Bleaching Powder. 65 



Chloride of Lime.* 

 EXPERIMENTS. 



"The solution used is in the proportion of 1 to 12. 

 At the time of injecting, 5 c.c. are further diluted with 

 45 c.c. of water. 



First Series. 



" (1) A control experiment. A rabbit, weighing 

 1-940 kilogramme, was inoculated with 1 milligramme 

 oi cobra venom under the skin of the right hind foot 

 at 11 a.m. Died at 2.45 p.m. 



" (2) A rabbit, weighing 1775 k., was inoculated 

 with the same amount of venom, and in the same part. 

 Fifteen minutes afterwards, 8 c.c. of the diluted 

 chloride of lime solution were injected in four places 

 around the bitten part, and in the right thigh. 

 Cured. 



" (3) Rabbit weighing 1'640 k. Same treatment as 

 No. 2. Cured. 



" (4) Rabbit weighing 1-900 k. One milligramme 

 into the foot of the right hind limb. Half an hour 

 afterwards was treated with 8 c.c. of the solution. 

 Died eight days after the inoculation ; wasting away, 

 with paralysis of the hind limbs, and diarrhoea. No 

 specific lesion found at the autopsy. 



* The ordinary bleaching powder, a compound of hypochlorite and 

 chloride of lime will suffice. G-. B. H. 



" Hypochlorous acid yields fourteen-fifteenths of its chlorine in the 

 form of chlorine gas one of the most efficient of known disinfec- 

 tants." ATTFIELD. 



