X PREFACE. 



including thofe froni which maniacal 

 fymptoms may be expcded, or the 

 various nervous afFedions, from a 

 vertigo to a fatal apoplexy. Hither 

 might be referred the foporiferous 

 plants, which more flowly bring on 

 dangerous appearances, and are fel- 

 dom fatal in a fhorter fpace than 

 twenty-four hours, affording during 

 that time opportunities for the ufe 

 of emetics, the vegetable acids, and 

 proper ftimuli, v/hich will generally 

 have the defired efFedl. 



In the other clafs may be placed 

 fuch as produce epileptic fymptoms. 

 A lofs of underftanding, of fpeech, 

 and of all the fenfes, will take place 

 in a few minutes after thefe poifons 

 are in the ftomach : the mufcles will 

 be much convulfed, and death will 



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