Diabetes, state of nutrition, age, can all confound the clinical picture. The rapid breathing caused by aspirin removes CO2 from the body, tending to make the body more alkaline. By the same reasoning, the respiratory depression caused by alcohol probably contributes to a more prolonged acidosis. This is of course not the complete story, but it is true as far as it goes rather than outright false. Both aspirin and alcohol are very acidic compounds, so both produce acidosis.
Older mice have more body fat than younger mice.
CCl4 poisoning is treated more aggressively than many other HC poisonings. Your uncle lives near a chemical waste dump. Lately, he has been suffering from tingling and clumsiness in the hands and feet. The doctor calls it arthritis, but he wonders if it could be chemically induced. It doesn't work after 24 hours.