jh ORD. VI. Umbellate. OENANTHE CROCATA. 
“ died; the other was bled, and a vomit, with great difficulty 
** forced down, on account of his jaws being as it were locked to- 
* gether. This operated, and he recovered, but was sometime 
“ affected with dizziness in his head, though not sick or the least, 
* disordered in his stomach. The other eight being bled and 
* vomited immediately, were soon well.’* 
At Clonmel, in Ireland, eight boys mistaking this plant for 
water-parsnep, ate plentifully of its roots: about four or five hours 
after, the eldest boy became suddenly convulsed, and died > and 
before the next morning four of the other boys died in a similar 
manner. Of the other three, one was maniacal several hours, 
another lost his hair and nails, but the third escaped unhurt.° 
Stalpaart vander Wiel mentions two cases of the fatal effects of 
this root; these, however, were attended with great heat in the 
throat and stomach, sickness, vertigo, and purging. They both 
died in the course of two or three hours after eating the root. 
Allen, in his Synopsis Medicine, also relates that four children 
suffered greatly by eating this poison. In these cases great agony 
was experienced before the convulsions supervened; vomitings 
likewise came on, which were encouraged by large draughts of 
oil and warm water, to which their recovery is ascribed. 
The late Sir William Watson,* who refers to the instances here 
cited, also says that a Dutchman was poisoned by the leaves of the 
plant boiled in pottage. 
It appears from various authorities that most brute animals are 
not less affected by this poison than man; and Mr. Lightfoot 
informs us that a spoonful of the juice of this plant, given to a 
dog, rendered him sick and stupid; but a goat was observed to eat 
the plant with impunity. 
The great virulence of this plant has not however prevented it 
* Phil. Trans. vol. 44, » Ibid. 1. c. 
* Sir William likewise informs us, that Mr. Miller knew a whole family at 
Battersea, who were poisoned with this plant. And that Mr. Ehret, while draw- 
ing the fresh plant, was affected with universal uneasiness and vertigo 
