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strength, excessive giddiness, fainting, and vio- 
lent affections of the alimentary canal, which 
often attend its internal use, make it proper that 
so potent a drug should be resorted to by medi- 
cal men, only in restricted doses and on occa- 
sions of magnitude. 
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PLATE XL. 
Fig. 1. Nicotiana tabacum. ee 
“Fig. 2. Capsule. es i 
Fig. 3. Ripe capsule opening at top. 
‘Fig. 4. Transverse section. 
