118 CONIUM MACULATUM. 
was not altered by sulphate of iron nor acetite of 
lead. 
‘The Conium maculatum is a narcotic poison, 
though not of the most powerful kind. Instances of — 
fatal effects from it have been recorded by Dr. Wat- 
son in the Philosophical Transactions, and by sey- 
eral other writers. A remarkable case of this sort, 
which occurred in Spain, is cited by Orfila in his 
Traité des poisons. But there is scarcely any 
narcotic plant respecting the character of which 
such various and opposite testimony has been ad- 
duced by medical writers. yen the experiments 
of the same individual are apt to present different 
results from its use, unless great care be taken in 
the collection and preparation of the medicine. 
The truth is, the plant varies exceedingly at differ- 
ent ages, and in different places of growth, and the 
strength of its preparations is Pe —— = 3 
external circumstances. 
When the green leaves of a mature ieee 
which has grown in the sun, or the juice of these 
_ leaves, either crude, or properly inspissated, is 
taken into the stomach ; the following symptoms, 
if the quantity has been sufficient, will rarely fail 
to take place; viz. a dizziness of the head and 
nausea of the stomach, a sense of fullness in the 
eyes and diminished power of vision, together with 
