Cuvier's sub- tain conditions; also a phosphoric light. science which deals with the chemical PHOTOCHEMISTRY, that branch of science which deals with the chemical ting light in the dark, and the phos- be brought about by light has been changes brought about by the agency of phorescence of the sea in tropical, and known, probably, since the even at times in temperate climates, is the eighteenth century, Schultze obbe brought about by light has been the early part of attributed to a small infusorial animal- even at times in temperate climates, is pedes, the female glow-worm, and the fireflies, emit light. In the glow-worm the light is from the under side of the final segments of the abdomen. acid formed by the action of nitric acid upon phosphorus, or by the hydration of phosphoric anhydride. It is given in a very dilute state in diabetes and scrofula.