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tidotes for the stupor, and should be promptly ad- 
ministered. In violent cases, bloodletting should 
be resorted to. As most narcotic poisons act by 
destroying the functions of the brain, respiration 
being suspended, because it is under the influence 
of that organ ; Mr. Brodie is of opinion, that in 
some cases, life might be preserved by keeping up 
artificial respiration, after death has apparently 
taken place. 
BOTANICAL REFERENCES, 
Cicuta maculata. Linnzvus Sp. pl.—Pursn, i 195.— Aigopo- 
dium foliis lanceolatis, acuminatis, serratis. Gronovrus, Virg. 
32.—Angelica Caribzarum elatior, olusatri folio; flore albo ; 
seminibus luteis, striatis, cumini odore et sapore?) PLUKENET, 
Alm. 31, Phyt. t. 76, f. 1. 
MEDICAL REFERENCES, 
Scuapr, 36.—Barrt. Coll. 18, 46.—SrockeripaGE, New 
Engl. Journal, iii. 334. Mrreniu1, Exy and Muntenserc, 
Med. Repository, xvii. 303. 
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