528 INTERNAL USE OF THE CHLORIDE OF SODA 
pullet’s egg, irregular in its form, tender, and adhering to the 
subjacent tissues. The membrane of the nose was paler than 
in its natural state, and presented, where the discharge flowed, a 
species of granulation, and a number of little superficial ulcers 
placed near each other. The testicles, and particularly that on 
the right side, were swelled, and hard, and painful, and scarcely 
moveable in the scrotum. 
This horse improved more decidedly than any of the others. 
His testicles became of their natural size; the intermaxillary 
ganglions disappeared ; the ulcers on the membrane of the nose 
healed, and the nasal flux was much lessened. When he went 
from our infirmary there remained only the slightest oozing from 
the pituitary membrane, and the mere nucleus or kernel of the 
enlarged maxillary ganglions. 
Having heard nothing of this animal since its departure, I am 
ignorant whether the case was confirmed. However this may 
be, these experiments are sufficiently conclusive, as the primary 
and secondary effects of one of the most powerful agents in our 
pharmacopeia. 
They prove that the chloride of soda may be administered with 
impunity in doses even of sixteen ounces, and especially if we 
have gradually proceeded to this enormous quantity. I have, 
however, at the very beginning given a pound of the chloride to 
an old'entire horse, without any other effect than that, immediately 
after the exhibition of the medicine, the horse seemed dull, the 
pulse and respiration were quickened, and the mucous mem¬ 
branes appeared redder. This general excitation was soon calm¬ 
ed. I am not, however, surprised that these animals should be 
able to bear the chloride of soda without the least inconvenience, 
when I read in the November number of the Journal general de 
Medecine, that a man took half a glassful daily of this medicine, 
for a week, without injury. 
These experiments also shew that the chloride of soda gives 
new energy to the absorbent vessels, since it caused these chronic 
enlargements to disappear, which, if they had not been subject 
to medical treatment, would, at least, have remained stationary. 
The results which almost immediately attended the exhibition 
of the chloride of soda ought, perhaps, to give it a place near 
the stimulants. Its after effects would rank it among the ex¬ 
citants, which particularly exercise their influence on the absorbent 
system, and would rather place it among the discutients. It has 
already merited that title in the human being from its effect in 
scrophuious complaints, and the observations published by Dr. 
Godier will induce medical men to institute other experiments on 
this point. 
