3^6 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



REMARKS. 



I. Wf have before feen, in fimilar expe- 

 riments with the ardent fpirits, that it is 

 unfafe to conclude, from this experiment, 

 that camphiie cannot flupify an animal 

 through the nerves to which it is prima- 

 rily applied, becaufe the nerves have their 

 energy very much impaired on flopping 

 the circulation, 



And although I found, by another ex- 

 periment, that camphire, put into the ca- 

 vity of the abdomen, killed an animal in 

 a Ihort time ; yet I neglecfted to try its 

 effedls in the cavity of the abdoinen,-after 

 cutting out the heart : But I fuppofe, 

 from the analogy of the eighth experi- 

 ment with opium, thar, in that way 

 of making the experiment, they would 

 have been very obfervable. 



2, Th I s experiment proves further, 

 what was remarked of the ardent fpirit, 

 viz. that its influence on diftant parts of 

 the body, from its pafTage through pores, 



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