A medical commentary on fixed air ... / By Matthew Dobson.

  • Dobson, Matthew, -1784.
Date:
1787
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Credit: A medical commentary on fixed air ... / By Matthew Dobson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    he the fenfible effetts of Fixed Air in rag taken internally. Pyrmont and other mineral waters which are ftrongly impregnated with Fixed Air, when drank in their full vigour as imme- diately drawn from the fpring, have a very fenfible effeét on the brain and nervous fyftem ; they raife the {pirits, diffufe an agreeable glow through the whole body, quicken the pulfe, and often excite a ver- tigo and temporary intoxication. ‘To de- termine whether Fixed Air, as procured by art for medicinal ufes, had fimilar ef- fects, I made the following experiments. # EXPERIMENT I. One fcruple of falt of tartar diflolved in fugar, and drank inftantly on being mixed with half an ounce of lemon juice, had. little fenfible effect, except that it quick- — TS, 3 Se ov ihivt ' ened |