1907.] Chloroform in the Blood of Ancesthetised Animals. 313 



Table V. 



Number of 

 experiment. 



Weight of 

 blood. 



Condition 

 of the blood. 



State of anaesthesia. 



Chloroform 



by 



Carius. 



Chloroform 



by 



Nicloux. 





grammes. 

 6 "0748 





Between disappearance of 



-0298 





6 







reflexes and asphyxia 







7-02 



Oxalated 



— 



— 



0237 





5 -5657 



>> 



— 



— 



-0244 





5 -2192 1 





After 47 minutes with 

 3"7 per cent, chloro- 



0-034 





6 



3-616 J 



— 



form 



-0358 





6-883 



Oxalated 



— 



— 



-0285 





8 -2588 







— 



— 



-0256 



> 



10-97 

 4 -6723 



Clotted 



After 40 minutes' inha- 



-0256 



0-017 





i 







lation of 2 per cent. 







7 \ 







chloroform 







] 



8 -2447 



Oxalated 



— 



— 



0*022 



I 



6 -3256 



>) 



— 



— 



-0248 





4 -5388 





After 35 minutes' inha- 

 lation of 2 per cent. 



0-016 





8 







chloroform 









7 -0821 



Oxalated 



— 



— 



-0235 





7 -7917 



>> 



— 



— 



-0206 



f 



4 -1422 





After half an hour inha- 



0-0447 





9 







lation of 3 per cent. 











chloroform 









7 '9383 



Oxalated 



— 



— 



-0338 





4-2004 





After a prolonged anaes- 

 thesia. Chloroform, 

 given intermittently, 

 about 3 per cent. 



-0485 





10 



6 -6885 



Clotted and 

 clot broken 

 up with 

 glass rod 







-0333 





5 -9814 



Oxalated 



— 



— 



0-031 





4 -2491 



— 



— 



-0354 







5 -2041 



— 



— 



-0339 





11 1 



11 -6862 



Clotted 



— 



— 



-0236 



1 



5 -7553 













0-03 



I 



9 -4907 



Oxalated 



— 



— 



0-027 



4. In the last series of experiments the cat was treated with hirudin in 

 such proportion as to render the blood incoagulable for some minutes. We 

 find that this is an excellent substance for checking the tendency to clotting, 

 which is so liable to occur in cats at the moment of asphyxia. 



