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fpafms. After making violent efforts to vo- 

 mit, he brought up what we fuppofed the 

 greateft part of the water mixt with a thick 

 frothy mucus. In a Httle time he vomited 

 again, and in the fpace of three or four mi- 

 nutes by degrees recovered. One ounce more 

 of the water was then-given him, with which 

 he was fooner affedted than with the firft 

 dofe : he breathed with difficulty, was fick, 

 and vomited fcon 'after ; his head was drawn 

 backward by that kind of fpafm called opif- 

 thotonos. He fell down, and was fo gene- 

 rally convulfcd that he feemed to be at the 

 point of death. The convulfions continued 

 fome minutes : he was placed upon his legs, 

 but they appeared paralytic, and he could 

 not fland. In lefs than half an hour from 

 the time he. took- the firil: dofe of laurel wa- 

 ter, he per fedly recovered. 



Experiment II. 



March 20. ..One ounce of laurel water 

 was given to a young greyhound. Whilft 

 Dr. Rattray held the mouth open, I poured 

 the water into the dog's throat. As ioon as 

 it was fvvallovved, the dodtor releafed his 



head. 



