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Read in the Wunder reader — freeOctober 14: Alive, no symptoms.
Rabbit 426. Belgian hare, female. Weight, 1,425 grams.
September 27: 7 cc 2 per cent caffein injected into the lumbar muscles at 10.30 a. m.; 2 p. m., reflexes increased.
September 28: Rabbit normal.
October 5: Weight, 1,425 grams; 2.55 p. m., 9 cc 2 per cent caffein injected into lumbar muscles; 3.05 p. m., reflexes increased.
October 13: Weight, 1,405 grams; 10.30 a. m., 10 cc 2 per cent caffein (142 mg per kilo) injected; 11 a. m., no symptoms; 11.30 a. m., reflexes increased.
October 14: Rabbit alive, no symptoms.
Rabbit 427. Belgian hare, female. Weight, 1,780 grams.
September 27: 9 cc 2 per cent caffein injected into the lumbar muscles; 2 p. m., reflexes increased.
September 28: Rabbit normal.
October 5: Weight, 1,850 grams; 3 p. m., 11.5 cc 2 per cent caffein injected into lumbar muscles; 3.10 p. m., reflexes increased.
October 13: Weight, 1,830 grams; 10.40 a. m., 14 cc 2 per cent caffein (153 mg per kilo) injected into lumbar muscles; 11 a. m., no symptoms; 11.30 a. m., reflexes increased.
October 14: Rabbit alive, no symptoms.
Rabbit 453. Belgian hare, male. Weight, 1,160 grams.
October 12: 3.45 p. m., 11.5 cc 2 per cent caffein in aqueous solution injected into lumbar muscles; 4.15 p. m., reflexes increased; 4.30 p. m., paralyzed.
October 13: 9 a. m., found dead. Autopsy: Gastric mucosa hemorrhagic; liver darkened; other organs normal.
Rabbit 455. Belgian hare, gray, female. Weight, 1,185 grams.
October 12: 3.30 p. m., 11.5 cc 2 per cent caffein injected into the lumbar muscles; 4 p. m., reflexes increased.
October 13: Rabbit weighed 1,070 grams, no symptom of caffein poisoning, reflexes normal; 10.30 a. m., 10 cc 2 per cent caffein injected into the lumbar muscles; 11.30 a. m., jumped off the table, had attack of convulsions and died. Autopsy: Findings same as in No. 453.
Rabbit 428. Belgian hare, gray, male. Weight, 1,650 grams.
October 5: 4 p. m., 14.8 cc 2 per cent caffein (0.18 gram per kilo) injected into the lumbar muscles.
October 6: Found dead.
Rabbit 429. Belgian hare, male. Weight, 1,340 grams.
October 5: 4 p. m., 13.5 cc 2 per cent caffein (0.2 gram per kilo) injected into lumbar muscles.
October 8: Rabbit found dead.
SERIES D.
Further experiments making injections into both the lumbar and the gluteal muscles, were made in this series.
Rabbit 577. Gray male. Weight, 1,380 grams.
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