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sions of longer or shorter duration; after each one, the current of blood when 
re-established would be slower than before, and after a while would cease. After 
it had ceased there would be an occasional throb, which would cause a general 
movement, but upon the subsidence of the impetus, the blood-disks would be in 
about the same situation as before. 
“The occurrence of this throb was the first notice given of the return of the 
circulation; it would be repeated at shorter intervals, sometimes a minute elaps- 
ing, and then several of such pulsations would occur in a minute. Then a short 
but general movement would take place of the blood-disks, at each pulsation, 
ceasing upon cessation of the vs a ¢evgo, and again renewed, until the circulation 
was entirely established in a slow but steady current.” 
On Man,—Veratrum viride causes slight or temporary delirium; vertigo, 
especially when in an erect position; dimness and unsteadiness of vision, which 
compels a horizontal position; dry mouth and lips; tongue coated at base and 
sides, with a red streak down the centre; dryness of the throat and numbness 
of the fauces; excessive and painful singultus, profuse salivation, with severe 
spasms of the superior portion of the cesophagus, and great nausea, vomiting and 
cold sweat; vomit composed of mucus, bile, and dark-colored blood; pain and 
soreness of the lower abdomen; urine clear and scant; convulsive, suffocating 
breathing ; pulse slow, weak, small, and soft, reduced even to almost impercepti- 
bility ; very profound prostration, the patient is unable to rise or to walk ; profuse 
cold sweat, with chills and coldness of the surface of the body. 
The action, then, is that of an arterial and nerve sedative; it paralyzes both 
the voluntary and involuntary muscles; it increases all secretions through its 
influence in paralyzing the vaso-motor system of nerves, allowing thus a great 
dilation of the capillaries. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE 176. 
ok Whole plant, 6 times reduced, Binghamton, N. Y., July 7th, 1885. 
| 2, A small raceme, from the lower portion of the panicle. 
_ 3+ Under surface of flower, showing bract. 
5. Stamens, 
6. Pistil. 
es Te Longitudinal section of ovary: 
bP ae _ Moneontal section of ovary. 
: | : Ge enlarged. ) 
