MONKS-HOOD. 1 iO 



strongest emetics fail, and ought not to be de- 

 layed a moment after it is once ascertained that 

 Aconite has been swallowed, as the danger is 

 always in proportion to the quantity swallowed, 

 and the length of time it remains in the stomach. 

 After the poison has been evacuated, some cordial 

 or a little wine may be given with advantage. 



This plant is particularly dangerous to children, 

 boys especially, who so frequently have their 

 fingers cut or scratched by some accident. If the 

 juice of this plant in gathering a branch should 

 by chance reach the part scratched, it will pro- 

 duce the most alarming symptoms ; such as ex- 

 cessive pain, not only in that particular part, but 

 extending over the whole limb, heartburn, dread 

 of suffocation, fainting, and at last, mortification. 



The Aconite, however, with all its formidable 

 terrors, was found by Dr. Storch, a German phy- 

 sician, to possess properties that relieve some of 

 the most distressing disorders incident to the 

 human frame ; but as it is a medicine of too 

 dangerous a nature for any but the skilful prac- 

 titioner to meddle with, we forbear naming the 

 complaints for which it has been found ser- 

 viceable. As the dried plant loses in a great 

 measure its efficacy in medicine, we recommend 

 the young student to make himself perfectly ac- 

 quainted with every species of the Aconitum, so 



