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of Elizabeth-Town, in East-New-Jersey, three of 

 the soldiers having collected a quantity of the plant, 

 which they mistook for Lambs-quarters (Chenopo- 

 dium album), it being in the spring, when the two 

 plants somewhat resemble each other, they dressed 

 the Stramonium, of which they eat. One of the men 

 became furious, and ran about like a madman. What 

 was the termination of the case, my informant could 

 not tell. A second was seized with a genuine teta- 

 nus, of which he died. The fate of the third person 

 is not remembered. 



Editor's MS. Medical Journal, 

 for 1791. 



20. Our Indians (the Delawares, &c.) are acquaint- 

 ed with a plant, with which they often (intentionally) 

 destroy themselves. From the description which has 

 been given of it, it is certainly an umbelliferous plant. 

 It grows in marshy situations, and has a hollow stem. 

 The root is the part which is used, and this is eaten 

 raw. The plant is, probably, a species of Cicuta, or 

 of Scandix. — The Indians likewise poison themselves 

 with a decoction of the Kalmia latifolia, which is 

 well known in Pennsylvania by the name of Laurel, 

 and in Virginia by that of Ivy. 



Editor's MS. Medical Journal, 

 for 1794. 



