Ethyl Urethane as s Narcotic for Aquatic Animals

✍ Scribed by August Krogh

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1914
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 290 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-2944
• DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19140070104

✦ Synopsis

Ethyl urethane, NH,-CO-OC,H, , carbaminic acid combined with ethyl alcohol, was introduced as a narcotic by S c h m i e d e b e r g in 18863. It has since been employed a good deal for narcotic purposes on mammals, especially rabbits, being dissolved in a little water and introduced into the stomach in doses of about 1 g per kg. S c h m i e d e b e r g tested i t on frogs and states that doses of 20 to 30 mg would diminish the voluntary movements, while 40 to 60 mg would suspend all movements both voluntary and reflex. He says: ,,Man konnte das Tier in diesem Zustande fur tot halten, wenn nicht die kraftigen Herzschlage das Fortbestehen des Lebens genugend dartiiten. Nach 36 bis 48 Stunden tritt such aus diesern Zustande ge-I) Archiv f. experim. Pathologie u.