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at rest. It having been decided to open up the square by- 

 reducing the number of plants growing on it, the work was 

 deferred, as a matter of convenience, till a later period, and 

 was not carried out till the 22nd September, when the plant 

 was taken up, and destroyed by burning. On this date the 

 sap was in full motion, and the plant had pushed freely, and 

 was covered with young foliage. As the weather was warm 

 at the time for the season of the year, the exhalations given 

 off were, no doubt, greater than they would have been with 

 the plant in a less active condition. This probably may 

 account for its very pernicious effects at this particular 



time. 



As stated above, six persons were poisoned to a more 

 or less extent. The first to exhibit the symptoms was tne 

 overseer, Connor. The third day after contact with the plant 

 his face became much swollen, but in t such an extent as to 

 prevent his continuing his occupation. The swelling gradually 

 subsided, and he recovered in a few days. 



The second man, Walsh, did not complain till the eighth 

 day, when the face was swollen to such an extent that he 

 could only see with difficulty. The arms and neck were 

 covered with red blotches, and he had to leave his work and 

 seek medical advice. The swelling continued for some time 

 with formation of waterv blisters about the wrists. By the 

 eleventh day the symptoms had considerably abated, swelling 

 going down, and skin peeling off the arms. He resumed 

 work on the fourteenth day, having been laid up six. By 

 this time the symptoms had subsided, with the exception of a 

 dizziness of sight, which, though abating, still continues. _ 



He states that the first symptoms he felt was about the third 

 day. The arms commenced to feel stiff, and the head became 

 sore to the touch, succeeded by an intolerable itching and 

 profuse perspiration, which were followed by the swelling of 

 the face and eruptions on the neck and arms. 



About the same time, the eighth day, two of the men 

 attached to the garden gang were exempted from work, then- 

 faces being swollen and systems generally affected. The case 

 of one of the two assumed a serious aspect by the tenth day, 

 when he was carried to the hospital, and was at first, I 

 believe, considered in a somewhat critical condition At the 

 time of his admission the face was very much swollen, and 

 fever symptoms high. Later, the chest and abdomen became 

 completelv covered by red inflamed blotches. From this 

 time the symptoms began to abate, and on the ninth day 

 from admission he was allowed to leave his bed for the first 

 time, but still remains an inmate of the institution. 



The other two cases were not of a severe character ;_ in both, 

 the arms only were affected. These became very irritable, 



