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Brea 54- 54' 56' Dinner 58-0 kfast : — Tea, cold ham, an d bread 5 58-8 10-0 11-0 10-2 j 579 612 575 582 2 58-5 ... 9-9 9-2 10-2 10-4 10-3 10-5 10-7 10-3 10-8 11-4 10-7 10-9 588 573 566 609 597 696 642 687 533 859 605 611 8 60-9 10-5 10-3 10-9 589 604 556 Pulse. per min. 77 75 75 73 76 80 ;— Mut on , bread, potatoes, an 9-2 582 62-0 30-3 90 531 8-9 604 8-8 568 9-0 588 9-8 605 9-6 616 9-0 574 8-3 564 9-2 580 8-7 568 9-9 633 9-5 625 9-5 576 8-5 574 d wafer (enjoyed it). Walking fiom 78 dinner. 80 Tea : — Tea, bread, and butter. ' ... ... 10-5 9-7 11-2 1 '" . ... 10-1 Lost time waiting for lamps 8-58 58-3 63-0 ... 8-9 8-5 8-76 7-98 720 575 675 665 571 579 578 590 535 Walking from. tea. 78 78 90 73 74 80 80 72 70 71 Rate of respira- Littlc sinking. Walking from breakfast. 89 88 92 90 78 76 82 76 Excited. Little excited. 76 77 72 Little sinking. 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On going to bed I was very cold, and notwithstanding the addi- tion of blankets, it was some hours before my feet became warm. I slept very fairly, and in the morning, at 7 o'clock, the chief feature was still tameness or inaction. There was, however, headache, accompanied by pulsation, and it was increased on lying down. There was also a disagreeable taste in the mouth and sinking at the stomach and bowels. At 9 A.M., the usual hour for breakfast, there was still greatly lessened nervous, mental, and muscular power, a sickly and fainting feeling at intervals, and throbbing in the head constantly ; causing with the nausea a most unpleasant but not constant headache. The pulse was still remarkably soft, feeble, and wavy. There was no marked thirst or craving for food. At 10 a.m. the urine was high coloured, alkaline, with a specific gravity of 1' 01 8. The saliva was very alkaline. The starch and water filled the pulse temporarily, but rather increased than reUeved the depressed state of the system. The acid gave almost instantaneous relief to the head- ache, but the benefit was only temporary, and it did not diminish materially the alkalinity of the saUva. At a little before the experiment ejided I was very low and ill. A cup of tea gave no relief, but bread and butter was of some service. At 12'' lO"" I began to eat a good dinner, and took a glass of wine ; and so soon as I had fairly began to eat the symptoms abated, and at the end of the meal I was quite well and went about my duties. It is important to remark that nothing but nutriment was of any avail. I had no longing for acids, or for anything in particular, except perhaps potatoes. Valour exhaled. — In this inquiry I also determined the quantity of vapour exhaled by the lungs; and although the subject has not been referred to in this paper, the uniform state of the system during fasting afibrded so good an opportunity to determine it, that I think it right to msert it. On the average of the whole inquiry, I exhaled 2-02 grs. of watery vapour per minute during the working day, making a total of 6 oz, avoirdupois in that period. On various other occasions with food I found that the quantity exhaled was from 3 grs. to 3-4 grs. per minute, and hence the diminution durmg the fast was 37 per cent. The quantity of vapour to each 100 cubic inches of expired air was -548 gr., and hence assuming that the expired air had a temperature of about 98°, it was but little more than half saturated. n. YAEIATIONS PEOM DAY TO DAY, AND FEOM SEASON TO SEASON. «. During the "Working day. 1. With ordinary/ food. Variations in the quantity of carbonic acid exhaled at different parts of the day have been affirmed to occur by Seguin, Peout, Allen and Pepys*, Viekordt and other * PhilosopHcal Magazine, I^/|e^^; /^^Qg^al Transactions, 1809, p. 405. AND OTHEE PHENOMENA OP EESPIEATION. 699 observers, and tliey have been ascribed to food, exertion, and sleep. Some of these observers, as Pkout and Coatiiupb, determined only the per-centage in the expired air ; an inquiry of no value in determining the total amount of carbonic acid exhaled. Lavoisiek states that the quantity differs every moment, and with every person, but each person has a law for himself Sciiaeling states that the proportion of the night to the day varied from as 1 to 1-225 to as 1 to 1-42, whilst Marciiand regarded the difference as inconsiderable and due simply to quietude. In my experiments the variations during the day were extremely great, so much so that the maximum and minimum quantities of carbonic acid usually differed to the extent of more than half the latter. They were as follows in grains per muiute in the four sets of inquiries : — Min. Mas. Myself 6 '25 and 9-59 8-68 and 11-53 ^ ^ r7-81 and 11 ContmuousJ ^"^"- 16-96 and 13-3 Min. Max. Mr. Moul 6-76 and 11-56 6-76 and 9-35 Min. Max. Dr.Murie . . . .6-14 and 9-25 Professor Frankland 4-58 and 8-32 the total being 6-74 and 10-43 grs. per minute. These variations were due to food, and were of such a nature that an increase began directly after a meal and progressed to a maximum, after which they declined gradually to a minimum until the following meal. Generally the maximum quantity was observed in from one to two hours after a meal, and after each meal, but after the breakfast and tea meals it was the greatest, and both were nearly the same. The minima were observed before a meal, and hence there were five in each day, viz. before breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper, and some time after supper ; and it is very noticeable that they were nearly the same at each of those periods. Hence there is in a state of quietude in each day a minimum line below which the system does not pass, and also a maximum which it does not exceed, the difference between the two being due to the temporary influence of food. In several of the inquiries, however, as for example in that of Professor Feankland, in my first and in Mr. Moul's second experiment, there was not in the afternoon the ordinary amount of diminution in the quantity of carbonic acid exhaled ; and as this was exceptional, and we dined before our usual dinner hour, it was probably owing to food having been supplied before the action upon the respu-ation of the previous quantity had ceased (Plate XXXIII. fig. 1, March 12). There can be no doubt that, with a suitable interval between meals, there are striking alternate elevations and depressions in the line repre- senting the quantity of carbonic acid excreted. A reference to the above maximum and minimtim quantities, and to the variations hour by hour as shown in the Tables I. II. III. and IV., with the want of uniformity in any of these quantities, proves that any attempt to determine the whole carbonic acid evolved in a day from isolated or irregular observations must be futile. They, 4z2 Digitized by Microsoft® 700 DE. E. SMITH ON THE CHEMICAL however, show that observations taken at the period of the day when the quantity of carbonic acid evolved is at the lowest point, viz. four to five hours after a meal, will be nearly luiiform, and that the excess due to food may be approximately arrived at by taking observations at 1^ to 2^ hours after the meal, and deducing the average from those quantities. 