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the approach of any bad fymptoms. Upon 

 examination of the plant, which the French 

 prifoners miftook for wild celeri, Mr. Howell 

 difcovered it to be the oenanthe aquatica 

 cicutae facie of Lobel, which grows very 

 plentifully in the neighbourhood of Haver- 

 fordweft. It is called by the common people 

 there, five- fingered root, and is much ufed 

 by them in cataplafms, for whitlows, &c. 

 The perfons above referred to, eat only the 

 root of the plant, without any of the ftalk 

 or leaves. 



^ Eight young lads near Glonmel -f- in 

 Ireland, miftook the roots of the oenanthe 

 crocata, for the fium aquaticum, or water 

 parfnep, and eat plentifully of them. A little 

 time afterwards, going home, the eldeft, 

 almoft an adult, without the leaft previous 

 diforder or complaint, fell down backw ard, 

 and died in convulfions. Four more died in 

 the fame manner before the morning,«»not 

 one of them having fpoken a fingle word from 

 the moment the fymptoms firft appeared. 

 Of the other three, one became furioufly 



* Phil. Tranfaa. N^ 238. 

 t In ihat part of Ireland, this plant is called Tahow. 



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