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lefs powerfully fo tlian is generally Imag 
produced by Heml 
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The fymptoms 
when taken in immoderate dofes 
elated 
by various authors, the principal of which have been colleded by 
Haller and others, and ftated ia the following words : " Intus fumpta 
facit anxietates, cardialgias, vomitus, appetitum proftratum diutur- 
tained by him 
Dutch foldiers, at Walth 
time by eating this plant. Other proofs of this fort are given by Heins, (Pharm. rat. 
p. 370} which happened to feme boys at Drefden. Saml. rur Gefchichte von Ober. 
Sachs, ni. p. 221. Scaliger, Subtil. Exerc. 152. Amatus Aft. Cur. 98. Cent. V. 
See alfo the cafe 
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BrafTavola Examen. omn. fimp. We 
-.ic_ fJ..'\Y. r T7.') Thrafvas Mantine 
fe inventum fuiffe gloriabatur, quod abfque doiore vitam abrumperet, ex Cicuta & 
Papaveris fucco miltum, &c. vide Hai. btirp. tlelv. p. 336.— to v^hich work we are obliged 
for many of the fads jull recited. Although fheep and fome other animals eat this 
plant with impunity, yet to many it is ftrongly poifonous. Three fpoonfuls of the juice 
killed a cat in lefs than a quarter of an hour. Rozier, Tableau, torn. i. 1773. Upon 
opening thofe animals to which it proved fatal, inPiammation of the ftomach and 
inteftines was difcovered. Harder apiar. Obf. 24& 25. Wepfer cicut. p. 334. And 
we may here add, what we noticed formerly under Belladonna, that vinegar has been 
found the mod: ufeful in obviating the efFefts of this poifon ; and that by macerating or 
boiling this plant in vinegar, it becomes totally inert. Lindellolp 
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vocally that it does not poffefe' any noxious power whatever. 
Tranf, 
M 
of Hemlock, 
Mr. Henly, in the prefence of Mr. Petiver, fwallowed three or 
four ounces, without experiencing any remarkable efFe6t ; and thefe fails feem confirmed 
bv the later experiments of Mr. Alchorne and Mr.T 
ed any fenfible effect on eating this root. ''Mr, Curtis fays, Mr. Alchorne " affures me, 
that he has tried this in every feafon of the year, and in moll parts of our illand, without 
Mr.T 
> .liv, that he alfo, with great 
fhort time found he could eat 
a confiderable part of a rqot, without any inconvenience ; after this he had fome large 
roots boiled, and found them as agreeable eating at dinner with meat as carrots, which 
they in tafte fomewhat refembled; and as far as his experience, joined with that of others, 
informed him, the roots might be cultivated in gardens, and either eaten raw like celery, 
or boiled as parfeneps or carrots.'- (Fior. Lond.) And Murray obferves, Non tamen 
tantopere effe Conium reformidandum, ut quidam exiftimant, patet inde, quod ethm 
g 
^ravidam matrem, nee detrimentum attulerit largior et per protra.6lius tempus, ad 
drachmas fex extra^ti ufque fupraque intra nychthemerum, ufus. Stoerck, vide Murray, 
Med 
Q. 
majori adeo quantitate fubinde tam homines quam bruta impune tuliffe. Sic Plinius 
que 
Murray. 
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