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especially marked in the extremities. The vomiting lasted 

 from two to three hours, then gradually subsided, and 

 everybody felt stretchy, and yawned in spite of all resist- 

 ance. The throats of all were oedematous. One or two 

 were stupefied ; others were cold and experienced some 

 muscular spasms. A numb feeling, with dizziness and 

 momentary loss of consciousness, was complained of by 

 some. Temperature was normal, and pulse from 90 to 

 120. Tongue dry and chapped. All were thirsty after 

 the vomiting subsided, and called for cold water, which 

 was allowed in small quantities, with no bad results. 

 After getting out no one of the victims was able to be in 

 the hot sun for several days, and even yet (about ten days 

 after the poisoning) the heat affects myself. I attended 

 twelve persons, besides being sick myself, and all were 

 affected in pretty much the same way. Several complain 

 yet of inability to retain food on the stomach without dis- 

 tressing them. The man who made the cream took a tea- 

 spoonful of it, and he vomited the same as those who took 

 a whole dish, but not so often or for so long a time. All 

 are affected with an irresistible desire to sleep, which can 

 scarcely be overcome. Even yet, some of us feel that 

 drowsy condition, with occasional occipital headache." 



The tyrotoxicon obtained from this cream was adminis- 

 tered to a kitten about two months old. Within ten 

 minutes the cat began to retch and soon it vomited. This 

 retching and vomiting continued for two hours, during 

 which the animal was under observation, and the next 

 morning it was observed that the animal had passed several 

 watery stools. After this, although the kitten could walk 

 about the room, it was unable to retain any food. Several 

 times it was observed to lap a little milk, but on doing so 

 it would immediately begin to retch and vomit. Even cold 

 water produced this effect. This condition continuing, 

 after three days the animal was placed under ether and its 

 abdominal organs examined. Marked inflammation of the 

 stomach was supposed to be indicated by the symptoms, 

 but the examination revealed the stomach and small intes- 

 tine filled with a frothy, serous fluid, such as had formed 



