Prize thesis : an experimental inquiry, concerning the presence of alcohol in the ventricles of the brain, after poisoning by that liquid : together with experiments, illustrative of the physiological action of alcohol : for which, a gold medal was awarded by the Medical faculty of the University of Edinburgh / by John Percy.

  • Percy, John, 1817-1889.
Date:
1839
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Prize thesis : an experimental inquiry, concerning the presence of alcohol in the ventricles of the brain, after poisoning by that liquid : together with experiments, illustrative of the physiological action of alcohol : for which, a gold medal was awarded by the Medical faculty of the University of Edinburgh / by John Percy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

    122/126
    ported by the current opinion, that vomiting is much more efficacious than complete evacuation by means of the stomach-pump;—thirdly, that I recently witnessed a case of profound intoxica- tion in a man, in which complete evacuation by the stomach-pump was not attended by any imme- diate abatement of the symptoms ; indeed, the intoxication suffered no diminution for two or three hours afterwards; during which time the breath continued strongly alcoholic. Again ;—it may be objected that alcohol pro- duces an equally powerful effect, when the pneu- mo-gastric nerves are divided; but the objection is at once removed, when it is remembered that the sympathetic nerves remain uninjured. FINIS. J. HICKLIN, JOURNAL OFFICE, PELHAM STREET, NOTTINGHAM.