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Mr. E. Whitley. Effect of Acid, etc., on [Nov. 14, 



Table II. — Actual Number of Deaths in Fresh Eggs. Eggs of 2 days old 

 and eggs of 10 days old with larger quantities of acid and alkali than 

 were employed in the experiments, the results of which are shown in 

 Table I. 40 eggs in each tumbler. 





Fresh, eggs. 





2 day 



s old. 







10 da; 



fs old. 







1st 



2nd 



3rd 



4th 



1st 



2nd 



3rd 



4th 



1st 



2nd 



3rd 



4th 





day. 



day. 



day. 



day. 



day. 



day. 



J 



day. 



day. 



day. 



day. 



day. 



day. 









1 



2 



3 



1 



1 



1 



1 



















3 c.c. N/10 NaOH... 







2 



11 



25 



















4 ,, „ .... 



2 



5 



17 



29 



















5 „ „ 







5 



34 



36 







1 



1 



1 















2 



6 



? 



29 



36 



all 



















8 „ „ 



? 



10 



all 









? 



? 



28 











10 























1 



2 



less 



























than 



























10 



15 























2 



3 



less 



























than 



























10 



20 „ „ 























2 





26 



30 



















? 



? 



P Jl 



26 



3 c.c. N/10HC1 , 







1 



1 



2 



















4 „ „ 











1 



3 





















5 



8 



18 



30 



3 



9 



20 



23 











Strengths of 6, 8, 10, 15, 20 and 30 c.c. acid were also tried, all being fatal 

 in less than 24 hours. 



The figures for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th days are cumulative. 



