Alcohol and alcoholic intoxication / by Edward Mellanby.

  • Edward Mellanby
Date:
[1920?]
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Credit: Alcohol and alcoholic intoxication / by Edward Mellanby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    water, then, as the result of mixing, the alcohol becomes more dilute and the ordinary effect of dilution, discussed above, results. Suppose, however, water is drunk by a thirsty and hungry animal and time given for it to absorb, then the effect of drinking alcohol is shown in Fig. 10. It will be seen that the alcohol is more rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream than is the case when the same animal has had nothing to eat or drink. Now, the effect of the drink of water must have been to eliminate the thirst of the dog, so that here we have an instance of the least thirsty animal getting intoxicated more rapidly. Physiologists have known for some years, as the result of Pawlow’s experi¬ ments, that water has a stimulating effect on the secretion and activity of gastric and other digestive juices, but this is the first instance—so far as I know.—where it is evident that water has a stimulating effect on pure absorption processes, independent of
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