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aftef two days there appeared symptoms of recovery. Tlab 

 blisters on the skin o£ the affected part having suppurated were 

 cut open and bandaged. A cathartic was also given to the 

 patients as they had been constipated for some days. By these 

 treatments on the fifth day since they had come to the hospital 

 the two patients had recovered their usual temperature, had 

 gotten rid of the pain in the hands, and felt that the pain in the 

 feet was greatly diminished. In two more days almost all pain 

 had disappeared and the patients could stand upon their feet. 

 The time they had spent in the hospital was 11 days in all, 

 but they had been sick for one whole month. 



Case 2. — This is a case reported in October 1890 by Seiki 

 HosHi, a physician in Wakamatsu, Kita-aizu-kori, Fukushima 

 prefecture. 



1st patient Eishiro Amai 49 years old. 



2nd patient Yoshi Amai 47 years old. 



3rd patient Eikichi Amai 16 years old. 



4th patient Fuji Amai . 12 years old. 



(a family of peasants living in Wakamatsu, Kita-aidzu, Fukushima 

 prefecture.) 



They ate a number of fungi resembling Lactarius deliciosus 

 Fr. '^Akahatsu" in Japanese, which had been collected by some 

 of the men in a wood near the ruin of the old Wakamatsu- 

 c as tie. 



The fungi, onions, radishes, taros and turnips were boiled 

 together in an iron kettle and were eaten every da\^ for 

 tw^o weeks in the latter part of October during which time 

 no poisonous effect seemed to have been noticed by an3^ of the 

 persons. On the first of November however, they began to 

 feel a migrating pain in their limbs and in the back of the severe 

 pain, the men dipped their inflamed limbs constanth' into cool 

 water. They did not enjoy sound sleep for several days. No 

 change occurred in the condition of the iris or the viscera, but 

 the limbs showed slight convulsions. This is the official report 

 of the physician S. Hoshi. As has already been mentioned, I 

 was- fortunate to know Ei Amai^^ personally and learned from 



1) He changed his n:ime to Ex Amai from Eikichi Amai. 