2. Without food. The variations in the respiratory phenomena in the working day were so small, that at 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 o'clock p.m., on July 6, all the quantities were almost identical with those at 7 on the foUovsdng morning. The maximum and minimum quantities of carbonic acid were 6-52 grs. and 7"44 grs. ; of air inspired, 399 cubic inches and 341 cubic inches ; rate of respiration 12 and 10"2, and rate of pulsation 71 and 68 per minute — quantities which contrast in a remarkable manner with those previously shown to occur -with food. In Plate XXXIII. fig. 1, the variations with and without food are con- trasted. Hence there is great uniformity in the respiratory phenomena during a long fast ; but it was noticeable that on the occasions when the carbonic acid would have increased with food, there was a slight decrease without food — a fact corresponding with that which I recorded in the Transactions of the Royal Medical and Chu'urgical Society for 1856, in the rate of the functions on five persons of difiierent sexes and ages. A low and uniform state of system is therefore the characteristic condition in a prolonged fast ; and it is very like that which occurs with food at the end of the interval between the meals. It has also been shown that in a fast of this duration the quantity of carbonic acid does not progressively diminish, but is the same at the end of twenty-seven hours as it was at the end of 4^ hours. There is therefore a state of the system which is nearly uniform under all the circum- stances of the day, when the body is uninfluenced by exertion or the primary processes of digestion, and which may be called the basal or normal state. From this but little can be taken away ; and the additions must be due to exertion or the temporary influ- ence of compound aliments. This I shall subsequently show to be a fact of much interest and importance, since it will be proved that certain substances which, as food, must contain nutriment, do not increase the products of respiration over this basal line ; whilst others, including all compound ahments, do produce an increase. The great uniformity in the state of the system during fasting renders that period particularly fitted for the determination of the numerical relations between the carbonic acid, air inspired, and rate of pulsation and respiration, and also as a basis with which to compare the influence of food and other agents. The law before mentioned in refer- ence to myself was well exemplified in this experiment ; for the cubic inches of air insphed are very nearly represented by the half of the product of the pulsations and the respirations. There was 1 gr. of carbonic acid to 52-5 cubic inches of air; which if we consider it as a normal, the proportion with food is less and with exertion is greater. Digitized by Microsoft® AND OTHER PHENOMENA OF EESPIRATION. 701 This experiment also conlirms Kegnault's observation, that the composition of the expired, air is uniform during fasting. In reference to the variations of the day in the quantity of vapour exhaled, the high- est amount (2-26 grs. per minute) was obtained in the two first hours of the inquiry, or those nearest to the last meal, and the lowest amount (1-74 gr.) was obtained after 8 p.m. On the following morning the quantity was increased to 2-2 grs. per minute, and it did not exceed that after I -had taken the arrowroot and water. I do not find any observations on record with which I can compare these results. There yet remain for examination two other sources of variation in the respiratory phenomena, ^iz. those occurring at short intervals from day to day, and those extending over a lengthened period of months and associated with season. I shall now describe them. The experiments connected with both heads of the inquiry were made in the investi- gation of the influence of food, and under precisely the same external circumstances as to period of the day, food, exertion and excitement ; for they were all made between 7 and 8 a.m., before breakfast, in the sitting posture, and in the absence of all exertion and mental excitement. They were commenced on March 30, and were continued with regularity by Mr. MouL and myself until the middle of June, and then by myself alone until the present time. /3. Variations from day to day. iS'early all observers have found that the absolute quantities recorded on any day did not correspond with those of other days ; but as the inquiries were not made under precisely the same external circumstances, it was not possible, with certainty, to assign any cause to which the variation could be attributed. It would not perhaps be unreasonable to presume that, with identity of external circumstances on successive days, the system would not vary in any appreciable degree ; but a reference to Plate XXXIV. will show that whilst in not a few instances the quan- tities obtained were constant, in many others the variation from day to day in the amount of carbonic acid amounted to half a grain, and in a few to even one grain per minute ; and that this was not due to any error in the inquiry, may be inferred from the fact that, when a food was under examination which did not vary the respiratory changes, the same numbers were obtained in several successive experi- ments within from one to two hours. Hence we must search within the system for the explanation, and we shall find reason to believe that the nature of the night's rest, and the amount of nutriment remaining in the system, cause variations in the amount of carbonic acid expired in the early morning, before food has been taken. On many occasions I noted these conditions at the time that I made the experiment. Thus I passed a restless night on April 7, June 1, 16, 18, 23 and 24; had short night's sleep on April 24 and 28 ; was not well on April 15, 16, May 8, 18, June 14, and Digitized by Microsoft® 702 DE. E. SMITH ON THE CHEMICAL Carbonic acid. Increase. Decrease. gr. gr. -0-29 -0-6 + 0-1 -1-5 + 0-8 -0-3 + 0-44 + 0-18 + 0-6 -0-58 + 0-58 + 0-23 + 0-2 -0-36 -0-2 + 0-2 + 0-68 — 1-32 + 0-16 + 0-16 -0-26 — 1-12 -0-67 -0-27 September 14; and in almost every instance there was a fall in the quantity of carbonic acid on the foUomng morning (see Table). I passed a good night and was very well on April 20, 26, 30, May 19, 20, 24, June 4, 21, July 1, September 19, and November 4, and with equal uniformity the carbonic acid was increased (see Table). These may be appreciated by referring to Plate XXXIV. ; and it will also be observed that the changes were extremely well marked on May 18, 19, 20, 31, and June 1. With a large supper of meat there was an increase, but with a late supper vdth tea or coffee there was a decrease. With much food taken during the preceding day, there was on May 31 an increase so large as to look like an error, whilst on the succeeding day, on which there was an unusual amormt of exer- tion and deficiency of food, the decrease was equally great. The uniformity in these results is too striking to admit of their being merely coinci- dences ; and whilst the general feeling of the syst-em may not admit of very accurate and minute definition, I believe that the following statement may be relied upon, viz. that with much food on the preceding day, with good and long night's rest, and with a feeling of health and good spirits, the quantity of carbonic acid evolved before breakfast is greater, whilst it is lessened by the contrary conditions. The hour of supper and the nature of the food then taken will also vary the quantity. The mode by which tea and coffee act will be explained in a subsequent paper. I have not recorded many observations in refer- ence to the effects of spirituous liquors ; but whenever I had taken them at a late hour, it is recorded that the carbonic acid was lessened, but it is also stated that I had passed a restless night. The conditions favourable to the production of a large amount of car- bonic acid in the morning are such as have tended to induce profound and continued Bleep, whilst in the adverse conditions there has been an unusual nocturnal activity of the respiration. This is agreeable to a 'priori reasoning ; but I do not -know that it has been hitherto demonstrated, and by it we may explain much of the remarkable differ- ences in the returns from day to day, and many diversities in the relative quantities evolved by myself and Mr. Moul. y. Variations connected with. Season. Barral* states that he excreted considerably more carbon in winter than in summer; and a similar observation was made by Vierordt ; but their observations were not made with such regularity and vsith such identity of external conditions as to eliminate the true effect of season. Mr. MiLNERf , Surgeon to the Wakefield Prison, in a paper recently read before the British Association, found, in an experience of ten years, and from 40,000 weighings, that the prisoners, on the average, gained in weight from March or April to September, and lost weight during the other months of the year. * Annales de Chimie, 3 ser. vol. xsv. p. 165. t Sanitary Eeview, 1858. Digitized by Microsoft® AND OTHER PHENOMENA OF EE8PIEATI0N. 703 The general expression of the results obtained by me is, that the advancing hot season lessened all tlie vital and mechanical changes of respiration, viz. the quantity of carbonic acid expired and of air inspired, the rate and depth of respiration, the