200 EFFECT OF WARMTH IN TREVENTING DEATH FROM CIILORATi. 



After injection — 

 7 min. 



1 hr. 53 min. 



2 hr. 7 min. 

 2 hr. 20 min. 

 2 hr. 34 min. 

 8 hr. min. 



24 hr. min. 



Both animals nearly narco- 

 tised. 



No. 1 put into a warm- air 

 bath. 



No. 2 allowed to lie without 

 cover. 



Fv ieks vigorously when pinched. 



Does not kick when pinched. 



Nu. 1 is now awike. 



le nperrtture of No. 2 cannot 

 be taken or et^timated, as it 

 is so low that the mercury 

 does not rise from tlie bulb 

 of the thermometer. No re- 

 spiration is visible, but occa- 

 sonnliy the animal op-.-ns 

 its mouth convuiyively. No 

 rellex. It was put in the 

 warm bath, but respiration 

 did not become re-estab- 

 Jislied, and all signs of life 

 shortly di:?appeared. 



Expt. III. Into a guinea-pig, No. 1, weigliing 272 grammes, 

 was injected 0*65 c.c. of a 50 per cent, sohition of liydrate of 

 chloral. Into another, No. 2, weighing 830 grammes, the same 

 quantity ol the solution was also injected 



