188 Miscellaniés. 
to contract into one general focus the energies of each nation, and 
comparing the state of their society both moral and political, their 
commerce, internal and external, and their state of Literature and 
the Fine Arts, with that of another Empire, demands for it the title 
of “ Universal,” and eminently merits the zealous support of every 
enlightened individual, whose nobility of mind prompts him to offer 
his mite to the general stock of knowledge. 
Should this communication through your Journal be the means of 
having formed in your principal cities, establishments of a statistical 
nature, be assured that each Society will receive every aid and as- 
sistance from the “ Universal Statistical Society of France,” which 
will ever be anxious to advance their researches, and to act with 
them reciprocally. I have the honor to remain, 
Your very obedient serv’t, 
Cuarves SaNnDERSON, 
Mem. of the U. S. S. of France, 
the Imp. Agri. Soc. of Vienna, &c. &e. 
New York, Dec. 10, 1835. 
11. Tobacco, a remedy for Arsenic; communicated to the Ed- 
itor by Rev. Rate Emerson.—About the year 1820, Miss So- 
phia Eastman of Holles, N. H. (now connected with the orphan 
asylum in Troy, N. Y.) fell into the mistake, so often committed, 
of eating a portion of arsenic which had been prepared for the de- 
struction of rats. Painful symptoms soon led to inquiry ; and her 
mistake was discovered. An elderly lady who was present, advised 
that she should be made to vomit as speedily as possible, and as she 
had always felt a perfect loathing for tobacco in every shape, it was 
supposed that this would at once effect the purpose. A pipe was 
used, but without producing any nausea. She next chewed a large 
portion of strong tobacco, and swallowed the juice, and that without 
even a sensation of disgust. A strong decoction was then made 
with hot water, of which she drank perhaps half a pint. Still there 
was neither nausea or dizziness, nor did jt operate at all either as an 
emetic or a cathartic. The painful sensations at her stomach, how- 
ever, subsided, and she began to feel well. On the arrival of phy- 
icians, an emetic of blue vitriol was administered, which operated 
moderately once. One or two days after, there was a discharge of 
pi green color, approaching to black. No ill consequences fol- 
