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two ounces of it were foon after difcharged 

 by vomit : in a few minutes he became vio- 

 lently convulfed, and in a fliort time after 

 lay motionlefs, to all appearance was dying. 

 Within ten minutes he vomited a fecond 

 time, and threw up afmall quantity of vifcid 

 frothy matter, from which moment he began 

 to recover, and within half an hour was per- 

 fectly well *. 



On the third of Odober, 1728, Dr. 

 Madden gave a large fetting dog three ounces 

 of laurel water. In three minutes he became 

 ftrongly convulfed. The convulfions con- 

 tinued five nlinutes : then a violent difficulty 

 of breathing came on, which lafted about 

 eight minutes, and gradually abated : upon 

 which he endeavoured to raife himfelf, but 

 could not. The dodor gave him an ounce 

 and a half more, when he funk at once, and 

 without any return of convulfions, or diffi- 

 culty of breathing, he expired in two mi- 

 tiutes. Upon opening the ilomach, the doc- 

 tor found therein the whole quantity of 

 water he bad taken : its furface w^s covered 



* Phil. Tranfaa. N? 420. 



with 



