VEGETABLE POISONS. 9 



very much refembles thofe occafioned by opi- 

 um when taken in large quantities ; and like 

 opium alio, in a proper dofe, and adminifter- 

 ed with judgment and care, it may become a 

 very ufeful medicine in the hands of the 

 cautious pradltioner. 



Preparations of henbane are- not only 

 fedative, eafing pain, and leflening morbid 

 irritability in a remarkable degree, but are 

 likewife exempt from an inconvenience which 

 always attends the uie of opium. Opium 

 occafions coftivenefs, whereas the extradt, or 

 other preparations of the hyofcyamus, are 

 ohferved to keep the body regularly open. 



Dr. Storck evaporated the frefh expreffcd 

 juice from the ftalks and leaves of this plant 

 over a gentle fiie, to the confiftence of an 

 extradl. 



Two drachms of this extradl were forced 

 down the ftomach of a middle fized dog. 

 Soon afterward he feemed timorous, and 

 lapped a great deal of water. In about half 

 an hour he fell into a languor, kept his eyes 

 open, and the pupils were very much di- 

 lated : 



