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III. Experiments with Poisons applied to Wounded 

 Surfaces. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF ALMONDS. 

 EXPERIMENT XVI. 



I made an incision in the thigh of a rabbit, 

 and introduced two drops of the essential oil of 

 almonds between the skin and the muscles. In 

 four minutes after the application, he was seized 

 with violent convulsions, and became insensible, 

 and in two minutes more he was apparently dead ; 

 but the heart was felt through the ribs acting 120 

 times in a minute, and it continued acting for 

 several minutes. There were no other appear- 

 ances in the limb, than would have resulted from 

 an ordinary wound. 



EXPERIMENT XVII. 



Two drops of the essential oil of almonds were 

 introduced into a wound in the side of a mouse. 

 Two minutes afterwards he was affected with 

 symptoms similar to those which occurred in 

 the last experiment, and in two minutes more 

 he was apparently dead, but the heart continued 

 to contract for some minutes afterwards. 



From the experiments which I have just re- 

 lated, and from others which it appears unne- 

 cessary to detail, as the general results were the 



