An essay on the operation of poisonous agents upon the living body / by Thomas Addison and John Morgan.

  • Morgan, John, 1797-1847.
Date:
1829
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Credit: An essay on the operation of poisonous agents upon the living body / by Thomas Addison and John Morgan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    carotid artery of each dog having been laid bare on one side, and separated from its connections with surrounding parts to the extent of three inches, temporary hgatures were applied above and below, and the arteries were divided between them, as in a former case; the brass tubes were then attached to the extremities of the vessels, and the necks of the two animals being held and closely bound together, the di- vided arteries were, without the least dif- ficulty, re-connected, and the circulation reversed, as shown by the foregoing figure. One of the dogs was then inoculated on the back with a concentrated preparation of strychnine, which had been found upon other occasions to produce death in these animals in about three minutes and a half! In three minutes and a half the inocu- lated animal exhibited the usual tetanic symptoms which result from the action of this poison, and died in a little less than four minutes afterwards, viz. about seven minutes from the time at which the poison H