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Summary
Saline extracts of the brain residue remaining after acetone extraction and also the acetone fraction were prepared from normal cats and from cats undergoing convulsions due to thujone or electrical stimulation. Such extracts, when injected into normal cats or rabbits, caused marked constitutional symptoms due to cardiac depression but were without specific convulsant effect on the central nervous system. The claims of Kroll were therefore not substantiated.
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