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2. On the Acrid Fluid of the Toad (Bufo vulgaris)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

John Davy
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Extract

The author first adverts to the conflicting opinions respecting the nature of this fluid, and especially to one of the latest, that entertained by MM. Gratiolet and S. Cloez, that it is an active poison.

He next describes some experiments he has made for the purpose of testing their conclusion, the results of which are in opposition to theirs, and confirmatory of certain ones of his own, showing that the fluid is a simple acrid irritant, and as such well adapted to protect an animal otherwise defenceless, and, from its sluggish habits, peculiarly exposed to danger.

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Proceedings 1860-61
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 4 , 1862 , pp. 426
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1862

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