The Toxicity of Caffein: An experimental study on different species of animals

CONTENTS.

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Introduction	5
Historical review of the literature on the toxicity of caffein	9
Acute caffein intoxication	18
Experiments on rabbits	18
Subcutaneous injection	18
Administration by mouth	26
Injection into the peritoneal cavity	28
Intramuscular injection	33
Intravenous injection	37
Summary	42
Experiments on guinea pigs	43
Subcutaneous injection	43
Injection into the peritoneal cavity	47
Administration by mouth	49
Summary	52
Experiments on cats	53
Subcutaneous injection	53
Injection into the peritoneal cavity	56
Administration by mouth	57
Summary	59
Experiments on dogs	60
Administration by mouth	60
Subcutaneous injection	60
Experiments on puppies	61
Summary	62
Chronic caffein intoxication	63
Experiments on rabbits	63
Experiments on dogs	75
Discussion of results	91
General summary and conclusions	95
Bibliography	97

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THE TOXICITY OF CAFFEIN.

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