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each injection was followed by exactly the same 

 symptoms. The thorax and abdomen had been 

 exposed for one hour and twenty minutes, and the 

 heart began gradually to fail, and the dog was allowed 

 to die. 



The details of this experiment gives an opportunity 

 of recording my sincere thanks to Dr. Wooldridge, 

 formerly of South Yarra, and who now, I hope and 

 believe, is still well at an advanced age, in the Isle of 

 Wight. He was the first gentleman in our profession 

 whom I called upon, on the night when that unfortu- 

 nate man visited me, and whose case I have briefly 

 recorded (page 13). He willingly came with me, and 

 attended poor Mr. Drummond till his death. Since 

 that night we have ever been fast friends, greatly to 

 my benefit. And now, strange to say, I have to deplore, 

 with all physiologists, the death of his nephew, Charles 

 Leonard, whose works I have alluded to in the part of 

 this little essay on snake poisoning. 



Belladonna and Atropine. 



(From Dr. 0. V. Lawrence's Notes.) 



2 p.m. One fluid ounce of tincture of belladonna 

 was given to a dog. 



Result Twenty minutes afterwards, the pupils 

 were dilated, and ten minutes later they were fully 

 dilated. There was curling of the upper lip, but no 

 other symptoms. 



2.55. Two ounces of the tincture were then given. 



