( 3 00 ) 



the do&rine of Acids or Alcalies perti- 

 nent, except to Saline or Foffil Poi- 

 fons *• 



That this Poifon may duely operate, 

 it is neceflary that it fhould be exter- 

 nally admitted into the fanguine vef- 

 fels 'f y becaufe when received by the 

 alimentary paflage it is fubdued by the 

 adtion of the digeftive organs, or ex- 



* As the Author has brought a confiderable quan- 

 tity of this Poifon to England, any Gentleman, 

 whofe genius may incline him to profecute thefe 

 experiments, and whofe character will warrant us 

 to confide in his hands a preparation, capable of 

 perpetrating the moft fecret and fatal villainy, may 

 be fupplied with a fufficient quantity of the Woq- 

 rara, by applying to Mr. Becket, in the Strand. 



f That a portion of this Poifon, brought into 

 contact with a ferous veffel, fhould not produce 

 the fame efFect as when immediately received into 

 a fanguiferous vein, can only be accounted for, by 

 fuppofmg that its contracting quality fo far dimi- 

 nifhes the capacity of the veflel as to exclude its 

 own admifiion. 



eluded 