quantity of vapour exhaled, and the cooling of the body. These include lessened muscular and "\esicular actions and chemical changes. With the return of the cold season the quan- tities increased. All the results are delineated in Plate XXXIV., which shows the quantity of air inspired and of carbonic acid expired, with the rate of respiration and pulsation contrasted with the temperature during each month of the year. The results obtained from myself correspond in all essential particulars with those obtained fi'om Mr. Moul, except that the changes were induced in him more quickly and powerfully. Hence I infer that he was more susceptible to seasonal influences; and this was in conformity with a law which I evolved in former researches at the Hospital for Consumption, and pubhshed in the British and Foreign Medical and Chirurgical Ee^iew, April 1856, viz. that all who bear heat badly have an excess of all the seasonal efiiects, for he sufiers much from heat, whilst I bear it well. I was thus fortunate in having an example of the two classes of persons. I will first describe my retu.ms, and then those of Mr. Moul. On the average of the second week in April I inspired 550 cubic inches of air per minute in sixteen inspirations, and expired 8-65 grs. of carbonic acid per minute ; but on the average of a whole month, from the middle of July to the middle of August, the quantity of air was reduced to 386"4 cubic inches, of carbonic acid to 7"27 grs., and rate of respiration to 11 per minute. Hence there was a diminution of 30 per cent. in the quantity of air, 32 per cent, in the rate of respiration, and 17 per cent, in the quantity of carbonic acid ; so that the proportion of the carbonic acid to the inspired air was greater, although the total amount was lessened. Up to the end of May the quan- tity of carbonic acid did not fall below 8 grs. per minute, and on many occasions it exceeded 9 grs. ; but as June advanced the quantity progressively fell, so that it was often under 8 grs., but never above 8 grs. per minute; and after the 22nd of June, until the middle of August, the quantity was between 7 and 8 grs. Hence the beginning of June was the true period of commencement of seasonal decline in the respiratory changes. The period of the commencement of increase was October, and the increase continued in the succeeding months. The relation of the carbonic acid expired to the air inspired varied each month as follows, from April to October inclusive : — April. May. June. July. August. Sept. Oct. 1 gr. to 58 cub. in. 507 cub. in. 52 cub. in. 51-5 cub. in. 54-8 cub. in. 56-3 cub. in. 51-4 cub. in. In the first week of April Mr. Moul inspired 477 cubic inches of air per minute, at a rate of respiration of 16-4 per minute, and with an evolution of 8-28 grs. of carbonic acid per minute; but by the fourth week of that month he had lost more than 20 per cent, of air, 18 per cent, of carbonic acid, and 13 per cent, in the rate of respiration. Thus the proportion of carbonic acid to the air inspired was scarcely changed. After that period the quantities increased from the 8th to the 18th of May; but on the averag Digitized by Microsoft® 704 DE. E. SMITH ON THE CHEMICAL there was a further decline in all the respiratory phenomena, until the termination of his experiments at the middle of June. The extreme loss from season on the weekly averages, up to the middle of June, was 27 per cent, of carbonic acid, 27 per cent, of air, and 28 per cent, in the rate, — a degree of uniformity in the phenomena exceedingly striking. In Mr. MouL the greatest and most sudden changes occurred in the early spring. I had but little change in the spring, but there was a great decline in summer, which continued until the autumn; and although Mr. Moul's experiments ended before midsummer, the progression of his returns give us the right to infer that at the end of summer his quantities would also have been much reduced. Hence there is a close and significant relation between the activity of the vital changes in Man and plants at those two periods, to which common experience has ever attached great importance, viz. the spring and fall with their variations proceeding in yearly cycles. . Having thus briefly stated the changes which occurred, it is now needful to determine to what elements ia " season" they are to be attributed. Of these. Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure are two of the most important, and have been investigated by other observers. I have complete records of the former, and incomplete records of the latter. A. Temjierature. — The retm-ns prove that the relation between the quantity of carbonic acid evolved and the temperature of the air is an inverse one, as Vieroedt and others had established ; but they also show that there is no absolute relation between a given temperature and the carbonic acid — a circumstance which has not been hitherto demon- strated. The effect of the first sudden elevation of temperature in April is strikingly corrobo- rative of the former assertion. Thus from March 31 to April 14, the temperature gently and progressively fell from 56°-5 to 47°-5, and then it suddenly rose 6°-5 in one day, and became so high as 63°-6 in ten days, after which it rapidly fell. Until April 14, with, declining temperature, my returns show an increasing quantity of carbonic acid of more than 1 gr. per minute, ending in the large quantity of 9-J grs. per minute. On the contrary, Mr. Moul's returns show a progressive decrease of more than 1 gr. per minute. The Table and Plate XXXIII. figs. 2 & 3, show the coordinated movement of the lines of temperature and carbonic acid during the period of the sudden increase of the former. Thus in my returns the carbonic acid suddenly decreased 1-3 gr. per minute, and almost as suddenly increased nearly 1 gr. per minute, the former corresponding with the accession and the latter with the decline of temperature. Mr. Moul's decrease was greater, and had its maximum on the day of the maximum temperature, whilst the increase was extremely great and rapid immediately after the temperature began to fall. After this period, to the beginning of June, the curves of temperature and carbonic acid in Mr. Moul's returns are opposed with tolerable uniformity ; and on the occurrence of the second elevation of temperature at that period, there was again a sudden and tem- porary diminution of carbonic acid. The contrast of the monthly averages is of great interest. Thus — Digifized by Microsoft® AND OTHEE PHENOMENA OF EESPIEATION. 705 Table VI. Comparison of Monthly Averages of Respiratory and Meteorological Phenomena. Myself. Mr. Moul. 1858 and 1859. Temp. Dry. Barora. Carbonic acid, Air, Pulse, Respira- tions, Carbonic acid, Air, Pulse, Respira- tions, per min. per min. per min. per min. per min. per min. per min. per min. inch. grs. cub. inch. grs. cub. inch. April ... 54-5 28-84 8-58 498 72-8 14-3 7-18 429 80-3 15-6 May ... 58-1 29-51 8-89 451 68-3 12-4 6-63 384 82-1 12-76 June ... 71-7 29-61 8-19 426 71-1 11-64 6-34 367 79-9 12-6 July ... 65-1 29-48 7-62 393 69-8 11- Aug. ... 66-6 29-49 7-15 392 73-3 10-9 Sept. ... 61-2 29-51 7-13 402 66-6 10-94 Oct. ... 52-8 29-38 7-67 396 69-8 10-93 Nov. . . . 43-8 29-28 7-86 414 69-1 10-87 ^ Dec. ... 45-2 29-43 8-27 429 67 11-16 Jan. ... 43-1 29-64 8-35 447 68-8 11-73 ISee Note, page 708. Feb. ... 46-3 29-58 8-2 69-2 11-35 Mar. ... 