1 ?2 On the different Modes in which Death 



repeated in the same quantity. He was then seized with 

 symptoms similar to those in the last experiment, and in 

 two minutes and a half he was apparently dead. 



Two minutes after apparent death, on the thorax being 

 opened into, the heart was found acting rea;u]arly one hun- 

 dred times in a minute, and it continued acting for several 

 minutes. 



Exp. 15. A drop of the empyreumatic oil of tobacco with 

 an ounce of water was injected into the rectum of a cat. 

 The symptoms produced were in essential circumstances 

 similar to those which occurred in the last experiment. 

 The animal was apparently dead in five minutes after the 

 injection, and the heart continued to contract for several 

 n)inutes aflLTwards, 



We may conclude from these experiments, that the em- 

 pyreumatic oil of tobacco, whether applied to the tongue 

 or injected into the intestine, does not stop the action of 

 the heart and induce syncope, like the infusion of tobacco; 

 but that it occasions death by destroying the functions of 

 the brain, without directly actina; on the circulation. In 

 other words, its effects are similar to those of alcohol, the 

 juice of aconite, and the essential oil of almonds. 



JII. Experiments with Poisons applitdio wounded Surfaces, 



Experiments with the Essential Oil of Almonds, 



Exp. IS. 1 made an incision in the ihigh of a rabbit, 

 and introduced two drops of essential oil between the skin 

 and the muscles. In four minutes after the application, he 

 was seized with violent convulsions, and became insensible, 

 and in two miiiiuts more he was apparently dead ; but the 

 heart was felt through the ribs acting one hundred and 

 twenty times in a minute, and it continued acting for several 

 minutes. There were no othL-r appearances in the limb, 

 than would have resulted from an ordinary wound. 



Exp. 17. Two drops of the essential oil of almonds were 

 introduced into a wound in the side of a mouse. Two mi- 

 nutes afterwards he was affected with symptoins similar to 

 those which occurred in the last experiment, and in two 

 minutes inore ,he was apparently dead, but the neart con- 

 tinued to contract for some minutes afterwards. 



From the experiments which I have just related, and 

 from others which it appears unnecessiry to detail, as the 

 general results were the same, I have learned that where the 

 essential oil of almonds is applied to a wound, its effects are 

 not so instantaneous as when it is applied to the tongue; 



otherwise 



