392 Answer to a Note in our last. — Milk a Cure for Poison. 



might be made to discover the lans of penetration. Blocks 

 might be penetrated with balls of different dimensions, and in 

 different directions of the fibres : the blocks being split or cut 

 open, the nature of the fracture might be examined. One of the 

 principal points wanting to form a theory, is, to know whether 

 there is a cylinder of wood, whose base is equal to the area of 

 the middle section of the bail, driven before the ball, or only 

 part of the area, and the rest turned to the sides and crushed in- 

 to the surrounding wood as the ball passes. 

 I am, sir, 



Your most obedient servant, 

 Bentjntk-strcct, Nov. 6. X. T. 



ANSWER TO A NOTE IN' OUR LAST. 



Dear Sir, — la answer to the question in your last number 

 (p. 249), Whether the Hints held in my hands when floating on 

 my back were immersed in the sea or not ? 1 liave to observe 

 that they mere under the surface. 1 have since weighed them 

 in water, and found they lost 21bs. 5oz. avoirdupois; conse- 

 quently the actual weight sustained was only 3 lbs. 1 1 oz. I am, 

 however, of opinion I could have carried much more: and it is 

 my intention, sliould I live to the autumn of next year, to repeat 

 the experiment with my clothes on, and make use of lead 

 weights. I am, &c. 



Surry Institution. Nov. 11, 1315. KniGHT SpENCER. 



MILK A REMEDY FOR THE POISON OF FALSE MUSHROOMS. 



On the 13th of October last, a family of six persons residing 

 in the commune of Sanians, in the department of the High 

 Garonne, were poisoned by partaking plentifully, by mistake, of 

 a poisonous species of nmshrooins. They were all speedily 

 seized with drowsiness, and remained several hours without any 

 signs of life. At day-break they awoke, but in a state of per- 

 fect imbecility: the pulse was very low, and betokened speedy 

 dissolution. Tlie surgeon first called wished them to swallow 

 oil, but none was to 1)2 procured. An ecclesiastic who was 

 called in, made them drink copiously of milk. Long and violent 

 vomitings came on, and the remedy si;cceeded perfectly; for a i^vf 

 hours after the whule family were declared free from danger. 



It may not be improper on this occasion to remind o\ir readers, 

 tliat the juice of lemons, and other vegetable acids, has been 

 found to be a remedy for the effects of opium ; and to suggest 

 that, possibly, in .<ome cases of poison by mushrooms, they 

 might be used with advantage. 



DEATH 



