PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



1844. No. 24. 



Elections omitted in No. 23. 



ISth February 1843. 



Arthur Forbes, Esq. of Culloden. 

 J. Burn Murdoch, Esq. 



Monday, 2d January 1844. 

 The Hon. Lord Murray. 



Monday, 5th February ISii. 

 Sir T. M. BRISBANE, Bart., President, in the Chair. 

 The following communications were read : — 



1. On the Tides of the Firth of Forth, and the East Coast of 

 Scotland. By J. S. Russell, Esq. (Abstract of this paper 

 not obtained from the author.) 



2. Additional Observations as to the Poisonous Properties of 



(Enanthe crocata. By Dr Christison. 



In this paper the Author added a few supplementary observations 

 to those made on the alleged poisonous properties of the (Enanthe 

 crocata, in his paper on the poisonous UmbellifereB, read on the 4th 

 December last. 



He stated that he had met with other cases of poisoning with this 

 plant, recorded by Continental authors, shewing that death may take 

 place in an hour, — that so small a quantity as a single tuber, no 



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