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if they had taken it into the ftomach. A 

 wound was made in the fkin of the belly of 

 a rabbit, about an inch in length, the maf- 

 cles were afterward {lightly wounded in dif- 

 ferent places, and two or three tea fpoonfuls 

 of the water were applied to the part: in 

 lefs than three minutes the animal fell down 

 convulfcd, and died foon after. This expe- 

 riment was repeated, and the refult was the 

 fame in different animals *. - 

 lit.' 'j( ' ny^ i{*K^\ ' 



The water of lauro-cerafus produces ge- 

 nerally very ftrong convulfions, and in a fhort 

 time death. The fpafmodic motions of the 

 whole body are extremely violent, and the 

 ftruggles are fatal in a (hort time. 



Two tea fpoonfuls only of the water were 

 given to middle-fized rabbits : they fell down 

 convulfed in thirty feconds, and died within 

 a minute. 



When it is given very ftrong, and in large 

 quantities to animals^ they die almoft in- 

 ftantly, and without convulfions, a fudden 



* Phil. Tranfacl. vol. Ixx. partr. Append, xii. 



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