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declined, and ceased completely in half an hour. The 

 dose seemed very severe ; the pupils being, at first, 

 widely dilated, and afterwards relaxing. All the 

 muscles of the body, the heart included, participated 

 in the action, but he soon completely recovered. 



Effects of the Stronger Solution on the Muscular 

 and Mucous Surfaces and on Albumen 



(1) A drop or two was let tall upon the exposed 

 surface of the rectus abdominis muscle. It became 

 immediately bleached in the track of the acid. 



(2) A little placed 011 the tongue was too severe for 

 any of my students or myself to bear. 



(3) A small quantity added to a prepared solution 

 of white of egg immediately coagulated the albumen. 



COMMENT. 



It will be seen that, as with liq. ammoniae and 

 sulphurous acid, very large quantities can be intro- 

 duced directly into the blood which cannot possibly 

 be administered either by the stomach or lungs. 



OXYGENATING BODIES. 



Bromides and Iodides. 

 EXPERIMENT I. 



One hundred grains of bromide of ammonium, 

 dissolved in distilled water, were injected into the 

 jugular vein of a dog within twenty-five minutes. 



