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curiofity or hunger may prompt them to eat 



It. 



The well-authenticated cafes we have 

 produced, fufficiently demonftrate that, un- 

 lefs timely prevented, epileptic fymptoms, 

 convulfions, and death, will be the confe- 

 quences of taking hemlock dropwort. If 

 the root (hould have been fwallowed in a 

 large quantity, or the violence of the fpafms 

 prevent any thing being conveyed into the 

 ftomach, no hope feems to remain : but if 

 an active emetic can be given, either before 

 the fymptoms come on, or foon after their 

 appearance, the patient may probably recover. 

 After he has vomited, he fhould drink, if 

 poflible, large quantities of oil and water. 



WATER 