48-9 29-47 8-25 70-9 11-38 J Moreover^, the quantity of carbonic acid evolved in diflferent decades of degrees of temperature shove's that the relation is an inverse one. Thus in the four decades from 40° to 80°, the quantities evolved by Mr. Moul were in the ascending order — 7-58 grs., 7'237 grs., 6-45 grs., and 6"37 grs., — a series continually decreasing; but the rule is not so well exemplified in myself (for a reason to be presently explained), since the quan- tities were 8-44 grs., 8-527 grs., 7'841 grs., and 8'29 grs. in their order. The weekly averages show that in myself the rule was maintained in fourteen of twenty-four weeks, and in Mr. Moul in eight of eleven weeks. Hence it must be admitted that there is an inverse relation between seasonal tem- perature and the respiratory changes. But it is evident — and it is a fact of great interest — that there is no uniform relation between the degrees of temperature and the carbonic acid, such as would be necessary to determine the degree of dependence of the one upon the other. This will be proved in two ways : first, by showing the changes which occurred during the long period of months constituting each season ; and secondly, the sudden increase of temperature in April. Mr. Moul's returns are more uniform than mine, and yet in those the progressive decrease of carbonic acid with increasing decades of temperature is so irregular, as •343 gr., -887 gr., and '08 gr. In mine there was an increase in the second and fourth decades. It is also shown in the foregoing Table, that the lowest state of the respira- tion did not occur wdth the highest temperature of the season, but after the lapse of two or three months, and the loss of 5° or even 10°, yet with the temperature always exceeding 60°. Further, the follovraig Table shows that the same temperature is attended by the most diverse quantities of carbonic acid ; as for example 59°, in which I have returns in five months, the monthly averages are 8'11 grs., 9-13 grs., 7"64 grs., 7*3 grs., and 6-76 grs. in their order; and to take an illustration from Mr. Moul's returns, at the temperature of 52°, the returns of two months are 9-36 grs. and 6-3 grs.; and at 53°, 8-32 grs. and 6-35 grs. These returns, with others, are found in the follow- ing Table, which I think is worthy..of clpse-attention. MDCCCLIX. 5 a 706 DE. E. 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Ale. — INIay 10 (6 exps.), Plate XXXVI. fig. 56. 11 oz. of good old home-brewed Hertfordshire ale, a little acid, gave an average increase in carbonic acid of -6 gr. and •27 gr., and maxima of Tl gr. and -30 gr. to myself and Mr. Moul respectively. The volume of air inspired was increased 00 cubic inches in myself, but there was a diminu- tion in ]Mr. MouL. The rate of respiration and pulsation scarcely varied in myself, and that of respiration was at first increased in Mr. MouL. As there ^^ as much variation in the action of the substances classed under this head, I have throAvn the results now given into the Table on the opposite page, with a ^'ie^y to the more ready comprehension of the numerous details. Abstract of the Effects of Alcohols. From the foregoing wc may learn — 1. That the presence of alcohol, being one amongst many elements, and that one varying greath' in quantit}', is an insufficient ground for classification, and does not give a common action to the members of this class. 2. The direct action of pure alcohol was much more to increase than to lessen the respii'atory changes, and sometimes the former effect was well pronounced. Small doses repeated had a more uniform and persistent effect than would have followed the admi- nistration of the whole at once. The indirect action, as, for example, in lessening the appetite for food, and the mode of its action, I have not investigated. 3. Brandy, whisky, and gin, and particularly the latter, almost always lessened the respiratory changes recorded, whilst rum as commonly increased them. Rum and milk had a verv pronounced and persistent action, and there was no effect upon the senso- rium. Ale and porter ab^ays increased them, whilst sherry wine lessened the quantity of ail' inspired, but slightly increased the carbonic acid evolved. 4. The volatile elements of alcohol, gin, rum, and sherry and port wme, when inhaled, lessened the quantity of carbonic acid exhaled, and usually lessened the quantity of air inhaled. The effect of fine old port wine was very decided and uniform; and it is known that wines and spirits improve in aroma and become weaker in alcohol by age. The excito-respiratory action of rum is probably not due to its volatile elements. 5. The quantity of vapour exhaled from the lungs was increased during the inhala- tion of the volatile elements of wines and spirits, without the quantity of air having increased. ^Mien gin was drank, the quantity of vapour in the expired air was lessened, whilst it was increased under tlie influence of alcohol, in about the same degree as during the inhalation of that substance. Hence the exhalation of vapour and carbonic acid are not parallel acts. 6. The rate of respiration was in almost all instances lessened in both of us, whilst that of pulsation was as constantly increased in myself, but not in Mr. Moul. 5 d2 Digitized by Microsoft® 732 DE. E. SMITH OX THE ACTION 7. The relation between the quantity of carbonic acid expired and the volume of air inspu-ed, was usually increased at the period of maximum influence. 8, The variation in the results was greater than the statement of the average and maximum effects indicates, as may be seen in the Tables and Plates. The general effects upon the system of these substances may be thus epitomized : — 1. There is not an exact correspondence in time and intensity of the effects upon consciousness, sensibility, and respiration, and their principal influence is not upon the respiratory function. They disturb the vital actions. 2. There were two sets of eflects in each of the inquiries on spirits. A. The early effects, consisting of — Lessened consciousness, with cloudiness, swimming or giddiness, beginning in less than 10 minutes, and increasing during about 30 minutes. Lessened sensibility to light, sound, and touch. Wavy or buzzing sensation passing through the whole body ; and a semi-cata- leptic state, in which there was indisposition to move any part of the body from the then existing position. These occurred at the same period as : Lessened voluntary muscular power and control, with sensation of stiffiiess and lianging of the upper lip, and stiffness of the face and forehead, beginning in 8 minutes, and continuing about 45 minutes. The dartos was relaxed, and the erector penis and the sphincter of the bladder were rendered less effective. The action of the heart and arteries was increased, as was that of the muscles of inspira- tion, with a sensation of sudden and forcible action, to a greater degree than the quantity of air inspired accounted for. There was certainly a difference in the effect upon the muscles subject to, and not subject to volition. Lessened transpiration of vapour from the lungs during f to 1 hour, with dry- ness of the skin (as if it had been induced by an east wind), and particularly with rum. Increased arterial action near to the surface in 8 minutes, with heat, tingling and swelling of the skin, and a dry state of the whole mouth, with whisky ; and dryness, redness, and soreness of the tip of the tongue Avith rum. Pleasant dreaminess and talkativeness, particularly with rum, in 13 to 15 minutes. B. The later effects. Taciturnity in from 18 to 80 minutes, followed by depression and a miserable feeling in from 60 to 90 minutes. Sensation of cold often occurred suddenly and apart from the temperature of the air in about 50 minutes. The principal influence over consciousness and sensibility was often lessened sud- denly, and the effects of the alcohol nearly disappeared at the following periods : 71 to 73 minutes with alcohol; 43 to 120 minutes with rum; 66 to 84 minutes with whisky; 46 to 80 minutes with brandy, and 68 minutes with gin. Digitized by Microsoft® OP FOODS UPON THE EESPIEATION. 733 G. The Tea Series. The members of this class are nearly all powerful respiratory excitants. The inquiries \m\e been very varied and extensive. The tea was exceedingly good and pure. Tm.— April 2 (6 exps.), Plate XXXVI. fig. 32. 100 grs. of black tea gave to myself and Mr. Moul a maximum increase of carbonic acid of -87 gr. and 1'72 gr. per minute in 50 and 71 mhmtes. The average increase was -73 gr. and 1 gr. per minute. The quantity of air was increased 71 cubic inches and 08 cubic inches per minute, and the depth of inspiration 4 cubic inches in each of us. The rate of respiration was in- creased and that of pulsation decreased, except at the first observation, after the tea had been taken. April 7 (5 exps.), April 17 (5 exps.), Plate XXXVI. fig. 31, April 19 (5 exps.).