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ON THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION OF CASCA BARK. 



A. 



B. 



h. m. 

 12 30 



12 40 

 12 52 



1 



1 15 



1 30 



2 35 



2 40 



4 



Crouching, fcrembliDg, and seems 

 about to be sick. Licks its lips. 

 Hind eyelid much drawn up. 



Very sick ; vomiting. Seems 

 more uneasy than B. 



Very sick. 



Gj-ives loud squalling cries when 



retchinff. 

 Seems easier; not retching. 



Walking about. 



Has been vomiting at intervals. 

 Has a violent fit of sickness 

 and dies in the same way as B. 



Post mortem. 



Stomach contains a quantity of 

 food. Heart moderately con- 

 tracted. Yentricles continue 

 to make slight pulsations, au- 

 ricles not. Lungs somewhat 

 congested. No congestion of 

 interior of stomach. 



Sick and vomits. During the 

 intervals between the fits of 

 vomiting seems well. 



Vomiting. Disinclined to move. 

 When disturbed and made to 

 walk its hind legs give a shake 

 as if to shake off something 

 sticking to the feet every time 

 they are drawn up. 



Very sick. Brings up fluid, which 

 appears to be digested meat. 

 Respirations 18 per minute. 



Seems weaker. 



Twitch or rather shake of hind 

 legs is very marked. 



Seems unable to move. 



Violent retching; crying. Con- 

 vulsive extension of legs and 

 emprosthotonos. Then two or 

 thi'ee sighing respirations ; a 

 pause; one or two respirations 

 at intervals ; then death. 



Stomach empty, not congested. 

 Heart moderately contracted. 

 Lungs normal. 



