- Lobelia ‘inflata, 189° 
does not puke or evacuate. powébhily,, it wegeliay: destroys the 
patient, and ‘sometimes i in five or six hours.»* The mer 
the space of half an hour, the patient in disans time drinking copiously of aah 
decoction, called by the prisoner his coffee. The deceased, after puking, in which he 
brought up phlegm, but no food, ‘was ordered to a warm bed, where he lay in a profuse 
sweat all night. Tuesday morning the deceased left his. bed, and appeared tobe com- 
fortable, complaining only of debility: and in the afternoon he was visited by. the 
prisoner, who administered two more of his emetic powders in succession, — which 
puked the deceased, who, during the operation, drank of the prisoner's coffee, and com- 
plained of much distress. On Wednesday morning the prisoner came, and after causing 
the face and hands of the deceased to be washed with rum, ordered him to walk in the 
air, which he did for about fifteen minutes. In the afternoon the prisoner gave him two 
more of his emetic powders, with draughts of his cafe. On Thursday the deceased 
appeared to be comfortable, but complained of great debility, In the afternoon the 
e prisoner | caused him to be again sweated, by placing him with another patient, over an 
“iron pan with vinegar heated by hot stones put into the vinegar, covering them at the 
‘same time with blankets. On Friday and Saturday the prisoner did not visit the 
- decease: 1, who appeared to be comfortable, although complaining of increased debility. 
On Sunday morning, the debility i increasing, the prisoner was sent for, and came in the 
afternoon, when he administered another of his emetic powders with his coffee, which 
puked the deceased, causing him much distress. On Monday he appeared comfortable, 
“past incr er Ewarcs, uni sp corse when the Sniciandaeigs him, and 
eres. 
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