Watfon. 309 
written in Latin in which he takes occa- 
(ion to acknov/ledge the candour, and Ikill 
of the author, in high terms ; and vindi* 
cates himfelf for having, in his work above- 
mentioned, given to the Meadia (a plant fo 
called by Catesby, in honour of Dr^ 
Mead) a different name. Linn^us's 
Letter was printed the fucceeding year, in 
the fame publication [w). 
In 1758, he had occalion to confirm the 
fatal effedls of the Oenanthe crocata^ or 
Hemlock Dropwort, by the death of a per- 
fon 2it Havanty in Hampjhirey from having 
taken about four fpoonfuls of the juice of 
the root, inftead of that of the Water -Parf- 
nep. It was obferved, that in this in- 
ftance, as in that of the French prifoners, 
all the fufferers were affefted with the 
locked jaw [x), 
Thefe talents, it may be eafily imagined, 
l-endered him a welcome vifitor to Sir 
Hans^ 
(w) Gent. Mag, Vol. xxv. p. 317. 
{x) PhlL Tranf. Vol. 1. p. 856—9. 
I take this opportunity to remark alfo, that, in the cafe 
(pf a young woman poifoned by the fame means, which 
is printed in the 5th volume of the London Medical Jour^ 
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