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the above-mentioned persons guarantee that together we 

 are acquainted with forty arsenic-eaters. They are all 

 men from thirty to seventy years of age, by occupation 

 charcoal-burners, stable-men, field-labourers, innkeepers 

 and traders/' 



The following names of and particulars concerning ar- 

 senic-eaters are collected by Dr. Forcher of Gratz. He 

 does not say that he has personal knowledge of any of the 

 cases j he gives them as facts, but only once or twice 

 mentions his authority for the case. 



1. Johann Wolch vulgo Gfoller in Mitterbach, took 

 arsenious acid daily, beginning with pieces of the 

 size of a pin's head, and gradually increasing up to 

 the size of a grain of oats. Died of the effects of 

 the poison. An inquiry as to cause of death was 

 held. Particulars concerning this will probably be 

 found in the district offices of Knittelfeld or Juden- 

 burg. 



2. Peter Flockmayer of Mittenfeld, ate arsenic, which 

 he also gave to his horses. Died of typhus. 



3. Josef Hiebler of the ist Grenadier Company of the 

 T.'jth Infantry Regiment, ate arsenious acid of the 

 size of a grain of wheat. 



4. Tuschler in Knittelfeld, took arsenic, and raising 

 the dose, was seized with symptoms of poisoning. 

 He recovered. 



5. Maria Windisch, a cowherd in the district of 

 Obdach, was in the habit of eating arsenic, which 

 she continued to her old age. The quantity taken 

 at once was the size of a grain of wheat. She died 

 in Obdach in 1858. 



6. Kutscherwirth in Briick, takes arsenious acid, but 

 tjonceals both the frequency and quantity of the 

 dose. 



7. Heinreich Kittner, Captain in the Engineers, sta- 



