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eaten, endeavoured to excite vomiting, by admin- 
istering what I supposed to be a solution of 
tartrite of antimony in water. I was told that 
the physician took his leaye about one o’clock, 
having been unable to excite vomiting, and ex- 
pressing an opinion, that the boy would continue 
but a few moments. I found the boy in a profuse 
sweat, and in constant convulsions. The conyul- 
sive agitations consisted of tremors ; violent con- 
tractions and distortions, with alternate and 
imperfect relaxations of the whole muscular 
system ; astonishing mobility of the eyeballs and 
eyelashes, with widely dilated pupils ; stridor den- 
tium ; trismus ; frothing at the mouth and nose, 
miaed with blood ; and occasionally, violent and 
genuine epilepsy ; of which he had two paroxysms~ 
after I arrived, which was only about half an hour 
before he expired. The convulsive agitations 
were so powerful and incessant, that I could not 
examine his pulse with sufficient constancy to 
ascertain its character. Very soon after dissolu- 
tion, and sometime before the natural warmth 
had become extinct, the limbs became remark- 
ably rigid. With a view to empty the ‘stomach, 
L attempted to get down Pulv. Ipecac in warm 
water, in which, although I suceeeded tolerably 
well, yet I could not possibly excite yomiting, 
