58 , On the Ejects of Opium 



size; they were punctured, and as the ah' 



escaped, a lighted candle was applied and k 



caus^ht fire. 



There w^as no contractility in any of the vo-. 



luntary muscles : when the heart was exposed 



the ventricles were without motion : but the 



auricles exhibited a feeble pulsation. 



EXPERIMENT 34. 



Wlfh Spiritus Volatilis- Aroinaticiis . 



An ounce was injected into the stomach of 

 a full grown, and the same into the stomach 

 of a young rabbit. 



The pulse of the eldest when the injection 

 was made, beat 260 in a minute. 



After three minutes it beat 312, and with 

 proportional encrease of strength. 



After nine minutes, it beat no more than 

 276 : but considerably stronger than before 

 the injection -.—The animal \v^as now unable to 

 Stand. 



After nineteen minutes, the pulse was so 

 feeble as not to be numbered : — The animal 

 lived 14 hours and 23 minutes after the in- 

 jection. 



The pulse of the younger animal, when X\\c 



fluid was thrown into the stomach, was 274 in 

 a minute. !JS^[rrjqqf^^^^i:r^3i^i hm 



