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thorn-apple, given in fmall dofes, and con- 

 tinued a long time, produced a cure. They 

 were maniacal and epileptic patients, who 

 the Dodlor fays experienced the good efteds 

 of this mode of treatment. 



The extradt of thorn- apple, I believe, has 

 not been tried in England, at leafl to my 

 knowledge; and the reafon probably has 

 been, that we have been much difappointed 

 in what Dr. Storck has faid relative to the 

 medical effedts of cicuta, and other poifonous 

 plants. 



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