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POISONOUS PROPERTIES OF BRINE. 
The results of the analysis in this case were as follows : — 
The brain contained no trace of the poison. The lungs gave 
marked evidence of its presence. The heart gave very abun- 
dant proof of the presence of the poison. The blood yielded 
only traces (seven drachms was the amount acted on). The 
contents of the stomach (ten drachms) yielded abundant evi- 
dence. The stomach itself, after being washed, yielded dis- 
tinct evidence. The liver and spleen yielded a much greater 
amount than any other structure. The kidneys yielded dis- 
tinct evidence. The urine gave distinct evidence. The rec- 
tum gave abundant evidence. The contents of the intestines 
gave distinct evidence. The intestines themselves gave dis- 
tinct evidence. The soft parts of the back of the neck, at 
the point where the antimonial was applied during life, 
yielded the barest trace of antimony. 
In this experiment we see that antimony, received slowly 
into the system, may cause death — may be present in almost 
every organ, and yet may not excite, during the lifetime of 
the animal, any of the symptoms of vomiting, purging, and 
spasms, which are ususully set down as the specific signs of 
antimonial poisoning. 
The liver, in this instance, was again the chief depot of the 
poison . — The Lancet. 
ON THE POISONOUS PROPERTIES OE BRINE. 
“ M. Reynal lately read to the Academic de Medecine 
an interesting Memoir on the poisonous properties of brine. 
Everything which can throw any light on this important 
subject should be collected; we shall therefore give an ex- 
tract from a note published with the initials, Dr. B. S., and 
who makes known some new facts on this subject. 
“ M. Adam, municipal veterinarian at Augsburg, tells us 
that in one establishment in that town, thirteen pigs were 
kept, whose ages varied from six to eight months : they were 
put by twos and threes, in very well-constructed sties, and 
fattened with the residue from a brewery mixed with water. 
This food especially agreed with the older pigs ; all ate it with 
appetite, even when this sweetish substance had become 
slightly fermented by heat in the month of March. 
“ On the 29th of last April, the meat from fifteen pigs 
was taken out of the brine in which it had been salted, and 
the residue, consisting of about fifteen quarts of brine, was 
poured into the tub in which the food for the pigs was 
always mixed. 
