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the powder being thrown out in the first efforts to 
vomit, before a perfect solution of its active nae 
in the stomach could have taken place. sas 
_ A course of experiments with this article was 
made sometime since in the Boston Almshouse 
by Dr. John Ware, the résults of which he has 
obligingly communicated to me. \ nape vesnie Db 
better stated than in his own words. 
“I gave this plant,” says he, “in the first ee 
with a view to ascertain its action on the stomach 
and alimentary eanal, |The doses in which it was 
administered amounted to from two to ten grains. 
I began with a small ‘quantity, and’ increased it 
very gradually in order to’ guard against ‘the “oe- 
currence of those violent’ and dangerous ‘effects 
which I had been led to apprehend from the de- 
scriptions given of the operation of the white helle- 
bore. A slight and general ‘account of the ex- 
periments will give the eeeeonenys view of 
the effects of this root as-an emetic. ai ays 
“Tt was administered in about: shi eases. In 
the first case two ‘grains were’ given ;' andl ond 
produced slight:and temporary nausea. iad 
» “In three:instanees three ‘grains were admin- 
istered; in two of these vomiting was ‘produced ; 
in one of them to a considerable | degreein ‘the 
other slight—in the third no effect whatever was 
