The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-17
MAKING ANIMALS DRUNK.
Results of Experiments on Dogs. Fish
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Results of Experiments on Dogs, Fish
 Rabbits and Kangaroo.
 Among those who have devoted their professional lifetime to the study of the absorbing question of alcohol and it's effects upon the human organ ism the well known French savant, Professor Grehant, specialist in physio- logy, must be given foremost place" says the London Daily Mail.''
 We cannot give pure alcohol to anil mals,' he says; they cannot retain it. Therefore we give them a solution of alcohol and water containing only 10 per cent. of alcohol about the strength of ordinary red wine (claret). And I will now show you how I administer it.
 'The dog, young animal of mon grel breed in a fasting condition, had been stretched upon his back on a ta- ble and his legs attached. His mouth was held open with piece of wood, into which he sank his teeth, and through a, long tube $40 cubic centine- tres (135 inchesl of diluted alcohol was slowly poured into his stomach. The injection laster four minutes, and when it was at an end and the dog was re- leased he wagged his tail as if alcohol was the best drink in the world. Lifted from the table, he jumped and gambol- led about in the most gleeful fashion.
 That is the first stage; he is happy said the professor. And he added: You see the effects of alcohol upon dogs, and men are the same. He still has all his intelligence, and is simply exhilarated.' Y
 Then we went into an adjoining room, and the professor exhibited to me the delicate and clever apparatus by which various analytical processes are performed. On returning to the laboratory twenty minutes after the dog had absorbed the alcohol it was impossible to tell that he had been i'm bibing. A small quantity of blood was taken from him for the purpose of ex- animation, and he was given his Iiber- ty. But when I looked at him again, almost an hour after he had received the alcohol, he was no longer the sprightly doggy of my first acquaint- ance. His eye was dim, and he wore SlGCpS dppGstIdilICt w HClls llct IIlGu u look you in the face his head dropped, and his sad perplexed expression plainly said: I've never been like this before; what is the mater with nne?''F ;
 Fst That Is stage No. 2, said the pro lessor. The dog was then placed In a primitive sort Of kennel, but after a few minutes rest he was taken out and given his freedom. Poor doggyi It was a very restricted freedom. He was clearly intoxicated now, and although he tried hard not to show it, his legs be- trayed him. His launches seemed too i heavy, and at every few steps he hind 1 legs gave under him. Then the furni- ture got in his way and he knocked himself against the chairs and table.
 Take him into the garden, said Professor Grehant. The fresh air seems to do the animal good. He start ed running, but he soon grew tired, and after sWaying from side to side, came down heavily, He was soon on his feet again, yaliantly struggling to maintain his equilibrium. But a few minutes later the alcohol had won the | mastery, and the unhappy animal roll- led over on his back and lay motionless. 1 When I went over and looked at him the dog was the picture Of profound misery. That Is the third stage was the professors comment Then the dog 1 was picked up and taken inside, where he was put to bed and dropped off in- 1 to profound slumber.
 Stage No. A. remarked the profes- sor, and when he wakes up he'll be as l .,iDr o, ;,a |, added, the results are slightly differ 1 ert. They do not attempt to walk i when they have had alcohol, but simply lie down and go to sleep. The kanga- roo, on the other hand, who is natur- ally a pugnacious animal, is doubly SC after he has been drinking, and for his l own good and the safety of other he ought to be a total obstainer. The ef- 1 feet of alcohol on guinea pigs is to send 1 them into convulsions. But come an6 l see the fish, and we walked over to g ] couple of globes, in one of which was 8 number of goldfish and in the other several tritons, or rewts, small tailed l lizardlike animal with ffshlike lower .extremities. ....-
 I "The gold fish were, placed in watel 1 QtluLeu WlLIl lU per cent. or alcOhGI, tf1e
 same strength as that given to the dog
 At first they were exceedingly lively
 and circled around the globe in merry
 fashion. But the unaccustomed ele
 ments quickly told upon them, ant from their ordinary upright position they fell over on their sides. When tht
 work of intoxication was complete they sank to the bottom of the jar ant lay upon their sides motionless. Hat they been allowed to remain the, would soon have been dead. But tha l was not the professors intention, st
 they were restored to pure water, anC
 in half an hour were completely so
 Der. The tritons were given 20 per cent of alcohol which quickly supefiel them Their tails curled up, their eyes closed
 and they showed unmistakable signs c. alcohol poisoning. When in their nat
 ural condition they dart from side t side of the glass like lightning but af
 ter absorbing the alcohol they huddlet I ter absorbing the alcohol they I1uddl together at the bottom of the globe an,
 did not move. They too, were drunk and had to be put back in clean wate
 to revive them.
 "The aim of the professors experi
 ments was to prove that when the alec
 hol is absorbed by animals it has tn
 same effect as on merl--it is quick,
 distributed through the blood and tis