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it is true, partly by evacuating, and partly by invc- 

 loping the poifon, but having no fpecifick power, 

 entirely fail of fubduing the remainder, which often 

 lurks in ambufh annidll the various folds of the in- 

 terior coat of the ftomach or bowels, and tlierc 

 continues to exert its mifchievous efFeds. 



As the confequences of mineral poifons are (b 

 fudden, and the fymptoms fo extremely rapid as 

 frequently not to admit of calling in a phyfician, or 

 even any other medical aid, I (hall here attempt, in 

 fome fort, to fupply the deficiency of thofe popular 

 and truly refpcdlable writers. 



Firft Indication. Whenever this, or any other 

 metallick poifon has been inadvertently taken, the 

 firft indication is undoubtedly to expel it as Ipeedily 

 as poflible by an emetick of very quick yet fafe 

 operation. For this purpofe twenty grains o(fVhiu 

 Vitriol may be diflblved in half a pint of warm wa- 

 ter, and drank immediately, followed by^ very plen- 

 tiful dilution with fimple tepid water alone, till the 

 whole of the poifon is brought up, which may be 

 known by an entire ceflation of the fymptoms. 



With refpe6l to the prefent poifon, as a fingle 

 grain of verdigris excites inftant vomiting, it fuper- 

 fedes the neceflity of other emeticks, and this pro- 



penfity 



