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" Hospital, who had just drank a quart of gin for a wager. The evidences of death being quite conclusive, he was immediately examined, and within the lateral ventricles of the brain was found a considerable quantity of a limpid fluid, distinctly impregnated... "
The Temperance Textbook: A Collection of Facts and Interesting Anecdotes ... - Page 11
1837 - 161 pages
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate

1830 - 854 pages
...of a man who was picked up dead soon after having drunk a quart of gin for a wager, in the vessels of the brain was found a considerable quantity of...and taste, and even to the test of inflammability." We earnestly wish that some benevolent individuals would unite to circulate information on the evils...
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Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 2

1835 - 430 pages
...in the streets of London, after having drank a great quantity of gin on a wager. He Was carried to , towards Egypt. Speaking of the Canaanites collectively,...The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as tho impregnated with gin, both to the sense of smell and taste, and even to the test of inflammability....
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The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge, Volume 2

1835 - 430 pages
...in the streets of London, after having drank a great quantity of gin on a wager. He was carried to Westminster Hospital and there dissected. In the ventricles...was found a considerable quantity of limpid fluid, impregnated with gin, both to the sense of smell and taste, and even to the test of inflammability....
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Thirty Years Ago: Or, The Memoirs of a Water Drinker, Volume 2

William Dunlap - 1836 - 232 pages
...immediately examined ; and within the lateral ventricles of the brain was found a considerable quantity of a limpid fluid, distinctly impregnated with gin. both...and taste, and even to the test of inflammability. Dr. Kirk of Scotland, has demonstrated a like truth, by the dissection of the dead body of an inebriate....
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Memoirs of a Water Drinker

William Dunlap - 1837 - 440 pages
...immediately examined; and within the lateral ventricles of the brain was found a considerable quantity of a limpid fluid, distinctly impregnated with gin, both...and taste, and even to the test of inflammability. Dr. Kirk of Scotland, has demonstrated a like truth, by the dissection of the dead body of an inebriate....
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Bacchus: An Essay on the Nature, Causes, Effects, and Cure of Intemperance

Ralph Barnes Grindrod - 1840 - 542 pages
...immediately examined, and within the lateral ventricles of the brain was found a considerable quantity of a limpid fluid, distinctly impregnated with gin, both...and taste, and even to the test of inflammability. Dr. Kirk, of Scotland, has given a like fact by the dissection of the dead body of an inebriate. The...
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Bacchus: An Essay on the Nature, Causes, Effects, and Cure of Intemperance

Ralph Barnes Grindrod - 1840 - 1078 pages
...immediately examined, and within the lateral ventricles of the brain was found a considerable quantity of a limpid fluid, distinctly impregnated with gin, both to the sense of smell and tasie, and even to the test of inflammability. Dr. Kirk, of Scotland, has given a like fact by the...
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The Teetotaler's Companion; Or, A Plea for Temperance ...

Peter Burne - 1847 - 482 pages
...wager. He was carried to the Westminster Hospital and dissected. In the ventricles of the brain there was found a considerable quantity of limpid fluid, distinctly impregnated with gin, sensible to the taste and smell ; and from the inflammability, the liquid was supposed to be about...
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Temperance and Total Abstinence: Or the Use and Abuse of Alcoholic Liquors ...

Spencer Thomson - 1850 - 232 pages
...of death being quite conclusive, he was immediately ABSORPTION. 41 examined, and within the lateral ventricles of the brain, was found a considerable...and taste, and even to the test of inflammability.* In one of Dr. Percy's experiments,! however, we have conclusive evidence of the extreme rapidity with...
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Mirror of Intemperance and History of the Temperance Reform: With the Life ...

Marcus E. Cross - 1851 - 248 pages
...remark just made. The occurrence took place in England, and is attested by unquestionable authority. A man was taken up dead in the streets of London,...taste, and even to the test of inflammability." The injurious effects of intoxicating drinks upon the human stomach, has called forth the research of some...
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