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produced,—Of gr. iv. Four doses, of which only 
one operated, and then the operation was incon- 
siderable.—Of gr. vi. Fifteen doses were given—. 
ten of these operated perfectly well; as complete 
and thorough yomiting was produced. as follows 
from the case of any other. emetics—in the elev- 
enth; case nausea.only. ensued—and in the. re- 
‘maining, no effect, whatever was. perceived—Of 
gr. viii. Four doses—of these, two failed entire- 
ly and two operated satisfactorily.—Of. gr. x. On- 
ly.one dose was given—this. operated very. thor- 
» “I did not find, as I had. expected, that: this 
substance was uncommonly violent or distressing 
in its operation. Patients, in general, did. not 
complain of any thing unusual, and when. they 
were particularly questioned as to their sensa- 
tions; they told of nothing more than those usual- 
ly occurring during the effects of a brisk: emetic. 
It'seemed to produce. yomiting rather more. se-. 
verely than,an ordinary dose of ipecac—but not. 
more than one of antimony. Indeed, its opera: 
tion'may fairly be said to be about as violent: and 
distressing as that of any other emetic whose ef. 
fects in evyacuating-the stomach are equally thor- 
ough, dn a few instances, however, there was a 
complaint of, very violent and painful retching— 
