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EXPERIMENT 38. 



(cj On the lliiman Pulse, 



Rouiu. Miaures. 



9. — Upon an empty stomach before 

 breakfast, Mr. Fleming took 

 half an ounce of spirits of wine 

 diluted with a little water. Pulse 

 78. 



10. No alteration in the pulse : a sense 

 of warmth at the stomach. 



20. Pulse 82, and considerably more 

 full : an evident exhilaration of 

 spirits. 

 9. 35. Pulse 82, and continuing equally 

 full. 



48. Half an ounce more was given 

 him: Pulse 80. 

 19, — No further encrease in his pulse, 

 ' which still remains 80. 



35. Pulse has now fallen to 70, but yet 

 feels more full than at the first, a 

 little sense of heaviness in the 

 head : a slight sensation of heat 

 in the stomach. 



(c) In these experiments likewise, 1 was indebted to 

 the friendly assisJance of Dr. Goodwin, who made the 

 report in Exp. 33, 39, 40, 41 and 42. 



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