38 AN ESSAY ON THE OOPAS^, OR 



Experiments witli the Tshettik. 



EXPERIMENT XVI.II. 



A Dog of iTïiddiing' size was wounded in the 

 jnuscles of the thigh with a dart covered with 

 VüQ fresh prepared Poison of Tshettik. 



Il) 2 ininuteg he sbewed symptoms of uneasi- 

 ness ; he appeared faint and lay down. 



Ia S|- mi?iütes he ivas seized with con* 

 vulsive twitchings of the ex^remities^ was verjr 

 restless and his breathing became quick : these 

 sjijtiptomg gradtiailj increasing to the 6th minute 

 >?v'hi[e he co^tinued as exhausted in a Ijing 

 posture. 



He now raised himself, extended his head as 

 if attempting to leap, hut feil down, was seized 

 with violoiit convulsions, attended by quick and 

 iatcrrupted breathing, to the 9th minute^ when 



he died» 



EXPERIMENT XÏX. 



A small Dog' was woonded in the usual man- 

 Ber iïï the moscles of the thigh with the poison 

 of Tshettik, 



He immediately placed himself in a drooping 

 posture, his forelegs bent as in kneelingj and 

 thtis he continued to the 5th minute ; he was 



Eiow seized v/ith treinbling which continued 



