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ing tlie fauces, escaped with only slight symptoms. Tlie others 

 experienced an acute irritation of the entire alimentary canal, 

 had vomiting, cough, ardent thirst, with cardialgia, anxiety, and 

 oppression. The eyes were haggard, open, prominent, the pulse 

 full and weak at intervals, the tongue pointed, etc. M. Claude 

 provoked vomiting by antimony and the use of a feather. The 

 stomach was evacuated, a purgative was ordered, and subse- 

 quently several glasses full of the decoct, of quinquina. This suf- 

 ficed to relieve five of those sick. In the sixth, a man of strong 

 constitution, the following phenomena were observed : tympan- 

 itic distension of abdomen, extreme epigastric sensibility, violent 

 trismus, distortion of countenance, weak pulse, profound coma, 

 from time to time a silent delirium {delire taGiturne), weakening 

 of the tendons, and cold extremities. A repetition of the emetic 

 provoked copious vomiting, wnth an amelioration of some of the 

 bad symptoms. After another purgative and abundant dis- 

 charges, the abdomen became natural. The powder of quin- 

 quina was added to the decoct, of the bark. Some of the sick 

 would now and then regain their consciousness, and then relapse 

 into a state of insensibility. Frictions were made to the soles of 

 the feet, and the forehead and temples were bathed with vinegar, 

 and the respiration of ammonia was used. The coma, which 

 had lasted three hours, disappeared entirely, and was replaced by 

 a lively delirium, followed by furious and extreme loquacity. It 

 required a number of persons to confine the sick. After an hour 

 the delirium ceased, and a calm sleep succeeded for three quar- 

 ters of an hour. Those that were sick remembered nothing, and 

 complained alone of weakness. 



Another set of cases observed were those of J. M., — a woman 

 at service, aged twenty-eight, and enciente, — her daughter, aged 

 six years and a half, her mother, aged sixty-four, and a man aged 

 forty-two, of a sanguine temperament. All were natives of Bor- 

 deaux, and eat for supper some of these mushrooms. The symp- 

 toms which followed we cannot detail here ; but they resembled, 

 generally, those cited above. There were also dilated pupils, and 

 difliculty of respiration. (We refer the reader to Roques, Hist, 

 des Champs. 183 ; Guerin de Mamers Nouvelle Toxicol. 331.) 

 Authors are not agreed as to the properties of A. integer, of Linn., 

 confounding it with this, and with the A. emeticus. See " Toxi- 

 cologic " of Plenck, and his " Bromatologie." 



