24 
The excretion of cyanogen was as follows : 
Day. Cyanogen. 
Milligrams. 
First day 6.2 
Second iay 23. 8 
Third day 1.5 
Total 31.5 
Xinety-eight milligrams acetonitrile (the amount injected) contains 
62.13 milligrams cyanogen; hence 50.7 per cent of the cyanogen of the 
nitrile appeared in the urine as sulphocyanate. 
Comparing this result with that of the alcohol experiment it \viW be 
seen that in the latter the excretion of sulphocyanate was 1.7 times as 
great as in the normal. 
In the following experiment there were two controls; the adniinis- 
tration of alcohol was continued for a longer period. , The guinea pig 
on alcohol had been receiving dilute alcohol on its food from its birth 
eight months previously. 
Date. 
Weight of 
guinea pig. 
Remarks. 
November 22, 1905 
Grams. 
380 
30 per cent alcohol on part of food. 
November 29, 1905 
365 
December 4, 1905 
390 
December 9, 1905 
405 
December 14, 1905 
405 
December 21, 1905 
431 
December 29, 1905 '.... 
425 
Januar}" 2, 1906 
January" 5, 1906 
450 
Alcohol increased to 40 per cent. 
January 12, 1906 
480 
Januarv 16, 1906 
Alcohol increased to 50 per cent. 
January’ 19, 1906 
520 
January 26, 1906 
520 
February’ 2, 1906 
540 
February’ 6, 1906 
520 
104 milligrams acetonitrile (0.2 milligram per 
gram). Survh’ed. 
The excretion of cyanogen was as follows: 
Day. 
Cyanogen. 
First day... 
Second day 
Third day.. 
Fourth day. 
Fifth day. . . 
Sixth day. . 
Total 
Milligra ms. 
0. 39 
20. 93 
3.51 
3.38 
4. 81 
4. 16 
37.18 
