EXPERIMENTS WITH CARBOLIC ACID. 
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14th.—3j of acid was given to the same little dog at 7.26 
a.m. In two minutes he was frothing at the mouth and 
staggering about. In six minutes he sat down, and then 
quietly lay down. In eleven minutes he got up, sat, and 
staggered about until the fifteenth minute had elapsed, 
when the symptoms began to wear off, and in one hour and 
five minutes he appeared all right. In this trial the dog was 
not entirely overpowered, but seemed to have a power of re¬ 
sisting the effects of the acid. 
17th July.— At 7.35 a.m. forty minims of acid were given to 
to the same dog in 3 SS of 'water. In five minutes he was 
affected with a hoarse rattling noise in the throat, was a good 
deal agitated, and walked about with his hind legs under him; 
after the tenth minute he sat down, and got up several times. 
In fifteenth minute he passed urine and vomited once, and 
then rapidly recovered, and by 8 a.m. was all right. 
19th July.—At 7.38 a.m., 3 j of acid was again given to the 
same little dog. In two and a half minutes he trembled greatly, 
had a hoarse rattling in his throat, and moved along in a half 
sitting posture with the hind legs under him. There was also 
twitching of the eyelids ; pupils dilated. At 7.45 he fell and 
with difficulty got up and remained more or less affected, but 
not overpowered until 8.20 a.m., when he quite recovered. 
5th December.—The same dog was not found out; two 
others about the size of water spaniels were secured. 
5th December.—At 8.46 a.m. dog, No. 4, got acid 3 j, in 
w r ater 3 iv; he fell instantly, and in thirty seconds gr. iij of 
Calabar bean pow r der, with of water, were poured down his 
throat. He was strongly convulsed and died in seven minutes. 
At 8.51 a.m. dog, No. 5, took 3 ss of acid in water 3 N. I 11 
thirty seconds he was frothing at the mouth, and in one 
minute fell down convulsed; in ten more seconds sat again 
and continued half sitting and half lying for five minutes, 
pupils dilated, eyes watering. After this the symptoms 
gradually wore off, and he was all right in about forty minutes. 
At twelve o’clock midday a post-mortem of dog, No. 4, was 
made. The low T er lobes of the lungs were slightly congested. 
The four cavities of the heart were distended with fluid blood ; 
in the right auricle only was there any sign of coagulation, and 
here only a small soft coagulum was found. Stomach con¬ 
tained some half digested food, and at its oesophageal end 
exhibited spots of redness; similar spots seen along the 
intestinal canal. Liver quite dark and gorged with fluid 
blood. The kidneys and bladder were full of red urine, 
which smelt strongly of the acid. The vessels of the brain 
were full of fluid blood, but no particular vascularity was 
