Excerpt from The Philadelphia Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences, 1822, Vol. 4 Experiment 7th - Into the left jugular vein of a dog, I injected one grain of gamboge, and a quarter of a grain of Aleppo scammony suspended in half 'an ounce of warm water. He passed a natural stool immediately upon being released from his confinement. He was restless for a short time.' After the lapse of half an hour be resumed his natural playfulness, but was soon affected with. Active purging and vomiting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.