"On the ultimate composition of simple alimentary substances; with some preliminary remarks on the analysis of organized bodies in general", in Philosophical Transactions.

PROUT, William. "On the ultimate composition of simple alimentary substances; with some preliminary remarks on the analysis of organized bodies in general", in Philosophical Transactions, London, W. Nicol, 1827, vol 117, vi,iv,388,12,16pp, 15 engraved plates, with the Prout on pp 355-388, with 2 engraved plates. [++] Beautifully and newly rebound in leather-backed marbled boards, with five raised bands, gilt spine panel decorations, and gilt spine labels in red and black. Lovely work. Provenance: Athenaeum Library, Liverpool. Each plate has a 13mm rubber stamp from the Athenaeum in their bottom margin—I think this is the most understated owner's stamp that I have seen. [++] "The brilliant demonstration in 1824 that the gastric juices of animals contain hydrochloric acid appeared incredible to many of Prout’s contemporaries. Yet in 1827 [in the paper offered here] they readily adopted his classification of foodstuffs into water, saccharinous (carbohydrates), oleaginous (fats), and albuminous (proteins)."--Complete DSB online.[++] This paper is excerpted in Mikulás Teich, A Documentary History of Biochemistry, 1770-1940, 1992. Prout is the first to apply a scientific classifcation organization to foods; he also introduces the word/idea "merorganized" in the same paper ( "There is no term at present employed which expresses this condition of bodies, and hence, to avoid circumlocution, I have provisionally adopted the term  merorganized. meaning to imply by it that bodies on passing into this state become partly or to a certain extent, organized."--from the Prout paper.) Davies Gilbert, "On the expediency of assigning specific names to all such functions of simple elements as represent definite physical properties; with the suggestion of a new term in mechanics; illustrated by an investigation of the machine moved by recoil, and also by some observations on the steam engine", pp 25-38; Robert Woodhouse, "On the derangements of certain transit instruments by the effects of temperature"; "Rules and principles for determining the dispersive ratio of glass; and for computing the radii of curvature for achromatic object-glasses, submitted to the test of experiment", Peter Barlow, Pp  231-265. Sir Everard Home, "An examination into the structure of the cells of the human lungs; with a view to ascertain the office they perform in respiration." 750 [++] Also includes: I. Harwood, "On a newly discovered genus of serpentiform fishes", pp 49-57; and a long and significant paper by Thomas Thomson, "On some of the compounds of chromium", pp 159-230.…