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
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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.

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    and the limbs appeared quite powerless. At gh. ^Qm. ^YiQ hinder extremities were drawn up ; and when I extended them, they contracted as soon as my hand was removed—the whole body also was affected with tremor. I then uttered signs of caress, and the animal instantly respond- ed by wagging her tail and moving her head: the pupils were nearly natural. At 8*- 45'- she could stagger about, the hinder extremities ap- pearing paralysed. At 9''- SO* she had much recovered, could walk without staggering, and ate bread and milk with avidity. She perfectly recovered from the effects of the injection, and I kept her for a week afterw^ards.* * I have met with the following experiments upon the injection of alcohol into the veins of dogs, performed so long ago as in the year 1679, by M. Courten, of Montpelier : Feb. 27, we in- jected two drams of highly rectified spirits of wine, into the crural vein of a dog; the dog died in a very little time, very quietly, and with pleasure as it were, licking his jaws with his tongue, and breathing quick, but easily, without barking, crying, or any con- vulsive motion. The blood was concreted into a great many livid hard clots in the cava, and right ventricle of the heart. These appeared still more conspicuous, and harder in some blood, that flowed back from the vein into the syringe.— March 2, we injected three drams of rectified spirits of wine into the crural vein of a small dog, which made him apoplectic, and as if he were half dead. In a little time he recovered from his apoplexy, but grew