VEGETABLE POISONS. 17 



The application was repeated three feve- 

 ral times, and always produced the fame 

 effed *. 



Dr. Hill -f* obferves, that he once faw an 

 unhappy inftance of the fatal efteds of this 

 poifon. 



In the year 1743, a labourer found the 

 berries of the deadly nightihade in a noble- 

 man's park, where he was repairing the pales. 

 He gave fome of the berries to his children, 

 and fwallowed a large quantity himfelf. 

 The fymptoms came on in the following 

 manner. The man after two hours became 

 light-headed, giddy, and unable to ftand ; 

 but not thinking of the caufe, fat down to 

 fupper. He drank greedily, but could fcarce 

 fwallow any thing folid. He u^ent to bed, 

 and prefently grew worfe. He complained 

 of a dreadful pain in the breaft, and difficulty 

 of breathing. It was about five in the after- 

 noon when he eat the berries. Thtfc fymp- 

 toms came on between ten and eleven at 

 night : and at twelve, feven hours from the 



^ Hill. Plant, p. 680. f Brit. Herb. p. 329. 



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