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with vertigo, so that he could not stand upright nor distin- 
guish objects. During the whole day he continued to suffer 
from violent bilious and mucous vomitings, accompanied with 
great depression and abdominal pains, which were diminished 
by two emollient injections. These symptoms continued the 
whole of the next day and night. The patient was still further 
depressed; the pulse was slow and intermittent; and this 
symptom continued with but little alteration to the ninth day, 
when it had completely disappeared. At this time the vision 
was still confused, the fire appeared to him of a blue colour; 
and on the fourteenth day this symptom disappeared’’ (Ods. de 
M. Bidault de Viiliers, Journ. de Med. Chir. et Pharm., 
Nov. 1817). 
‘“*A man, of weak constitution, attacked with anasarca and 
hydrothorax, swallowed by mistake four or five times more of 
the tincture of Digitalis than he was ordered. He was seized 
with nausea and vomiting of a little bile after most violent and 
repeated efforts, with great depression and sweating during the 
night. These symptoms, from the treatment pursued, gradually 
disappeared, and in about seven days all the effects had passed 
off, except some cedema of the feet”? (Beddoes’ Contr. to Phys. 
and Med. Knowledge). 
M. Bidault de Villiers (op. cit.) says, that he took a pretty 
good pinch of the powder of the leaves of Digitalis, which he had 
prepared with great care, and the following symptoms ensued: an 
extreme bitterness in the mouth, which increased the secretion 
of saliva to a considerable extent, and which continued after he 
had got rid of the Digitalis from the mouth; and it was only 
after the sensation of bitterness had entirely disappeared that 
he perceived a slight acridity in the throat. It also caused a 
sort of desire to vomit, and likewise a slight palpitation of the 
heart, with dryness in the mouth. 
_“ A healthy, robust, young man, affected with sore throat, was 
advised to take throatwort tea. Having filled a quart pitcher 
with the fresh leaves of the Digitalis purpurea, he poured upon 
