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EXPERIMENT 40. 



9. 10. Upon an empty stomach before 

 breakfast, pulse 72, and feeble, 

 another gentleman took half an 

 ounce of spiritus volatilis aroma- 

 ticus. 



20. Little alteration has been perceived 

 in the pulse. 



25. He took five drams more of the 

 spirit. 



35. Pulse 72, more fall and hard. Ex- 

 hilaration. 



50. Pulse not altered : a slight sensation 

 of heaviness at the stomach. 



10. iO.* Pulse e(^, but yet full. 



35. Pulse 66, but now becoming feeble. 

 10. Pulse 66 ; two grains of opium 



dissolved in a little water were 



now swallowed. 

 50. Pulse 68, and very full -, greater 



degree of exhilaration. 

 57. Slight nausea with vertigo ^ pulse 



68, and less full. 



11. 5. Pulse 66, and very weak; general 



languor, with violent pain at the 



stomach. 



10. Pulse y^t very weak : ITie severity 



of the pain encreases: It was a 

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