The physiological action of alcohol / by Henry Munroe.

  • Munroe, Henry, 1818-1887.
Date:
[1865?]
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Credit: The physiological action of alcohol / by Henry Munroe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    % (H THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION OF ALCOHOL. BY HENRY MUNROE, M.D., F.L.S., LECTURER ON MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE AND HISTOLOGY AT THE HULL AND EASIV RIDING SCHOOL OP MEDICINE, ETC. Fig. 1.—Blood corpuscles; some with darkened centres, owing to the focal point at which they are seen; others hi rolls, indicative of slight inflammation. Fig. 2.—Blood corpuscles altered from their natural shape by the action of sherry wiue or diluted alcohol (250 diameters). TT is now more than thirty years since the composition of alcohol, x and its effects upon the human body, attracted the attention of the physiologist and the chemist. Since that time many important works have been written upon the subject, and numberless experiments have been made by scientific men whose names rank high in the annals of chemistry and physiology, not only in our own country, but also in Fiance, Sweden, Germany, and America. It is not my intention to give you a resume of-all that has been written on this topic, for that would occupy too much of your time; nay, even to give you a history of alcohol would necessitate the delivery of many lectures. But I wish to draw your attention to the last verdict of science on this important inquiry, including a notice of some of the recent experiments performed by men eminent in my own profession.