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equal parts, one of which I took every fifteen 
minutes, conceiving this a sufficient length of 
time to allow for the action of each dose in my 
stomach. The first dose taken produced no 
manifest effect. At the expiration of fifteen 
minutes I took a second dose ;—a degree of un- 
easiness was experienced, attended with some 
nausea ;—at the end of fifteen minutes more T 
swallowed a third dose,—nausea increased, until 
the convulsive action of my stomach took place. 
The fourth dose was now taken ; considerable 
efforts were made to vomit, and finally the con- 
tents of my stomach were thrown up, together 
with a profuse quantity of bile. The determina. 
tion of blood to my head, the frequency of my 
pulse, and heat of my system were much aug. 
mented. I now drank half a pint of warm water ; 
the action of my stomach subsided, and the nau- 
sea gradually wore off. A portion of the medicine, 
i was induced to believe, had insinuated itself 
into the intestines, as two copious evacuations 
were produced within the space of three hours. 
During the day I felt much debilitated, but im- 
puted this to the general effect of emetics, 
“I was thus satisfied with respect to its efficacy 
as an emetic upon an empty stomach. But, being 
still desirous of becoming better acquainted with 
