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Excerpt from 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
Objections having been urged against the remark able and well-known statements of Dr. Ogston and others, concerning the presence of alcohol in the ventricles of the brain, after p01somng by alcoholic liquors, it occurred to the Author that a series of experiments upon animals might possi bly throw some light upon the subject. Accord ingly the last vacation was devoted to such an experimental investigation, the fruits of which combining some degree of interest and novelty, the Author now ventures to present in the form of an Inaugural Dissertation.
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