— 50 grs. of black tea gave the following results to myself, Mr. Moul, Mr. Moul's son (a3t. 16), and Professor Feankland on different occasions : — a maximum increase of carbonic acid of 1-08 gr. ur myself; 1-38 gr., 2-58 grs. and 1-6 gr. in Mr. Moul ; 2 grs. in Mr. Moul's son, and ■69 gr. per minute in Professor Feankland. The maximum increase in the quantity of air inspired was in the same order, — 34 cubic inches, 39 cubic inches, 50 cubic inches, 72 cubic inches, 95 cubic inches, 26 cubic inches per minute. My rate of pulsation was lessened, and that of respiration was scarcely changed. The rate of both was lessened in Mr. ^louL, whilst in his son that of respiration was increased and of pulsation decreased. May 26 (7 exps.). — 100 grs. of green tea, drunk when cold, gave to myself and Mr. Moul maxima of increase of carbonic acid of •9gr. and 2-58 grs. per minute, with average increase of -44 gr. and 1-57 gr. per minute. The quantity of air was not increased in myself, but it was increased 120 cubic inches per minnte in Mr. Moul. The rate of respiration declined so much as 1-2 and 2 per minute, and in Mr. Moul that of pulsation also slightly declined. The depth of inspiration was increased 3 cubic inches and 10 cubic inches. August 26 (4 exps.). — The same quantity given to Mr. Hoffman-, Surgeon to the Margate Infu-mary, caused a maximum increase of -64 gr. of carbonic acid per minute and 50 cubic inches of aii- per minute in one hour. The pulsation declined after the first observation. May 24 (10 exps.), Plate XXXVI. fig. 35. — 25 grs. of green tea, drunk when cold several hours after it had been infused, and repeated every quarter of an hour for five times, gave Mr. Moul an average increase in carbonic acid of 1*2 gr., and a maximum of 1-8 gr. per minute. The maximum increase in the quantity of air inspired was 66 cubic inches per minute after the fifth dose. The total increase of carbonic acid, as deduced from the ten observations, was 193 grs. ; but at the end of the inquiry, in two hours and thirty-four minutes, there was still an increase of -9 gr. of carbonic acid and 36 cubic inches of air per minute. The rate of respiration declined 1-6 per minute, whilst that of pulsation was scarcely changed. The depth of inspiration was increased 10-6 cubic inches, and was much the greatest after the fourth dose. Jrme 8 (13 exps.), fig. 34. — Mr. Moul took 150 grs. of black tea infused in one pint of Digitized by Microsoft® 734 DE. E. SMITH ON THE ACTION water, and the whole carbonic acid exhaled by him during the inquiry was collected and weighed every five minutes. The basis quantity was again reached after sixty-five minutes. On the whole average the increase in the carbonic acid was -79 gr., with a maximum of 1-24 gr. per minute. Thus the excess of the carbonic acid exhaled over the basis quantity was 51-35 grs., or only one-fourth of that resulting from a smaller quantity when di-\ided and taken at intervals. The maximum increase in the quantity of au- inspired was 92 cubic inches per minute, and the greatest increase in both the carbonic acid and the air occurred in the first half of the period of inquiry. The rate of respiration was increased in the fii'st three examinations. iMay 22 (7 exps.), Plate XXXVI. fig. 33.-1 took 100 grs. of black tea and collected all the carbonic acid exhaled under its influence, and weighed all that collected in the first hour, and then each quarter of an hour for three times, and finally in five minutes, when the basis v>'as reached and the inquiry ended. The average increase in the carbonic acid was '64 gr. and the maximum l'23gr. per minute, and thus the total increase in 110 minutes was 70-40 grs. The quantity of air was increased on the average 47-5 cubic inches, and the maximum increase was 77 cubic inches per minute at the end of the first hour. The pulse fell and the rate of respiration slightly increased, whilst the depth of inspii'ation increased nearly 5 cubic inches. Tea, Milk, and Sugar.— June 5 (6 exps.), Plate XXXVI. fig. 30. 50 grs. of black tea, taken with milk and sugar, gave us maxima of increase in the carbonic acid of 2-96 grs. and 2 -50 grs. per minute. The maximum increase in the quantity of air was 78 cubic inches per minute. There was also increased rate both of respiration and pulsation. Tea and Citric Acid.—Jnlj 9 (7 exps.), fig. 36, July 13 (5 exps.), July 15 (5 exps.), July 13 P.M. (3 exps.), July 12 (5 exps.). 100 grs. of black tea, taken with 30 grs. of citric acid, gave me maxima of increase of carbonic acid in three experiments of 1-86 gr., 1-11 gr., and 1-14 gr. per minute; on another occasion it was only -88 gr. per minute in Mr. MouL. The increase in the quantity of air inspired was 72 cubic inches, 60-5 cubic inches, and 72 cubic inches per minute in myself, and 6 cubic inches per minute in Mr. Moul; but in him there was also a maximum decrease of 18 cubic inches per minute. The rate of respiration and pulsation was always considerably increased in myself, but not in Mr. MouL. When taken in the afternoon I had no increase of the carbonic acid, and the effects much more resembled those observed in Mr. MouL in his experiment before breakfast. Tea, ivith Soda and Potash.— Julj 10 (6 exps.), fig. 37. 100 grs. of black tea, with 50 grs. each of carbonate of soda and potash, with 8 oz. of water,, gave me a maximum increase in carbonic acid of 1-08 gr. per minute, and in air 39 cubic inches per minute. The rate of respiration scarcely varied, but that of pulsation was a little increased. Tea, with Caustic Alkali.— July 22 (5 exps.), fig. 38. 100 grs. of black tea, with 40 in. of Liq. Potassse and 7 oz. of water, gave no increase in the carbonic acid. There was an increase of 27 cubic inches of air. The rate of respiration was unchanged, but that of pulsation fell. Digitized by Microsoft® OP rOODS UPON THE RESPIEATION. 7^5 On many occasions we took a cup of tea with a ^iew to relieve the system after expe- riments Avith other substances ; and the results have much interest, as showing their uniform direction and the rapidity of the action of tea. We both took milk Avith it, but I alone took sugar. April 24.— After having taken brandy, tea gave to myself and Mr. :\rouL in fifteen minutes an increase of curbo.nic acid of -02 gr. and 2-58 grs., and of air 25 cubic inches and 108 cubic inches per minute. :MaY 16. — After cocoa had increased the respiration in myself, but scarcely in :Mr. MouL. tea gave us an increase in carbonic acid of •2gr. and 2-2 grs., and in air of 9 cubic inches and 78 cubic inches per minute. May 28. — After an experiment on rice, 50 grs. of tea infused one minute, gave Mr. MouL an increase in carbonic acid of 1 gr., and in air of 17 cubic inches per minute. May 29. — After having taken whisky, the same quantity of tea infused two minutes, gave us in ten minutes an increase in carbonic acid of -96 gr. and 1-32 gr. of carbonic acid, and 50 cubic inches and 56 cubic inches of air per minute. May 30. — After an experiment on rum, tea caused a small decrease in my carbonic acid %vith a slight increase of air ; but ]\Ir. Moul had in tAventj-five minutes an increase of -92 gr. of carbonic acid and 48 cubic inches of air per minute. June 21. — After an experiment on arrowroot and butter, I had again a small decrease in the carbonic acid, whilst Mr. Moul had an increase of 2-12 grs. and 98 cubic inches of air per minute. Neither substance agreed with us. C'o/J¥.— April 6 (4 exps.), April 9 (6 exps.), April 15 (6 exps.), Plate XXXVI. fig. 39, May 3 (7 exps.), fig. 40. ^ an oz. of good coffee gave to myself and Mr. Moul, on three occasions, the follo-ning increase per minute: — Carbonic acid, -98 gr. and 1-02 gr., 9 gr. and -4 gr., 1-16 gr. and 2-54 grs. ; aii-, 36 cubic inches and 14 cubic inches, 40 cubic inches and 34 cubic inches, 35 cubic inches and 84 cubic inches, f of an oz. gave us an increase per minute of carbonic acid, 1-08 gr. and '82 gr. ; and of air, 28 cubic inches and 54 cubic inches per minute. The rate of respiration, but not of pulsation, was increased in myself, whilst in Mr. Moul the increased rate of both functions was much less than in myself in the first experiment ; and in the others there was no increase. The increase in the depth of inspiration was not great. April 27. — A cup of coffee with milk, after an experiment on gin, ga\e neither of us any increase of carbonic acid or air within a short period. May 6. — f of an oz. of coffee with milk gave us, after an experiment on wine, an increase in carbonic acid of -68 gr. and 1-68 gr., and of air 64 cubic inches and 86 cubic inches per minute in thirty minutes. Chicory. — May 17 (7 exps.), Plate XXXVI. fig. 42. \ an oz. of chicory with 8 oz. of boiling water, gave to myself and Mr. Moul a maximum increase in carbonic acid of 1-17 gr. and -66 gr. per minute, whilst the quantity of air inspired was increased 27 cubic inches and 42 cubic inches per minute. The rate of respiration and pulsation fell con- siderably in Mr. Moul, whilst in myself the latter was lessened 1 per minute and the Digitized by Microsoft® 736 DE. E. SMITH OX THE ACTIOX former slight!