The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-18

lions occur without other symptoms of
delirium tremens. The use of absinthe
has been forbidden in the French
army. The French call this beverage
the fairy with the green eyes,"
The Pigs Were Drunk.
Being given the weights Of the
guinea pigs in proportion to that of a
man weighing about ~ kilos. or 154
pounds, and the degree of %concentra-
ton of the substances in proportion
to the eau de vie and the liqueurs Of
current consumption, the quantity in
jected corresponded to the absorption
by a human being of half a litre for
fifths of a pint of each liquid. 1t was
injected into the animals instead of
making them drink it, as, If the latter
course had been pursued, the liquid
would have been promptly elected
from the animals stomach, and the
experiment would have been a failure.
The action of the liquids as they were
administered is also more rapid.
Ninety seconds after the first guinea
pig had received his dose of pure alco-
hOl he gave the most manifest sign1
of i~nebriety. His sensibility and ac-
tivity were much increased. If he was
touched, for %ibstarce, at the extremity
of some member, he evinced great
sensitiveness and ran about the small
Enclosure excitedly, but with apparent
enjoyment of the exercise. His reSpi-
ration was nor rapid, and a sort Of
numbness and tOrpOr res embling pa
ralysis was noticed in his hind legs.
The effects of the alcohol-disappeared
after several hours, n the animal re-
sumed lis accustomed nourishment.
The second guinea pig had scarcely
absorbed his injection of amylic, or
impure alcohol, when his body COM
menced to tremble violently, and his
eyes became dull and CLASSY. His
hind legs became useless-failed to
support him. A few seconds later he
rolled v on his back utterly insen-
sible and apparently dead. Many
methods were reSOrted to in order to
arouse him from this state, but met
with no response. He was dead drunk,
n remained in this condition for
over twenty-four hours, after which
came a period of semi-coma-a sort of
british stupor-during which the ami
ma hardly troubled itself to move,
n digestion seemed at a standstill.
This Pig Died.
The third guinea pig suffered worst
of all, however, and became a martyr
to the of science. Two minutes
after the injection of a cubic cent?
meter of ordinary extrait d. absinthe
it stiffened it's four legs and bounded
into the air, and when it fell back to
the ground rolled over and staggered
about crazy drunk. The wild express
sion of it's eyes was exactly the same
as in the case of a man suffering from
what doctors call 'impulsive hallucin.
alton" DR.. Laborde tried this ex-
pertinent on a dog once. The beast
went mad and fOamed at the mouth,
and it was with great difficulty that
the doctor and his pupils escaped
without serious injury. This alcoholic
delirium in the dog is exactly the
same as that which in human beings
drives men to commit wholesale and
indiscrimiffate homicide.
The guinea pig, however, showed its
superiority to the human race by re-
framing from venting its frenzy upon
those about it or itself. Its back
stiffened into a Semi-circle, and then
the commissions commenced. These
were marked by violent somersaults
and plaintive cries from the suffering
animal, whose legs moved as if ii
were swimming. The brief intervals
of calm between the attacks became
shorter, and the commissions more i'll.
tense, until the victim died after
fOrty-eight minutes of agony.
Those physicians who have wit.
messed the end of the a%bsintheur al
the great Paris hospitals of st. Anne
or Saltpetriere, say the symptoms il
the animal and the human being are
exactly the same, and that the death
scene of the later is frightful beyond
description. lola has depicted one
such spectacle in "L'Assomoir," witt
all the horrible faithfulness to detail
of which he is a master.
The Doctor Drunk, Too.
In the Course of his experiments
DR.. Laborde discovered that alcoholic
eXhalatiOns were almost, perhaps
more, deadly than the liquid itself
He noticed after a time that on leav.
ing his laboratory he would be at,
tackled with every symptom of intoxi
cation, though he never tasted even
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