_Shewing the effect of the injection of Oil into an artery._
Three drachms of olive oil were thrown into the crural artery of a
large dog. Slight pain was experienced, and the limb became evidently
cold, and the pulse under the tendo-Achillis could no longer be felt.
Two hours afterwards, a like quantity of oil was again injected.
The leg now began to inflame, and became tender. The following day,
the whole limb was oedematous, much swollen, and very painful.
Twenty-nine hours after the first experiment, the muscles of the
thigh and leg, as well as the cellular tissue, were found in some
places gorged with blood, and inflamed in livid patches; in others,
infiltrated with yellow serum and gelatinous exudations. No oil could
be detected in the affected parts.