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ftupified, and lay ftill, unlefs when it was 

 hurt, and, after nearly the fame time as 

 thofe above, had its members extended 

 and convulfed, and foon expired. 



{Tivo Trials)^ 



After that, I tried the fame experi- 

 ment with 10 drops only. After 20 mi- 

 nutes, that leg feemed to.be weaker, and, 

 in 10 minutes more, its mufcles loft their 

 power, and the toes had Httk fenfibility ; 

 and now the animal feemed to be a good- 

 deal ftupified, and the heart of one of 

 them examined gave only 25 flj-okes in a 

 minute. An hour and a half after the 

 beginning of the experiment, the toes 

 feemed to have quite loft their fenfibilitv,. 

 and the mufcles their motion ; but the o- 

 ther parts were not convulfed, and the 

 animal jumped by the help of the other 

 hind extremity. And two days thereafter, 

 this leg had recovered both its fenfe and 

 motion, and the animal feemed quite well,. 

 and continued fo for 14 days at leafl. 