}' increased. The depth of inspiration was increased 4 cubic inches and 6'2 cubic inches. Cocoa.— April 16 (6 exps.), Plate XXXVI. fig. 43, April 20 (6 exps.). 1 oz. of good cocoa, well boiled in 11 oz. of water, gave me on two occasions a maximum increase in carbonic acid of 1-92 gr. and 1-1 gr. per minute, whilst Mr. MouL had on one occasion a maximum increase of -64 gr. There was a maximum increase of air of 27 cubic inches and 61 cubic inches per minute in myself, with an increase of 94 cubic inches in Mr. MouL. The rate of respiration and pulsation was nearly unaffected in myself, but it fell in Mr. MouL. The depth of inspiration was increased 3-6 cubic inches and 5'7 cubic inches in myself. Coffee leaves.— A^^il 16 (6 exps.), Plate XXXVI. fig. 41, April 30 (5 exps.). Mr. Han- bury of Plough Court kindly furnished me with a specimen of coffee leaves, from which a beverage is made in Sumatra. \ an oz. infused in 10 oz. of boiling water gave me on two occasions a maximum decrease in carbonic acid of -84 gr. and -89 gr. per minute, and Mr. MouL had a decrease of 1-42 gr. per minute. There was a maximum decrease in the quantity of air inspired of 25 cubic inches and 51 cubic inches per minute in myself, and 160 cubic inches in Mr. MouL. The rate of pulsation and respiration, and the depth of inspiration, all fell in both of the inquiries. The foregomg experiments prove — 1. That tea, coffee, chicory and cocoa are respiratory excitants, whilst coffee leaves depress the respiratory function. 2. The uniformity in the direction of the results is exceedingly striking, whilst the degree of influence is to a certain extent variable. 3. Tea is the most powerful, then coffee and cocoa, and lastly, chicory. 4. The rate of respiration was sometimes a little increased and at others a little decreased, but the depth of inspiration was always largely increased. The rate of pulsation was usually slightly increased. 5. With the addition of an acid the effect was somewhat lessened, and the rate of both functions was increased to a greater degree than with tea alone. 6. The addition of an alkali also lessened the effect of tea, and a fixed alkali totally destroyed its influence. 7. The action of acids and alkalies varies with the state of the system and in different persons. 8. The addition of sugar and milk in the ordinary way increased the effect. 9. Small doses of tea, frequently repeated, have much greater effect, than the total quantit}- taken at once. 10. Cold tea, and tea infused and kept twenty-four hours, has as much effect as when hot and recently made. 11. Green tea has somewhat more influence than black tea, and particularly in lessening the rate and increasing the depth of respiration. Digitized by Microsoft® OF FOODS UPON THE EESPIEATION. 737 12. The proportion of the carbonic acid to the quantity of air inspired was always increased at the period of maximum influence. 13. Mr. MouL experienced much greater effect from tea than myself. He is exceed- ingly fond of tea, is not fond of coffee, and dislikes acids, and in the aboe experiments the results corresponded. 14. The influence of both tea and coffee is exerted almost immediately, viz. in five minutes, and the maximum is attained in from twenty-five to sixty minutes. The duration varies from one to two hours. In all these particulars there is a variation in different persons. 15. With tea we frequently found nausea in ten minutes, and sometimes to a very unpleasant degree, but it left in ten or fifteen minutes. There was also a soothing or narcotic effect at first on several occasions, and when it had been taken with an alkali this effect was continued to the end ; whilst on the other hand the influence was more stimulating with the acid. There was great freedom of inspiration, and sometimes of expiration also, in about forty to seventy minutes, and with this there was a feeling of lightness and clearness. The pulse was always soft, and the skin moist or soft. 16. With coffee there was no nausea or soothing; the pulse was sometimes feeble, and the pulsation in the head and hands more perceptible. There was often an uncomfort- able sensation in the small intestines and forcing at the rectum, and not unfrequently a sense of constriction about the diaphragm in from sixteen to forty minutes. There was more action upon the kidneys than with tea. The skin was often hot and dry. 17. Coffee leaves caused the hands to be hot in seven minutes when 1 oz. had been taken, and in thirty-five minutes a purring sensation occurred similar to that with alcohol, and a not unpleasant feeUng of listlessness. The effect Avas narcotic in thirty- seven minutes. 7. Some other Nitrogenous Substances. Alhwnen. — ^April 9 (8 exps.). Two good-sized boiled eggs gave Mr. Moul's son an average increase in carbonic acid of -27 gr., and a maximum of -88 gr. per minute. The maximum increase in the quantity of air inspired was 17 cubic inches per minute. On another occasion, April 21 (6 exps.), Plate XXXVI. fig. 57, my increase in carbonic acid was an average of -45 gr. and a maximum of 1-12 gr. per minute, whilst in Mr. Moul they were -13 gr. and 38 gr. per minute, respectively. I had a decrease in the quantity of air, whilst Mr. Moul had an increase of 38 cubic inches per minute. My rate of respi- ration scarcely varied, but Mr. Moul's fell, as did also his pulsation in a slight degree. Gelatin. — May 8 (6 exps.). The effect of 120 grs. of pure dry isinglass prepared with 12 oz. of water, gave to myself and Mr. Moul an average increase in carbonic acid of •43 and 14 gr., and maxima of -84 gr. and 66 gr. per minute respectively. On another occasion, May 21 (7 exps.), 100 grs. of dry commercial isinglass gave to myself and Mr. Moul an average increase in carbonic acid of -14 gr. and -26 gr., and maxima of •76 gr. and -92 gr. per minute respectively. I had no increase of air in the first expe- MDCCCLIX. 5 E Digitized by Microsoft® 738 DE. 'B. SMITH ON THE ACTION riment, bnt there was a maximiTm increase of 14 cubic inches per minute in the second, whilst the increase in Mr. MouL was 70 cubic inches and 28 cubic inches per minute. The rate of respiration was reduced in both, and the respirations were free and deep. Mr. MouL is fond of jelly. Almond-emulsion. — September 16 (6 exps.). 1000 grs. of almonds made into an emul- sion with 8 oz. of water, gave me an average decrease in carbonic acid of -17 gr., and in air of 1 8 cubic inches per minute. The rate of both pulsation and respiration fell, and there was a semi-narcotic eifect in thirty-five minutes. The hands were hot and congested. Leanfiesh. — April 23 (7 exps.). 6 oz. of raw (4^ oz. cooked) excellent lean beefsteak, gave to myself and Mr. MouL a maximum increase of -7 gr. and -2 gr. per minute, but I had no average increase. The maximum increase in the au- inspired was 19 cubic inches in myself, whilst there was a decrease in Mr. MoUL. The rate of respiration was reduced. Msh. — July 5 (8 exps.). 8 oz. of very fine, well cooked salmon, gave me a maximum increase of -84 gr. of carbonic acid per minute in sixty-five minutes, but there was no average increase. There was a maximum increase of air of 15 cubic inches, with a shght fall in the rate of both respiration and pulsation. Hence albumen, fibrine, and gelatin exert an influence in exciting the respiratory function — ^fibrine in the least, and gelatin in the greatest degree. Almond-emulsion, although so powerful a ferment, is not a respiratory excitant. Conclusion. Having now described the action of each of the substances mentioned in the list, I proceed to offer a few general remarks upon the results obtained. 1. It is evident that foods maybe fitly divided into two classes, viz. those which excite certain respiratory changes (excito-respiratory), and those which do not. The excito-respiratory are nitrogenous foods, mUk and its components, sugars, rum, beer, stout, the cereals, and potato. The non-exciters are starch, fat, certain alcoholic compounds, the volatile elements of wines and spirits, and coffee leaves. 