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in a neighbor's cucumber bed as Panaeoliis retirugis (they were 

 later identified by Dr. Murrill as P. semiglohatus) . Reassured 

 by Mcllvaine's opinion that this form is edible we gathered a 

 quantity enough for three persons, prepared them by steaming 

 with butter, poured the liquid on toast and ate the toast and 

 the mushrooms. We smack our lips even now over the savory 

 dish. In flavor they are equal or superior to the inky caps 

 {Coprinus) . 



We ate them at 6:30 P.M.; each one ate about one half 

 cupful of the caps and two pieces of toast saturated with the 

 liquor. Then at 7:30 P.M. my wife and I went out to a neigh- 

 bor's house to play bridge. \\'hile chatting with neighbors on 

 the road about 7:45 my wife leaned against me and said she 

 was dizzy and could not see distinctly. I laughed away her 

 symptoms but she was unsteady and took my arm for aid in 

 going down the road. This tendency increased and she was 

 glad to reach the neighbor's house where she could obtain a seat. 

 There was also at this time some air hunger. She began to play 

 bridge. The dizziness increased, then some muscle fatigue was 

 manifested. This period was preceded by one of stimulation, 

 which lasted from 8:30 to 9:30 P.M. During this time the 

 dizziness was constantly present and gradually increased. There 

 was also a gradually increasing inability to control muscle move- 

 ment, it was difificult to sit up and some uncertainty in walking 

 about, cards would fall from her hands, the skin was cold and 

 dry to touch but the skin sensation was hot, prickly and tingling. 

 There was some cerebral stimulation too — a tendency to be jolly, 

 hilarious — she laughed and talked inordinately and foolishly. 

 She was unable to fix her mind on the card problems before her 

 and played badly. After about an hour of this the stimulation 

 was succeeded by symptoms of depression. It became im- 

 possible to see properly, the pupils dilated. Shortness of breath 

 increased. The pulse became thin, weak and rapid. Now 

 there was inability to sit up any longer, and I placed Mrs. 

 Douglass in a hammock and went to our cottage for some 

 atropine and morphine. 



Up to this time my own symptoms had followed those which 



