!POÏSOM tïlEE OF JAVAv ^i 



EXPERIMENT IL 



A Doo; about four months old \vas pricked in 

 the muscles of the thigh with the Oopas that 

 had been prepared from the juice I coUected in 

 Poegar — the Poison had remaincd on the arrow 

 p,bout 4S hours. 



Ia 3 minntcs he began to tremble and the 

 wounded liinb shook more considerably — he 

 soon began to droop, h\mg hls hoad, and ex- 

 tcndinghis tongue, iicked hls jaws. 



In 4 minutes he began io rctch ) on the 8th 

 minute he vomlted, with violent and painful 

 contraction of the peciorai and abdominal mus^ 

 cleSj which agitated his whole frame. 



In 9 niinntes he vomitcd again with convul- 

 slve violeiice — the secretion of saliva was much 

 incrnased, he stretched out his fore-legs as if he 

 could v^ith difficulfy support himself, his head 

 hangiiig to the ground — his breathing was slow 

 and laborious, 



In 1 1 minntes he thrcw up frothy matter 

 with violent contraction of the abdominal and 

 pcctoral muscles, and throwing himself on ihe 

 groimd, cried out violently. 



