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" a fponge : and there are inftances of their 

 *' remaining undigefted for three days, be- 

 " fore their bad effeds have appeared. The 

 " maladies they occafion are a fwelling of 

 ** the abdomen, reftleffnefs, heart- burns, 

 ** vomitings, colics, difficulty of refpiration, 

 <' hiccoughs, melancholy, diarrhceas, accom- 

 *' panied with a tenefmus, and gangrenes, 

 ** To which dreadful complaints, the acri- 

 ** monious quality of fome fungi bring on 

 «* befides, inflammations in the mouth, 

 " with dyfenteric ftools. 



" Lastly, it is certain that fome fpecies 

 «* have an intoxicating quality, followed 

 *' often by deliria, tremblings, watchings, 

 " faintings, apoplexies, cold fweats, and 

 " death itfelf. 



*' Some have fancied that fkilful cookery 

 *' would deprive them of their bad effedls, 

 " and that oils would (heath their noxious 

 ^' qualities ; but thefe are fatal deceits, not 

 <« to be trufted. To perfons fujfering from 

 ** eating any fpeciesof fungi, the moft approv- 

 *« ed and fpeedy remedy is to ufe emetics and 

 [' cathartics," Hcji/er. He/vet. Hj/l, p. 2338. 



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