36 OBSERVATIONS on 



A MELANCHOLY inftancc is related in the 

 Philofophical Tranfaaions, N'' CCIII. of its 

 pernicious effeds upon a family who eat at 

 fupper the herb boiled and fried. It pro- 

 duced at firft naufea and vomiting, and after- 

 wards comatofe fymptoms. Two of the 

 children flept twenty-four hours : when they 

 awakened, they vomited again and recovered. 

 The other girl could not be awakened during 

 four days, at the expiration of which time 

 Ihe opened her eyes and expired. 



Dr. Withering * obf#ves, that the cyno- 

 crambe is eaten by goats and (heep, and re- 

 fufed by cows and hbrfes. When it is in- 

 fufed in water, it affords a fine deep blue 

 colour. Lightfoot -f fays it is called in the 

 ifle of Skye, lus-glen-bracadale; and that; 

 he was there informed, it is fometimes 

 ufed in a weak infufion to bring on a fali- 

 vation. The experiment, however, feems 

 dangerous. 



* Arrangement of Britifh Vegetables, vol. ii*. p. 6i6'. 

 t Flor. Scot. vol. ii. p. 621. 



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