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t       July,  1890. 
small  dose  it  excites  the  reflexes  and  promotes  the  urinary  secretion. 
In  a  large  dose  it  provokes  convulsive  trembling,  then  true  convul- 
sions and  death. 
Hexylamine  has  an  action  very  similar  to  that  of  amylamine,  but 
much  less  intense. 
Dihydrotoluidine  (C_HnN)  occurs  as  a  colorless  oil,  having  a 
brisk,  not  unpleasant  odor,  very  alkaline  and  slightly  soluble  in 
water,  upon  which  it  floats.  It  attracts  carbonic  acid  strongly  from 
the  air.  Its  hydrochloride  is  bitter,  and  crystallizes  in  very  soluble 
confused  needles  or  lamellae.  The  nitrate  reduces  silver  nitrate. 
The  yellow  platinochloride  is  readily  precipitated,  but  is  re-dissolved 
by  heat.  The  aurochloride,  soluble  in  the  cold,  forms  long  needles 
arranged  like  a  fan.    Dihydrotoluidine  is  a  convulsivant  toxic  base. 
Aselline  occurs  as  a  non-hygroscopic  amorphous  mass,  with  a 
density  of  105.  It  turns  yellow  in  air  and  light.  When  cold  it  is 
odorless;  but  it  melts  at  about  ioo°  C,  and  the  viscous  liquid  has 
a  sweetish  aromatic  odor,  recalling  that  of  some  ptomaines.  Asel- 
line is  very  slightly  soluble  in  water,  to  which  it  communicates  a 
faint  bitterness  and  alkalinity.  It  is  soluble  in  ether  and  especially 
in  alcohol.  The  salts  formed  by  it  with  acids  are  crystalline,  but 
dissociate  partially  in  water,  especially  when  heated.  In  a  sufficient 
dose  aselline  produces  .dyspnoea,  stupor,  convulsive  disturbances, 
and  with  a  still  larger  dose  death. 
Morrhuine  ^C19H2.N3)  is  a  very  thick  oily  liquid,  with  an  odor 
recalling  that  of  lilac  or  acacia  flowers.  It  is  lighter  than  water,  in 
which  it  is  slightly  soluble,  and  is  very  soluble  in  alcohol  and  in 
ether.  It  is  very  alkaline  and  caustic  to  the  tongue  and  attracts  a 
little  carbonic  acid  from  the  air.  The  hydrochloride  crystallizes  in 
stars  formed  of  acutely  pointed  needles,  which  are  very  deliquescent. 
The  aurochloride  forms  a  yellow  precipitate.  The  platinochloride, 
which  is  rather  soluble  and  alters  rapidly  in  warm  aqueous  solution, 
crystallizes  in  microscopic  barbed  needles.  The  salts  of  morrhuine 
are  not  precipitated  by  mercuric  chloride,  but  are  by  the  double 
iodide  of  mercury  and  potassium.  Morrhuine  is  a  powerful  stimulant 
of  the  functions  of  nutrition  and  assimilation;  it  produces  a  rapid 
circulation  of  the  extractive  residues  of  cell  life  towards  the  blood 
and  the  kidneys,  where  they  are  eliminated,  provoking  in  this  way 
indirectly  a  powerful  movement  of  assimilation  correlative  of  the 
1  sses  consequent  upon  the  inverse  movement  of  de-assimilation. 
