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Show Animals and Poisons. Ccrtnln substances which are deadly dead-ly In their offects upon men can bo taken by tho bruto creation with impunity. im-punity. Horses can take largo doses of Bntlmony, dogs of mercury, goats of tobacco, mlco of hemlock and rabbits rab-bits of belladonna, without Injury. On tho othor hand, dogs and cats aro much moro susceptlblo to tho Influence Influ-ence of chloroform than man, nnd aro much soonor killed by It. If this In-valuaWo In-valuaWo anaesthetic had been first tried upon nnlmals wo should probably prob-ably havo nover onjoyed Its blessings, as It would havo been found to bo so fatal that Its discoverers would havo boen afraid to test Its effects upon human beings. It Is evident, then, that an experiment upon an animal can never bo tho means of any certain cer-tain deductions so far as mau Is con-rrned. con-rrned. Family Doctor, |