VEGETABLE POISONS. 6j 



3. To corred and counteraft the fedative 

 effcds of the poilbn, by giving from time to 

 time draughts of fome vegetable liquor, Weak 

 fparkling cyder or perry *. And, 



4. If any paralytic fymptoms fhould remain, 

 or the mufcular adlion be much impaired, 

 proper ftimuli fliould be applied, fuch as fy- 

 napifms and blifters ; but more particularly 

 the ufe of eleflricity is indicated. 



By obferving thefe rules, I once faw a pa- 

 tient who had taken two ounces of the tine- 

 tura thebaica perfeftly recover in two days. 



The poifons conftituting the firfl: clafs, in 

 general have a virofe difagreeable fmell and 

 tafte: on the contrary, thofe which we are 

 about to defcribe, appear by the evidence of 

 the fenfes to be perfedly harmlefs. They 

 fpeedily occafion epileptic fymptoms. Of all 

 epilepfies, thefe are the mojl fatal i-^^oi all 

 poifons, thefe are the moft deadly. Pleafafjt 



* Dr. Mead affures us, that he has given j with un- 

 common fuccefs in thefe cafes, a mixture of fait of 

 wormwood and juice* of lemons. — Mead*5 Works, 

 4to edit. p. iizS. 



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