Considerations on the medicinal use of factitious airs and on the manner of obtaining them / [Thomas Beddoes].

  • Thomas Beddoes
Date:
[1794?]-1796
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Credit: Considerations on the medicinal use of factitious airs and on the manner of obtaining them / [Thomas Beddoes]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (Ree 4 “ EXPERIMENT Il—RaAssit P. “ Inhydrocarbonate air from hot charcoal and water, twice paffed through water. Minutes. Seconds. Bays fe) 25 Breathed fhort, diftreffed. Xe) 35 Violently agitated, conti- nued fo 15 féconds ; in- {piredat long intérvals for fome feconds:{carcealive. & Aftér 1 360 No infpiration or move- ment feen. Zac’ -4 o Taken out for dead—did not recover. Sooesd off Desde “ EXPERIMENT II].—Rasszit Q. “© In carbonic acid air, Srom heated chalk.’ -Minutes, Seconds, after immerfion. ‘Soin fe) 20 Strongly convulfed. 35 Gafped at intervals. 49 Has continued gafping. o Nearly dead. | 15 Quite dead. | o Taken out, perfeétly life. .lefs, did not recover. = cob ood 5(¢ SP dee dee EXPERIMENTIV.—Rapesit R. At the time of making thefe experiments I had not pure azotic air at command, and had negleétéd to ufe it when I had ; the following obfervation makes it highly probable, that this airis not more fuddenly deleterious than hydrogene. A candle having burned out ina vef- fe] full of atmofpheric air in conta&t with lime water, avery {mall kitten (about 14 days old) was put into the fame portion of air; after the death of this kitten, which did not happen in lefs than 9 hours, the fellow of the three preceding rabbits was introduced; the following were the appearances: do mw =~ GO O Minutes.
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