> 



( 299 ) 



lejby*. Mr. Herijjant, however, de^ 

 clares, that an adtqal cautery immedi- 

 ately applied to the ppifoned wound* 

 prevents its effedts. 



I have long imagined, from the dis- 

 tant affinity between the effe&s of this 

 Poifon, and thofe of fome Peftilential 

 and Malignant Fevers, that an Antidote 

 for the former would be ufeful in the 

 latter, and therefore have fpent fome 

 time in fruitlefs endeavours for the dif~ 

 covery of one. Acids or Alcalies, as 

 fuch, do not feem either to promote or 

 retard its effefe ; and it is but feldom 

 that either Animal or V egetable Foi-* 

 fons derive their deleterious properties 

 from either of thefe principles ; nor is 



* See his Letter to the Prefident of the Royal 

 Society, concerning the Indian Poifon fent over 

 from Mr. de la Condamine, Member of the Royal 

 Academy of Sciences at Paris ; PbihfophicalTranf- 

 atlions^ vol. xliv. partii. p. 408. 



the 



