Issue 10, pp. 753-832, October 1861, SMSJ

776 Joseph Jones, on 1 the Indigenous [October,smallness of the dose, its ingestion in divided portions, and thequantity, and perhaps nature, of the vehicle. The local accidentsare nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea malaise, and sometimespinchings at the epigastrium, and an insurmountable disgustat the medicine. Either general or local accidents followed,in 31 out of his 72 cases, or in 43 per cent.5. Autopsies of Individuals treated with A n>enic.—In threesubjects examined, nothing was discovered which could beimputed to the employment of arsenic, either in the heart, orin any other part of the body.6. Degree of the Efficacy of'the Arsenic, Comparison withSulphate of Quinine, die.—The cases in which M. Jacquotiounds his comparison are those which had not received anyprevious treatment calculated to interfere with the accuracyof his experiments. Tie thns tabulates his results :SULPHATE OFQUININE.Fevers cut short, i. e., which have not )presented a single paroxysm from the > 50.00AKSENIC.13. SSthe commencement of the medication, )Fevers which had presented one paroxOysm in spite of the medication, but in > 25.71 22.i!2which the second had been averted. .jFevers which have presented two par- )oxysms, but in which the third has V 7.61 12.50been averted)Fevers which have presented three or [ r QO o 11.42 16.66regarded as not cut short)The arsenic with or without the emetic has cut short thefever 13. SS times per cent.; the sulphate of quinine with orwithout emetic?, 50. times percent.;that is to say, the arseniclias been efficacious as one, the sulphate of quinine three timesand a fraction. The arsenic with emetics cut short the fever16.66 times per cent.; the sulphate of quinine without anemetic, 50.47 times per cent.; that is to say, the arsenic has