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gangrene appeared in the stomach and alimentary canal, and 
putrefaction seemed advancing very rapidly. 
M. Paulet reports many cases of poisoning by the Amanita. 
The sufferers experienced nausea, vomiting, faintings, anxiety, 
a state of stupor and insensibility, and a sensation of constriction 
of the throat ; they neither had colic nor severe pains. Some 
grains of ipecacuanha were administered in hot water, and 
the Agaric was evacuated with sanguinolent matter. The 
patients slowly returned to health by the use of emollients ; 
some of them experienced abdominal pains, and were treated 
by emollient fomentations and opiates. 
M. Paulet gave to a dog some of the Agaric, mixed with 
parsley. ‘Three hours after, the animal was seized with violent 
tremblings and weakness of the extremities. This state lasted 
about four hours, during which he moaned much ; afterwards 
he fell into a state of stupor. The respiration was slow and 
deep, and he uttered, from time to time, plaintive cries; at one , 
time he rolled upon the ground; at another, he turned over 
with sudden shivering, resembling electric shocks. Vinegar 
was given to him, which aggravated all the symptoms. Some 
oil of olives was afterwards given, which produced vomiting, 
and ejection of some of the poison, mixed with white mucus, 
He completely recovered in a few days, by giving him a little 
milk from time to time. 
Mepicar Uszs (Homa@oparuic).—The Agaric was proved 
by Hahnemann and others, and the results recorded in his 
work on ‘Chronic Diseases,” under the article Agaricus 
muscarius. ‘his remedy has been successfully employed in 
convulsions and tremors, and some kinds of epilepsy. It is 
proposed for Paralysis of the upper and lower extremities, 
arising from incipient softening of the. central portion of the 
spinal marrow. For the peculiar symptoms indicating its use, 
the reader is referred to Hahnemann’s Chronic Diseases, Jahr’s 
Manual, Noack and Trinks’ Homéop. Arzneimittellehre, etc. 
Antipotrs.—Camphor, Coffea, Pulsatilla,—Wine. 
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