The Toxicity of Caffein: An experimental study on different species of animalsSalant, William
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The Toxicity of Caffein: An experimental study on different species of animals
Salant, William
Caffeine -- Physiological effect
_Cat 3. Black and white female. Weight, 2,854 grams. Well fed._
June 4: 10.30 a. m., 35 cc 2 per cent caffein (0.25 gram per kilo)
injected subcutaneously; 11 a. m., found dead.
_Cat 6. Black and white. Weight, 1,645 grams._
June 3: 20 cc 2 per cent caffein (0.243 gram per kilo) injected
subcutaneously at 3 p. m., cat grew very irritable in a few minutes;
about 4. p. m. reflexes decidedly increased; 5 p. m., cat paralyzed.
June 4: Cat found dead.
_Cat 8. Weight, 1,735 grams._
October 7: 4 p. m., 22 cc 2 per cent caffein (0.25 gram per kilo)
injected subcutaneously in the back; 4.30 p. m., cat irritable,
salivation profuse, convulsions; died at 5.30 p. m.; no urine passed
after caffein was given.
_Cat 9. Weight, 1,960 grams._
October 7: 3.45 p. m., 25 cc 2 per cent caffein (0.25 gram per kilo)
injected subcutaneously in the back; 4.45 p. m., cat very irritable,
repeated attacks of convulsions, salivation copious; died at
5.30 p. m.; cat did not urinate after injection of caffein.
_Cat 12. Striped kitten. Weight, 1,185 grams._
October 9: Urine examined, no albumin, no sugar; 1.45 p. m., 12 cc 2
per cent caffein administered; 5 p. m., cat alive, no symptoms except
salivation and general irritability.
October 10: 10.30 a. m., found dead. About 15 cc urine collected, but
no examination made.
_Cat 14. Black. Weight, 1,855 grams._
October 8: 1.40 p. m., 18.5 cc 2 per cent caffein (0.2 gram per kilo);
3 p. m., cat became restless about 10 minutes after caffein was
injected; cried persistently and moved about in cage, no convulsions,
cat urinated about 15 cc, cat defecated.
October 9: 9 a. m., cat found dead in cage. Urine gave very heavy
reduction of Fehling's solution (much more than was obtained from
urine of rabbits); 20 cc urine analyzed contained 4.65 per cent sugar.
_Autopsy_: Lungs deeply congested; liver marked fatty infiltration
and degeneration; spleen normal; kidneys pale and anemic; intestines
normal; stomach normal.
_Cat 15. Striped. Weight, 2,145 grams._
October 8: 2 p. m., 22 cc (0.2 gram per kilo) 2 per cent caffein
injected subcutaneously; 2.30 p. m., cat irritable, restless, trying to
get out of cage, crying persistently; 2.40, convulsions lasting about
two minutes, then cat raised itself and made attempts to get out of
cage, no salivation, cat urinated about 10 cc and defecated.
October 9: 9 a. m., cat found dead in cage, about 10 cc of urine
contained enormous quantities of sugar. _Autopsy_: Lungs severely
congested; liver showed marked fatty degeneration; spleen normal;
kidneys slightly pale and anemic; intestines mildly congested; stomach
normal.
_Cat 19. White. Weight, 1,100 grams._
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