62 dBSERVAtlONS on 



The different vegetable poifons, of which 

 we have hitherto treated, refemble each other 

 very much in their effeds. They all difturb 

 the funcftions of the nervous fyftem, pro- 

 ducing either vertigo, faintnefs, delirium, 

 madnefs, ftupor, a paralytic ftate of the 

 mufcles, or apopleftic fymptoms. Thefe ap- 

 pearances come on gradually ; and if a vomit 

 is given, or the ftomach fpontaneoufly rejedts 

 early the poifonous fubftance, health fpeedily 

 returns. But if the poifon (hould have been 

 taken in large quantities : if emetics cannot 

 be conveyed into the ftomach, or the nerves 

 fliould have been fo deadened as to be in- 

 fenfible to their irritation, there is much 

 reafon to fear that the cafe will terminate 

 fatally. 



When any of the narcotic vegetable poi- 

 fons have been unfortunately taken, the in- 

 dications of cure will be, 



1. To utiload the ftomach by the fpeedy 

 adminiftration of an adive emetic, 



2. To procure ftools either by proper ca- 

 thartics, if the patient can fwallow theim, or 



bv the injedtion of irritating clyfters. 



3. To 



