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Action op vegetable poisons. 



Confirms this 

 •pinion 



animal, which (;oiild not therefore be considered under stlch 

 favourable circumstances as to recovery, as if it had been 

 kept in a higher temperature. 3. That the circulation was 

 still vigorous when I left off inflating the lungs; and there- 

 fore it cannot be known what would have been the resultj 

 if the artificial respiration had been longer continued. 



ItxperimehtSO. Exp. 30. A wound was made in the side of a rabbit, and 

 one drop of the essential oil of almonds was inserted into 

 it, and immediately the animal was placed in a temperature 

 of 90°. Intwo BQinutes he was under the influence of the 

 poison. The usual symptoms took place, and in three mi.^. 

 nutes more respiration had ceased, and he lay apparently 

 dead, but the heart was still felt beating through the ribs. 

 A tube was then introduced into one of the nostrils, and 

 the lungs were inflated about thirty-five times in a minute. 

 Six minutes after the commencement of artificial respiration, 

 he moved his head and legs, and made an effort to breathe* 

 He then was seized with convulsions, and again lay motion* 

 less, but continued to make occasional efforts to breathe. 

 Sixteen minutes after its commencement, the artificial re* 

 spiration was discontinued. He now breathed sponta- 

 neously seventy times in a minute, and moved his head and 

 extremities. After this, he occasionally rose, and attempt* 

 ed to walk. In the intervals, he continued in a dozing 

 state; but from this he gradually recovered. In less than 

 two hours he appeared perfectly well, and he continued 

 well on the following day. 



The inflating the lungs has been frequently recommended 

 in cases of suffocation, where the cause of death is the ces- 



ferent instances. sation of the functions of the lungs: as far as I know, it 

 has not been before proposed in those cases, in which the 

 cause of death is the cessation of the functions of the 

 brain*. It is probable, that this method of treatment 



might 



py.peninents of * Since this paper was read, I have been favoured by the Higlit 

 Hon. the President with the perusal of a Dissertation on the Effects 

 of the Upas Tieute, lately pviblished at Paris by Mr. Delile; by 

 whick I find, that he had employed artificial respiration for the 

 recovering animals, wliich were under the influence of this poison^ 

 with success. Mr. Delile describes the upas tieute as causing death 

 ' i by 



Inflating the 

 lungs recom- 

 mended in dif- 



Mr, Delile. 



