1870.] 



Alcohol on the Human Body. 



385 



.Ufiys. 



P ' ri 



eno . 



Phosphoric 

 acid. 



1 



m 



f^lll CMTl TIP 



Free acidity 

 — crystallized 







(f7»n ill »n Pfl 



til .Mil Xi I 



grammes. 



i 

 i 







10507 



2119 



o 



m 





9-9'3Q 



5. 524 



1*313 



Q 

 O 







7*342 





A 



Tt 





J Oi/l. 



7*648 



1977 



5 





1-876 



4-584 



2-483 



6 



» 



2020 



6*152 





7 





1 711 



7*^65 



2*173 



Q 

 O 





2-000 



6*603 



1*778 



U-Lcd.Il . 





2*056 



6915 



1*974 



9 





2*184 



7-776 



2*174 



10 





2*821 



7-126 



2*592 



11 





2117 



7-082 



2*485 



12 







2400 



7*826 



2 345 



13 



" 



1*870 



7*508 



2116 



14 







8*780 



2*292 







2*228 



7*586 



2*342 





Water 





6-608 



2-930 



ifi 





2- 560 



9*656 



1-633 



17 





2-716 



10-437 



1*902 



18 





2-407 



9*267 



2*035 



19 





2 690 



8*796 



2*840 



90 





J. i/lJO 



6 698 



1*909 







2405 



8*577 



2-208 



21 



Brandy 



2-592 



8*773 



2*525 



22 



241 3 



10*363 



2*656 



23 





1-890 



10735 



2171 



]VX6£IT1 





2-298 



9943 



2451 



24 





2233 



7 7J2 



O. OAT 



25 





2-367 



9-206 



1-391 



26 





2*607 



11*218 



2520 



Mean. 





2*405 



9378 



2073 



The changes in the phosphoric acid are so slight, that it is certain the 

 alcohol exerted little effect. Thus, the mean of the first period being 

 2*056 grammes, on the two last days of the alcohol period, when 8 ounces 

 of absolute alcohol were taken each day, the amount of phosphoric acid was 

 1*87 and 1*99 grammes respectively, which is the same as the mean of the 

 first period. Now, if alcohol exerted any effect, we should expect these two 

 days to show it. The mean of the next, or water period, when the 

 body was in reality still impregnated with alcohol, was a little more 

 (2*405 grammes). On the third day of brandy, when a bottle and a half 

 had been taken in three days, the excretion was 1*89 gramme, or prac- 

 tically the same as in the first period. 



Looking to the amounts of phosphoric acid excreted on the two last 

 alcoholic days and the last brandy day, when the effect of the spirit, if any, 

 would be most marked, it seems clear, if the phosphoric acid in the urine 

 be in any way a measure of the metamorphosis of the nervous tissue (which 



