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advifeable, the moment this poifon has been taken, 

 to proceed as follows : 



In about Cix quarts of tepid water diflblve half an 

 ounce of any alkaline fait, as Jalt of tartar , fait of 

 wormwoody or pearl-afh ; or if thefe be not at hand, 

 a folution of near double the quantity of common 

 wood-afhes when drained through linen, may anfwer 

 the end. Let a pint of this weak alkaline ley be 

 drank every half hour, with a tea-fpoonful o( cal- 

 cined magnefia^ till the fymptoms difappear. As a 

 confiderable part of the liquor will be rejected 

 by vomiting, this copious dilution mud be refo- 

 lutely purfued till nearly the whole is taken, and 

 the poifon entirely decompofed, and wafhed out of 

 the body. 



A pint of the alkaline ley may alfo be admi- 

 niftered clyfterwife, efpecially if the pain fhould 

 continue ; and the magnefu muft be repeated till it 

 has operated brilkly, fo as to cleanfe the (lomach 

 and bowels very effedlually. For while the fmallcft 

 particle of the poifon remains unfubdued, the pa- 

 tient is not fafe. 



The calcined magnefta here feems gready prefer- 

 able to mod other purgatives, particularly thofe of 

 the acrid kind, which would be alfo highly im- 

 proper. 



