214 On the Poison Tree of Java. (Marcu, 
cular exertions were mueh diminished, and he exhibited great 
fatigue accompanied by restlessness: all these symptoms gradually 
increased until the GOth minute. His hair stood erect: unable to 
support himself, he lay down: he had contractions of the extre- 
mities: the abdominal and pectoral muscles were more violently 
convulsed and the respiration was more laborious. The restlessness 
rapidly increased; having risen with difficulty he quickly lay down 
again exhausted and panting; the flow of saliva from his mouth 
continuing. In 75 minutes he extended his tongue and made an 
attempt to vomit; his extremities trembled; he rose and threw 
himself down again suddenly, extending his head. On the 80th 
minute the saliva flowed in streams from his mouth mixed with 
froth: he retched violently, with excessive convulsive action of his 
pectoral muscles, but unable to vomit, he appeared in great agony. 
in 90 minutes he extended his head with strong convulsions, and 
trembled; the hair stood erect; he discharged the contents of his 
bowels; the breathing became more laborious, and the muscles of 
the abdomen and breast acted with excessive violence. The agony 
increasing, he rose a few seconds, but unable to’support himself, 
fell down again. The 110th minute having made an attempt to 
rise, he fell down. head foremost, with convulsions of the extre- 
mities and head; he groaned violently, the respiration was much 
impeded, and recurred at intervals of 15 seconds. On the 120th 
minute he lay in great agony, groaned, bellowed, and extended 
his tongue and extremities violently convulsed. In 125 minutes 
he was entirely exhausted: the breathing returned after long inter- 
vals. On the 130th minute he died convulsed. 
15 minutes after the motions of life had ceased, I opened the 
cavities of the abdomen and breast. ‘The stomach was immensely 
distended with air: the vessels of all the viscera of the abomen 
were as injected and distended with blood. In the thorax the 
lungs were of a vivid, florid, crimson colour, and the great vessels 
(the adrta, venz cave, and the arteries and veins of the lungs) 
were gorged with blood. 
A small puncture being made in ‘the aérta, the blood bounded 
out ina stream of a beautiful crimson colour; from the ven cave 
it flowed of a dark livid colour. In the large muscles of the 
pectus, which had been divided in the dissection, a trembling 
vibratory motion was observed full 20 minutes after the motions of 
life had ceased. 
Exper. 14.—A fowl of middling size was punctured in the 
muscles of the thigh with a poisoned dart from Banjoowangee. 
During the first hour it was little affected by the wound. Jn about 
two hours it appeared drowsy, and had slight shiverings. It con- 
tinued drooping and quiet till 24 hours after the puncture, when it 
died, — 
(To be continued.) 
