TOISONOUS PROPERTIES OF BRINE. 
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“ The next day, the man who attended to them observed 
that two of the pigs, in different sties, showed very little ap- 
petite, although they continued lively. By noon of the 
same day all the pigs had lost their appetites. At 1 o’clock, 
when M. Adam was called in, four were in a state of de- 
cided vertigo; they were sitting on their hind legs like dogs, 
supporting themselves on their front legs, which were wide 
apart, and they made motions of mastication, which caused 
foam to appear on their mouths ; then came on strong con- 
vulsions, they fell on their sides, and their legs stiffened with 
short spasmodic actions. In a short time this ceased, the 
pigs rose, slowly changed their places, keeping their heads 
down ; the vertigo continued with such intensity that they 
struck their heads against the wall. After an interval, vary- 
ing in different animals from half an hour to an hour and a 
half, the same paroxysms returned with increased violence, 
and continued slightly, even during the intervals of the con- 
vulsive movements. At length they could no longer rise, 
their respiration was calm and deep, and they uttered no 
sounds of complaint ; the skin assumed an uniform tint, 
showing no marks either red or blue ; the temperature was 
natural and uniform ; the mucous surfaces of the mouth and 
nose were of a pale pink; the eyes were bright, the pupils 
dilated, the sounds of the heart were weak, and the pulsations 
24 in the minute ; there were no longer any alvine dejections; 
the hind part was much sunk down. 
“ The animal which appeared the worst was killed by the 
section of the carotid ; the blood was dull red, it coagulated 
rapidly ; the clots separated distinctly from the serum, which 
was of a dirty white and shining; the muscular flesh was 
firm and of a reddish brown ; the fat was a beautiful white ; 
the stomach was much distended by a thick mass of chyme ; 
the mucous membrane, which was a dirty white, covered 
towards the pylorus with grey, greenish, yellow pus, pre- 
sented some red stains ; in the duodenum the mucous mem- 
brane was likewise stained with red patches; the large intes- 
tine contained solid hard matter; even in the rectum the 
mucous membrane was dry, and covered with a gluey matter. 
The liver, spleen, kidneys, and bladder, were healthy. The 
lungs were bright, red, and crepitating ; the heart contained 
a very little coagulated blood ; the sinus slightly distended 
with blood ; the cerebral substance much infiltrated, pre- 
senting here and there a sandy aspect, and appeared less 
consistent in its substance than in the normal state. 
“Two more pigsw T ere taken ill on the same day, and killed 
with the four others, when there was no longer any hope of 
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