t»OISON TREE OF JAVA. i>tl 



tiess, laborious respiration, violent contraction 

 of the pcctoral and abdoniinal muscles, an in- 

 creased flow of saliva^ vomiting, great restless- 

 ncss and agony, ^c whicli continued nearly 

 twobours; but after the complete evacuation 

 of Ihe stomacli by vomiting, the animal gradu- 

 ally recovered. 



Rumphius g'oes so far ai to assert that a small 

 quant ity niay bc taken internally as a medicine, 

 In speaking of qualities of the Arbor Tcxica- 

 ria, he says the crude and unmixed Ipo is an 

 antidote to the bite or sting of venonious lisbes 

 and insects ; also^ that a person aflected by aa 

 eruption of the skin or vecuations, may take a 

 small pill of ihe Oopas, which will attract all 

 impurities from the intestines and carry them off, 



The appearauces observed on dissection ex- 

 plain in a great degree the relative operation of 

 the poisons. In animals killed by the Antshar, 

 the large vessels in the Thorax, the aorta and 

 vena; cava^ were in every instance found in an 

 excessive degree of distention : the viscera in 

 the vicinity of the source of circulationj es- 

 pecially the lungs, were uniformly filled in a 

 preternatnral degree Nvith blood, which in this 

 \iscus and in the aorta still retaiued a florid 

 coloiir and was completely oxygenated; On 



