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A NTIMONIAL POISONING. 
to breathe, the action of the heart had stopped, and I thought 
he was dead ; but at intervals of one minute and a half, he 
made three several gasping inspirations, and then altogether 
ceased to exist. 
The post-mortem examination was made forty-one hours 
after death. Dr. Snow lent me his kind assistance. The 
cadaveric rigidity was not well-marked. As in the previous 
case, the most striking pathological symptom was intense 
congestion of all the viscera, and of the bloodvessels. The 
blood, as before, was loosely coagulated, and about half an 
ounce was collected for analysis. The lungs were inflated, 
but full of blood. The bronchial surface was pale, but coated 
freely with a frothy mucus. The lungs showed no sign what- 
ever of inflammation. The heart was charged with blood on 
both sides, and the aorta was full of blood. The brain was 
congested. The liver and kidneys were also congested. The 
stomach contained about six drachms of a clear fluid. On its 
inner surface, and in the course of the large curvature, there 
was the same kind of redness as in the previous case, and 
mapped out in a manner almost identical. The intestines 
contained a thick white glairy mucus, but no solid matters. 
Their mucous coat was nowhere injected, and there was no 
ulceration at any point of the alimentary surface. The 
bladder was full of urine. The pleural cavity contained six 
drachms of a pinkish serum, which, on being poured into a 
test-tube, coagulated firmly into a jelly-looking coagulum, 
from which clear serum exuded. 
The parts chemically examined are indicated in the follow- 
ing results of the analyses : 
The liver yielded abundant evidence of antimony, more 
than any other organ. The vomited and purged matters 
yielded abundant evidence. The contents of the stomach 
gave abundant evidence. The stomach itself, which had been 
well washed prior to the analysis, yielded a bare trace. The 
brain yielded no trace. The heart yielded no trace. The 
blood gave distinct evidence, but not so marked as in the 
previous experiment : four drachms were obtained for the 
analysis. The lungs gave well-marked evidence, but much 
less than the liver and the excreted matters. The intestines 
and their contents, taken together, yielded abundant evi- 
dence. The kidneys and bladder gave slight traces. The 
urine gave abundant evidence. The secretion in the pleural 
cavity yielded distinct evidence. It seemed that in this 
instance the liver was the principal seat of the poison at the 
time of death. 
It should be remarked, that in this experiment the animal 
