?54 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



Art. XIII. 



^n Account of an uncommon EffeB of antimo- 

 nial wine j by Dr. James Walker Sur- 

 geon and Agent Jor the Navy at Edin- 

 burgh *. 



THE 'vifiujn benediBum is univerfally 

 known to be a ftrong emetic, when 

 given in a large dofe ; and it has alfo been 

 often prefcribed in fmaller quantities as an 

 attenuant, fudorific, and diuretic : but ai^ 

 accident lately difcovered to me a very diffe- 

 rent efFedl of it, from any of the above 

 mentioned. 



Being one evening, in December 1755, 

 a little hot and feverifh, with a quick and full 

 pulfe, I went early to bed, and drank a full 

 Englijh pint of fack-whey which I had order- 

 ed one to make for me. Very foon after 

 this, I fell afleep, and continued all night 

 opprelTed with an unufual drowfinefs : at ten 

 next morning, I with great difficulty got (b 

 far the better of this lethargic difpofition, as 



to 



* February 5. 1756. 



