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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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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    results; only, the supernatant stratum was much more considerable, being more than an inch in depth. There was no appearance of a superna- tant stratum in any of the other tubes; nor on the application of a capillary pipette, could the slightest indication of the presence of alcohol be detected. EXPERIMENT II. At 6 minutes before 10, a.m. precisely, I in- jected ^ij. of alcohol, sp. gr. 850°, previously diluted with the same quantity of water, through an elastic catheter, into the stomach of a young mongrel bitch. No immediate effect was occa- sioned ; but in 6 minutes from the completion of the injection, the animal began to stagger, and in 5 minutes more, appeared scarcely able to main- tain the erect position : the pulse was then beat- ing 140 per minute. At 15 minutes past 10, I repeated the injection of 3pj- of alcohol, diluted as before : the animal reeled and staggered about immediately afterwards. IQh. igm. pu]se loo, full and regular. When the eyes are kept presented to the light, the c