298 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATION'S 



"Ramfay injeded a ftrong folution of fea fall 

 in water into his guts, which purged him fe- 

 verely, and occ aliened a prolapfus am j foon 

 after this, he awaked from his fleep, and 

 gradually recovered the ufe of his hinder legs ; 

 fo that in lefs than an hour he could run a- 

 bout the room, tho' h« often fell down, 

 his legs bending under him. After three 

 or four hours, he feemed to be quite well 

 in every refpeft ; but altho' the experiment 

 was made at mid-day, he could tafte no meat 

 till late at night. When he was in the moft 

 ftupid ftate, he could make ufe of his fore- 

 legs, and complained when his ears were 

 pinched. 



22. The fame young Gentleman, at my 

 defire, made the following experiment. 

 On the 9th of April ly^^, after making an 

 opening into the cavity of the abdomen of the 

 dog on whom the laft experiment was made, 

 he injeded by the wound a dram of opium 

 diflblved in two ounces and a half af water ; 

 but before he could ftitch up the wound, 

 about an ounce of the folution efcaped. The 

 dog loft the power of his hinder limbs al- 

 moft inftantaneoufly. Two minutes after the 

 injedion was made, he began to beconvul- 



fed 



