VEGETABLE POISONS. loi 



with froth, but it was not other wife altered 

 in its colour, confiftence, or fmell. The in- 

 fide of the ftomach was not in the leajl in- 



fiamedi nor was there any vifible alteration, 

 in the tunica villofa. The veins of the fto- 

 mach, all the mefaraic veins, and likewife 

 the vena cava, were much diftended with 

 blood: the arteries, on the contrary, were 

 remarkably empty. The liver and gall- 

 bladder were unaltered. The kidneys were 

 unufually full of blood, and appeared of a 

 bluifh colour, almoft as deep as that of the 

 violet plumb. Upon making an incifion into 

 one of the kidneys, the blood flowed in a 



'much larger quantity than ufual. The heart 

 exhibited no preternatural appearance *. 



Many fimllar experiments were repeated 

 by Dr. Madden, with nearly the fame ef- 

 feds. He found that the fymptoms were 

 equally violent and fatal, if the laurel water 

 was injedled into the redlum. Violent con- 

 vulfions were the ufual confequence, and 

 (what may appear furprifing) that kind of 

 fpafm called opifthotonos was generally pro- 



♦ Phil. Tranfaa. Nf 418. p. 84. 



duced. 