2. Of the hydrocarbons, sugar must be regarded apart from starch and fat; the former being destructive and the latter conservative of material in the system. Alcohols are allied to both, but chiefly to the latter. The very similar and powerful action of the cereals, and the uniform and powerful action of milk — substances upon which the life of man chiefly depends — are remarkable, whilst the very feeble excito-respiratory action of pure starch is in accordance with its exceptional use. No sufficiently distinctive action between fat and starch has been demonstrated, but certain differences have been shown, such as that fat, as compared with starch, less excites the respiration, does not increase the action of starch, increases pulsation somewhat, has a soothing influence, and gives a sensation of satisfaction. 3. Nearly all nitrogenous foods are " excito-respiratory" in various degrees, and they Digitized by Microsoft® OF POODS UPON THE EBSPIEATION. 739 comprehend nearly all the members of the class. This power is not in a definite pro- portion to the quantity of nitrogen contained by them, and sugar, which is powerfully " excito-respiratory," is destitute of nitrogen. Probably all compound foods containing sugar or gluten, or both, are " excito-respiratory." The principal ferments are " excito- respiratory." 4. Eespiratory excitants have a temporary action ; but the action of most of them commences very quickly, and attains its maximum within one hour. 5. The most powerful respiratory excitants are tea and sugar ; then coffee, rum, milk, cocoa, ales, and chicory ; then casein and gluten, and lastly, gelatin and albumen. The amount of action was not in uniform proportion to their quantity. Compound aliments, as the cereals containing several of these substances, have an action greater than that of any of their elements. 6. Most respiratory excitants, as tea, coffee, gluten and casein, cause an increase in the evolution of carbon greater than the quantity which they supply, whilst others, as sugar, supply more than they evolve in this excess, that is, above the basis. No sub- stance containing a large amount of carbon evolves more than a small portion of that carbon in the temporary action occurring above the basis line, and hence a large portion remains unaccounted for by these experiments. 7. The source of the carbon evolved, whether directly from the food recently taken, or indirectly from increased action induced in the tissues, or from the more rapid dis- engagement of that contained ui the blood, has not been determined; but it has been shown in reference to the rapidity and amovuit of action of foods, — a. That the increase in the evolution of carbonic acid vnth some of the respiratory excitants is considerable in from three to eight minutes after the introduction of the substance into the stomach, and increases regularly and quickly to a maximum, and then often declines rapidly, as is well shown by tea and sugar. In others, as casein, the action is more tardy. j3. That the effect of alcohols upon the sensorium was often perceived in four minutes after they had been swallowed; and the effect of the inhalation of alcohols over the chemical and physical changes was immediate. y. That alkalies usually lessen and prolong their action. That fat and the absence of fluid lessened the action of sugar, whilst acids often increased its action. 5. That small quantities, often repeated, were more efficacious than one large dose. E. Also that the whole of the carbonic acid evolved under the influence of tea, coffee, and gluten, could not have been derived from those substances. It is remarkable that starch and fat, which constitute the chief supply of carbon to the system, scarcely increase the respiratory changes beyond the amount in_ which they are found in the absence of food. This may help in the elucidation of their interme- diate transformations. Fat never, and lactic acid seldom, increases the respiration above the minimum line; Grape-sugar is a less powerful respu-atory excitant than any other kind of sugar; but I have not determined its influence when given in the doses in which 5e2 Digitized by Microsoft® 740 DE. E. SMITH ON THE ACTION it may be presumed to be given to the respiration as the result of chemical transforma- tions within the body. Starch and fat maintain the respii'ation to the minimum line, and only under the in- fluence of exertion or of some other respiratory excitant is that amount much exceeded. 8. Pulsation and respiration, carbonic acid and vapour in the expired air, do not respectively move in parallel lines. There is a close but not absolutely uniform relation betvi^een the quantity of air inspired and the carbonic acid expired. There was almost always a parallel movement between them. 9. Very generally there was an increase in the quantity of carbonic acid in relation to the air inspired. 10. The depth of inspiration was almost always increased ; and never with food was increased quantity of air inspired, or of carbonic acid expired, due to increased rate of respiration. The rate usually declined and the depth increased. 11. In reference to alcohols, it must be remarked — a. That alcohol alone was not used in the whole of Peout's and Vieeoedt's experi- ments, but various substances containing alcohol were taken by the former, and white wine by the latter. (3. There is the utmost variation in the composition and quality of the members of this class, so that in reference to vdnes and spirits, and perhaps alcohol, it would be impossible to obtain two precisely similar specimens from different supplies. y. There is great variation in the habits of men, and therefore of inquirers in reference to their use. Coathupe states that he took one pint of wine at dinner, and occasionally a glass of weak brandy and water at night. Peout states " that the quan- tity I am in the habit of taking is very small." Mr. MouL and myself scarcely ever take spirits ; and I rarely take wine or ale, but Mr. MouL takes three glasses of good wine daUy. I. Our experiments were made when fasting. Hence there are many causes for discrepancy in the results of different observers. It is in accord with common observation that different members of this class have different effects ; and it is not the practice in medicine to substitute alcohol for wine, brandy, or ale in the proportion in which it is found in those substances. The preference of rum to gin, or other spirits, for the use of the navies of all countries is probably, at the present day, based more upon their different action than upon their relative cost. 12. Tea also varies much in quality, and the effect of different weights of it varies much also. These circumstances have not been recorded in connexion with previous inquiries. Its powerful, uniform, and rapid excito-respiratory action without increasing pulsation and without supplying much carbon, renders it worthy of being more highly regarded as a medicinal agent. Its efficient action when cold, and after having been infused for many hours, and even days, and its accumulative influence with repeated doses, increase its value. Digitized by Microsoft® OF FOODS UPON THE EESPIEATION. 741 It is probable that coffee leaves have valuable medicinal properties. The contrast in the effect of tea, and such alcohols as brandy, gin, and whisky, upon the respiration, consciousness, sensibility, muscles, skin, and mucous membranes and pulsation, and the power of regulating the heat of the body, is very striking, and shows that the two classes of substances are applicable to very different conditions. 