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REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



Further evidence on these points is given by the experiments 



recorded in the following tables: — 



Bale of Assumption of Chloroform by the Blood. Prior Anceslhetic N^O — CHCl a , 

 Administered from Bags and Tested by Densimetry. 



Experiment 3. — CHCL, 2 per cent., from special Woulff bottle at constant tempera- 

 ture, and frequently tested by densimetry : — 



1 0130 resp. 180 



3 0247 resp. 91 



6 -0236 resp. 77 



10 -0340 



15 -0220 



20 -0310 



30 -0320 



40 -0460 



50 -0380 



81 -0470 



93 -0510 asphyxia. 



Experiment 4. — CHC] 3 , given by bottle as before, and frequently tested ; 3-4 per 

 cent, all the time : — 



1 -0498 



•OfifiO ^ an i ma l stopped breathing, 

 •O^Pfi !■ then slow breathing, and 

 •0378 



3 

 6 



10 



15 



20 

 30 

 40 

 50 

 55 

 58 



•0520 , 



•0600 



•0620 



•0610 



•0650 



•0660 



•0650 



recovered itself without 

 cessation of CHC1 9 . 



breathing regular 

 steady. 



asphyxia. 



