Hayiies.] ^'^^ [March 16, 



Kentucky, January 25, states that "about 4 o'clock on the evening of the 

 23d, a heavy rumbling sound was heard, as if coming from a South-easterly 

 direction, and from a point higli in the heavens. The report was likened 

 by some to the discharging of numbers of heavy ordnance, the diflerent 

 discharges barely distinguishable. The ccmcussion was sutficient to rattle 

 the glass iu the windows, and also to jar the earth quite perceptibly. The 

 course of the sound appeared to be from a point South South-east" of the 

 writer's place of observation. The final explosion took place over Harrison 

 County, Kentucky, and the lerolite reached the earth nine miles North of 

 Cynthiana. It is now in the collection of Dr. J. Lawrence Smith, of 

 Louisville. 



The points from wliich this meteor was observed in Decatur and Monroe 

 Counties are nearly on the same parallel ; the latitude of the former being 

 about SO'^ 27', that of the latter 39^ 21'. The distance between the sta- 

 tions is 56 miles, and the entire track, as seen from Decatur County, was 

 East of the meridian. The observations in Monroe County indicate that 

 the height of the meteor when first seen was at least 70 miles. 



vin. 



The Meteor of February 8, 1877. 



About half past 2 o'clock on Thursday morning, February 8th, 1877, a 

 large meteor was seen by J. S. Hunter, Esq., near Ellettsville, Monroe 

 County, Indiana. The apparent magnitude of the body seemed equal to 

 half that of the full m(jon, and the sudden light was so intense as to frighten 

 the horse of the observer. The meteor was first seen in the South east, 

 crossed the meridian South of the zenith, and disappeared at a point about 

 30° or 35° South of West, and 10° above the horizon. Numerous sparks 

 were emitted l)y the body in the latter part of its track, and a luminous 

 train remained visible several seconds. No explosion was heard. 



Bloominoton, Ind., March!, 1877. 



On the Asserted Antagonism between Nimtin and Strychnia. 



By Francis L. Haynes, M. D., Assistant Surgeon to the Episcopal 



Hospital. 



{Read before the American Philosophical Society, MarrhlG, 1877.) 



History. 



Ilau'jhton s Experiments. The Rev. Prof. Haughlon, in a communica- 

 tion read before the Royal Iri.sh Academy, in Nov. 1856, was the first to 

 call attention to the subject under consideration. He related the details of 

 the following experiments on frogs : 1. A frog was placed in a bath com- 

 posed of five ounces of water and five grains of nicotin. It died in twenty- 

 three minutes. 2. A frog was placed in a bath of twenty ounces of water 



