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covery was, as in the former case, but of short 

 continuance, and two hours and a half after 

 the operation the man expired. 



After these experiments I dissected the two 

 bodies, and then, finding that their lungs were 

 infiltrated with water, I understood that the 

 alkaline solution had not been assimilated, 

 that it had stopped in its passage into the 

 pulmonary parenchyma, to the detriment of 

 the functions of the hsematosis. I also un- 

 derstood that the proper injection, instead of 

 distilled alkaline water, would have been the 

 serum of the blood, drawn at the very moment 

 from some man or animal. 



The conclusion which I drew from these 

 experiments was that a variety of operations, 

 made at different stages of the malady, might 

 lead to beneficial results, especially if we suc- 

 ceeded in transmitting the cholera to animals, 

 as that would enable us to test a large number 

 of curative agents and to pursue a methodical 

 course of experimentalization. 



From all I have said, I infer that life, health, 

 and disease, being subject to the same laws 

 throughout the whole animal kind, it is cer- 

 tain that the physician should possess precise 



