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Summary
(1) Extracts of muscle tissue prepared with physiological saline at room temperature were obtained from 65 varieties of fish and examined pharmacologically. (2) It was found that extracts of muscle tissue obtained from ten different sets of fishes were poisonous for seedlings of Lupinns albus and for mice while suspensions of the other fifty-five specimens exhibited little or no toxicity. (3) A comparative study of the chemical and pharmacological properties of the poisonous fish muscle extracts with those of certain snake venoms is now in progress.
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