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1 Department of Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston 15, Massachusetts
In thirteen heart-lung preparations of the dog the lethal dose of veratridine, calculated as the infused amount of drug per gram of heart, was determined. The drug was infused at a constant rate of 10 microgm. per minute, and the heart rates were varied by means of an electric stimulator. A significant dependency of lethal dose on average heart rate was found. A possible mechanism for this dependency is suggested.
Submitted on November 7, 1953