An inquiry into the action of mercury on the living body / [Joseph Swan].

  • Joseph Swan
Date:
1823
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Credit: An inquiry into the action of mercury on the living body / [Joseph Swan]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    duced into the veins, the following experi¬ ments were made : EXPERIMENT III. January 28,1823, at two p. m. * Ten grains of submuriate of mercury mixed in an ounce of water were injected into the right jugular vein of a spaniel bitch. About a quarter of an hour after, she appeared to wish to lie still, and had tremblings of the whole body. At a quarter before four, she breathed with difficulty, and would neither eat nor drink. At five, the difficulty of breathing was very great, and continued so at nine; and in the course of the night she died. Examination. The lungs presented numerous purple patches, and their substance was very firm, * When the submuriate of mercury is mixed with water, it is so soon precipitated, that it is impossible to inject every particle; and as far as I could judge, only eight grains were introduced into the vein.
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