On Disorders of Digestion; Their Consequences and Treatment (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ... an extremely fine Wood's syringe. (The quantity of croton oil was obtained by thoroughly mixing 1 part of oil and 99 of alcohol) The intestine was then replaced, the wound sewn up, and the animal allowed to recover from the chloroform. About four hours and a quarter afterwards it was instantly killed by a single blow on the head with a hammer, and the intestine examined: --Loop 1. Length 3, Inches... Contained 7 minims of fluid. - - li5 jt - 20, -- -, 10 Exp. II.--A cat was operated on in the same way as the first, and of a drop of croton oil with 10 drops of alcohol was injected into a loop of intestine which, as in the former case, lay between two others likewise isolated by ligatures. About four hours and a quarter after the operation the cat was killed in the same way as the first: --Loop 1. Length 2 inches., . Completely empty. 2. S-fg .. Contained 80 minims of fluid. - 8. 3 ... Empty. 1 Vulpian, Bulletin Ginirtti de Therapeulique, tomo lxxxiv. 1873, p. 522. EXPERIMENTS ON PURGATIVES. 193 Exp. III.--Made in the same way as the preceding ones. One drop of croton oil and 9 of alcohol injected into loop No. 2. Four hours and a quarter afterwards: --Loop L Length inches... Empty. 2. &xo ii... Contained 110 minims of fluid. 3., 6 Empty. Just about the middle of loop No. 2 the mucous membrane or about 1J inch was thickened, much reddened, and inflamed. Exp. IV.--Made in the same way as the preceding ones. Ten drops of croton oil were injected into loop of intestine No. 2. I am not quite certain that the whole of the 10 drops found their way into the intestine, as the oil passed very slowly through the fine hollow injecting needle, althou...