Skins tanned

In the north, the Inuit regarded antler in much the same way as they regarded bone and ivory. The materials existed to be utilised, and little went to waste. The meat fix)m the animal was eaten, the skin tanned to make leather, fur provided clothes and bedclothes, and the bones, teeth and antlers were carved into anything from harpoon points and amulets to children s toys. 

Objective examination reveals characteristic skin tan of Balkan nephropathy patients a pale yellow with copperish glow on the cheeks has been recognized since the augural reports on the disease [18, 88]. Besides, xantochromia of the palms and soles is also frequently observed. In the advanced phase of the disease physical examination detects signs of chronic renal failure [19]. 

Adaptive Responses. There are two adaptive responses to the exposure to UV radiation thickening of the stratum comeum and skin tanning (melanogenesis). Stratum corneum thickening is mediated by UVB, whereas skin tanning can be induced by UVB and UVA (225,261). 

Shrinkage Temperature. If a piece of skin, tanned or untanned, is wetted thoroughly, placed in water and heated slowly it will reach a temperature at which... 

Reference Document on Best Available Techniques for the Tanning of Hides and Skins TAN... 

Uses Food additive colorant for foods and ingested pharmaceuticals, for pigmentation of egg yolks, broiler parts, in skin tanning prods. 

Alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria) extract Annatto (Bixa orellana) Annatto (Bixa orellana) extract colorant, silk dyeing Annatto (Bixa orellana) colorant, sizing Pigment yellow 14 colorant, skin tanning preps. 

In the manufacture of glad leather a similar food is more often used which contains yoke of egg The doping of skins tanned with alum is accomplished by treading with the feet or kneading with the hands in a flat vat filled with the food... 

Most astonishing is the action of glycerine on a skin which has been strongly tanned by the sun whereas it would othemise take several weeks before a skin tanned by the sun is bleached again, the application of glycerine bleaches it in a Sew days. 

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