13. The different action of milk and its components upon Mr. MouL and myself is instructive ; and in general these experiments have shown that there is a direct relation between the idiosyncrasies of individuals in the enjoyment of certain articles of food and theu" effect upon the system, or in other words, that they are not merely prejudices, but have a relation to the state of the body. I enjoy every kind of food, whilst Mr. MoUL dislikes many, but in such a manner that, with the avoidance of certain members of a class, as respiratory excitants, he had an unusual relish for others of the same class. As some of the results at which I have arrived are not in accordance with those obtained by some other observers, I have felt it to be a duty to carefully reconsider my own labours, and to make myself familiar with the methods adopted by those with whom I differ ; and after doing so, I find no reason to distrust the truthfulness of my own observations. As Dr. Peout, forty-five years ago, simply sought to determine the per-centage of carbonic acid in the expired air, without being apparently aware that that would not give the total quantity of carbonic acid evolved in any given period, whilst I have determined the latter only, our results cannot be compared ; but as I think that he is not always correct, even in reference to the per-centage amount of carbonic acid, I venture to ask attention to the following circumstances : — He compares the results obtained with standard quantities for each hour, most of which are " only the result of estimation ;" and when they were observed quantities, they were derived from a limited number of inquiries upon himself, and evidently without a due appreciation of the varying effects due to the meals and the duration of the intervals between the meals. He states that the results were not in accordance vdth those of Mr. Beandb, and were quite unexpected by him. There were also remarkable oscilla- tions ; and when the alcohols had induced yawning, the quantity of carbonic acid was found to be much above the standard. In one experiment only was alcohol taken, whilst wine in different quantities, and porter, with and without food, were taken in other experiments. He also states that the inspirations and expirations were somewhat deeper than natural, and that " the results obtained are evidently to be understood as measures of the capability of the organs of respiration to form carbonic acid at any given time, and not as measures of the quantity of \i formed in a given time." In reference to M. Bobkee's experiments, I cannot but attach weight to some of the objections made by me at the commencement of this paper; and although I cannot fully explain the cause of the discrepancy in our results, I think that the decided and uniform Digitized by Microsoft® 742 1>E. E. SMITH ON THE ACTION action of sugar, tea, and coffee, in my experiments, affords indisputable evidence of their truthfulness. He classes sugar, coffee, and alcohol together ; and although the class of alcohols is a difficult one for investigation, and consists of substances which are known to vary in their action, the truthfuhieBS of my results in reference to two of the three, in opposition to those obtained by M. Boeker, is presumptive of the truthfulness of the third. ExPLAiirATiojsr of the Plates. PLATE XXXV. Kepresents the effect of numerous articles of food when taken in moderate doses alone, fasting, and under precisely the same cu'cumstances, upon the carbonic acid expired, the air inspired, the depth of inspiration, and the rate of pulsation and respiration. They are arranged in four series : viz. Fats, figs. 1 and 2 ; the Starch Series, figs. 3 to 13 ; the Milk Series, figs. 14 to 21 ; and the Sugar Series, figs. 22 to 29. PLATE XXXVI. Eepresents similar inquiries in reference to articles arranged in the Tea Series, figs. 30 to 43, and in the Alcohol Series, figs. 44 to 56 ; and also the effect of Albumen. In the construction of these two Plates the absolute quantities have not been delineated, but only the increase or decrease from the quantities ascertained immediately before the food was taken. These latter quantities are regarded as basal quantities, and they are stated in figures near the basal line of each object of inquiry in each experiment. Thus in fig. 47, " S. 8-33" and " M. 7'98" placed under the basal line of the carbonic acid, show that before the tea was taken Dr. Smith expired 8-33 grains, and Mr. MouL 7-98 grains of carbonic acid per minute ; and the direction of the curves shows how far the quantity at each inquiry exceeded the basal quantity. The period at which each inquiry was commenced after the food had been taken is stated in hours and minutes at the head of each column. Each inquiry was continued during five minutes after the period just mentioned ; but in some experiments it was continuous for one hour, and followed by others at intervals, as in fig. 33, or was continued without intermission until the end, but the quantities recorded every five minutes, as in fig. 34. In figs. 24, 25, 35, 45, and 50, the dose of the food was repeated more or less frequently during the experiment, and then the figures at the head of each column show the period when the inquiry was made after the repetition of each dose. The temperature and the height of the barometer are recorded at the head of each figure. Digitized by Microsoft® ;[ 743 ] XXVIII. Supplement to Mr. Macquoen Rankinb's Paper " On the Thermodynamic Theory of Steam-engines with dry saturated Steam., and its application to practice*." Eeceived September 3, — Eead December 8, 1859. The following additional information respecting the steam-ships referred to in the examples may be interesting, although it does not strictly belong to the special subject of the paper. Example I. — Paddle-steamer ' Admiral,' built by Mr. James E. Napier ; engines made by Messrs. Randolph, Elder and Co.; draught 7 feet 6 inches; length 210 feet; breadth 32 feet; displacement 820 tons; speed with 774 indicated horse-power 11'9 nautical miles an hour. Effective work in driving the ship, about 604 horse-power. Available heat expended per hour in foot-pounds per indicated horse-power, 1,980,000 1,980,000 _ efficiency of steam— 0-123 — J-0,J-UU,UUU. Coal burned per indicated horse-power per hour, 2 -97 lbs. Available heat of combustion of one pound of coal, ^^4^=5,420,000 foot-lbs. The total heat of combustion of one pound of the coal employed being roughly esti- mated at 10,000,000 foot-pounds, it appears that the efficiency of the furnace and boiler was about 0*542. The boilers were improved marine boilers of ordinary proportions. Example II. — Screw-steamer ' Thetis,' built by Messrs. C. Scott and Co. ; the engine made by Messrs. Eovan and Co. Available heat expended per hour in foot-lbs. per indicated horse-power, 1,980,000 1,980,000 p. efficiency of steam— 0-192 —^^,^^^,^^^- Coal burned per indicated horse-power per hour, during an experiment of one hour's duration, 1-02 lb. Available heat of combustion of one pound of the coal employed, ^°'^!qY"" = 10,110,000 foot-pounds. The coal used was of very good quality ; and its total heat of combustion per pound is * Philosopbical Transactions, Part 1. 1859, p. 177 ; Proceedings of the Eoyal Society, January 1859. Digitized by Microsoft® 744 ME. MACQTJOEN BAJfKINE ON STEAM-ENGINES. estimated at 11,560,000 foot-pounds.j Hence the efficiency of the furnace and boiler was 10,110,000 „ „ ll,560,000~" °°- In this case the short duration of the experiment on the consumption of coal, which was interrupted by a fog, makes the result less satisfactory than it would have been if the experiment had been continued, as intended, for several hours. The engine and boiler were of a kind invented some years ago by Mr. Craddock ; the boiler consisting chiefly of a sort of cage of vertical water-tubes enclosing each fire-grate. The heating surface was about nine times as gr^at, relatively to the fuel burned, as it is in ordinary marine boilers. ^ Example III. — Paddle -steamer ' Callao,' built by Messrs. John Reid and Co. ; the engines by Messrs. Randolph, Elder and Co. ; displacement 1100 tons ; speed with 1176 indicated horse-power 12-05 nautical miles per hour. Available heat expended per hour in foot-pounds per indicated horse-power, 1,980,000 1,980,000 ....onat^f . iv efficiency of steam = 0-14 =14,143,000 foot-lbs. Coal burned per indicated horse-power per hour, 2-67 lbs. Available heat of combustion of 1 lb. of coal, ^^4^=5,300,000; being nearly the same as in Example I. The boilers in this case were, like those in Case I., improved marine boilers of ordi- nary proportions. In such boilers, 5,400,000 foot-lbs. may be considered a fair estimate of the available heat of combustion of good ordinary steam-coal. 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