SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS.
In the article oil alcohol ("Dictionary ol Medicine," editetNby Dr. Quain) occurs the following, which ■Completely bears out the statements of Professor Atwater: — "According to the experiments of Dr. Frankland and others,, the burning of 1.0 gramme of alcohol yield*' sufficient heat to raise the temperature, of seven litres of water one degree centigrade, and the burning of cod liver oil suffices for nine litres. Now, in taking three tablespoonfuls of oil*daily, we yield about the same amount of warmth to the body as is. given by four tablespoonfuls of absolute alcohol. The oil, however, is digested and oxidised by th«i with difficult" while for the assimilation of the alcohol scarcely any exertion of the working cells is required."
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10462, 28 September 1899, Page 3
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