CICUTA, OR WATER HEMLOCK. 17 
Two sheep, Nos. 144 and 148, were fed upon the seeds and seed 
stems, No. 148 eating 8.4 pounds per 100 pounds of weight and No. 
144 receiving 52.9 pounds, or about one-half its own weight. This 
latter quantity was fed in about a week’s time. These animals suffered 
no harm. 
In order to make certain that a large amount of the seeds was 
taken in a short time, four animals were drenched with the seeds 
ground up and mixed with enough water to make it possible to 
administer them in this manner. No. 135 received in two days 1.6 
pounds of seed, No. 142 in ene day received 2.3 pounds, No. 151 
in one day received 3.6 pounds, and No. 140 in one day received 3.8 
pounds. Of these animals No. 142 was the only one that sustained 
any harm. ; 
No. 142 was brought in for feeding on August 18, 1911, weighing 
at that time 117 pounds. On August 19, at 9.50 a. m., it was given, 
in a drench with about 14 quarts of water, 200 grams of ground 
Cicuta seed. This dose was repeated at 11.15 a. m., 1.50, 3.00, 7.30, 
and 9.30 p.m. This sheep was given a little hay on August 20, and 
on August 21, when an attempt was made to turn it out of the 
corral, it ran part way round the corral, stood, and leaned against 
the fence, trembling all over. It moved to another part of the 
corral, and fell there, with the head thrown back, and went into 
convulsions. These lasted about one minute. The teeth were grated 
- and the muscles contracted. It soon got up, but appeared for several 
minutes as though dazed. It breathed rapidly for a time and some 
trembling was noticed for about 15 minutes. The next day, how- 
ever, it appeared to be all right. 
The symptoms were so much like Cicuta poisoning that this con- 
dition was considered as due to the effect of the Cicuta seeds, although 
the poisoning was strangely delayed. None of the animals suffered 
any harm from the material which they received as a drench. © 
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS. 
SYMPTOMS OF CICUTA POISONING. 
Perhaps no better description of Cicuta poisoning has ever been 
written than that given in 1679 by Wepfer, who tells howchildren after 
eating the roots returned home “‘laeti,’”’ one of the little girls tearfully 
complaining of the selfishness of the others in not giving her her share 
of the root; he then goes on to tell the symptoms exhibited by each 
of the children. The following is his description of one case: 
Jacobus Maeder, puer sex annorum, capillis albis praeditus, tener vegetus tamen, 
domum rediit hilaris ac subridens, quasi re bene gesta: paulo post conquerebatur, de 
praecordiorum dolore & vix verbum effatus, humi prostratus urinam magno impetu ad 
