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had taken very little of tlie poison, was not attacked till about 

 tliirtj hours after the meal. Tlie fourth child, after precursory 

 s}Tnptoms like those of the rest, became delirious, and had an attack 

 of colic and inflammation of the bowels, without diarrlioea ; but 

 he eyentually recovered. Tlie father had a severe attack of dys- 

 entery for three days, and remained five days speechless. For a 

 long time afterwards he had bloody diarrhoea ; and although he 

 eventually recovered, his health continued to suffer for an entire 

 year. Picco, Mem. de la Soc. Roy. de Med. 1780, 81, 355. These 

 cases, adds Christison, illustrate clearly the simultaneous occur- 

 rence of narcotic and irritant symptoms in the same individual. 

 " On Poisons," p. 707. Mr. Berkley includes no Hypophyllum 

 in his Crypt, of Eng. 



Hypophyllum niveum. 



Cited by Orfila (Traite des Poisons), on the authority of Pau- 

 let as poisonous. See Christison on Poisons, 701. 



Hypophyllum, maculatum, H tricuspidatum^ H. alho-citri- 

 num^ H crux melitensis^ H pudibundum^ H. pellitum, are de- 

 scribed as poisonous by Orfila. Traite des Poisons, iv. 420. 

 Also in Legons Med. Legale, PL 14, avec les figures, descript. 



Common Chanta- 

 relle. Woods. Sum- 

 mer and Autumn. S. 

 Carolina! to Pa. 



Cantharellus cibarius, Pr., Syt. Myc. 318 

 Fungus angidosus^ Yaill. 

 A. cantharellus, Linn. ; Bull., Champ. 62 

 Merulius cantharellus^ With. 



Tliis species forms, according to Bulliard, a main article of 

 food in some districts of Europe, though dangerous when eaten 

 raw. It must not be confounded with the C. aurantiacus, a nearly 

 allied species, which is reckoned unwholesome, if not poisonous. 

 Crypt. Eng. "Withering observes that the lovers of mushrooms 

 may eat this with safety, though it is more tough and less highly 

 flavored than either the Ag. arcades or A. campest. PL Hariores, 

 169. M. Poques also remarks upon the safety with which it may 

 be employed. The flesh is white and milky, and of a piquant 

 but agreeable taste. M. Poques furnishes much information re- 

 specting the mode of preparation. It is put up in jare for winter 

 use. Hist, des Cliamps. 169. See RavenePs Fungi Carolin. 

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