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.

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