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Town, miflook a Bottle of this Laurel- Water for a 
Bottle of Ptifan. What Quantity he drank is un- 
certain, but he died in a few Minutes, complaining of 
a violent Diforder in his Stomach. This Affair was 
not much regarded at that Time, becaufe he laboured 
under a Diftemper, to which, or to an improper Ule 
of Remedies, his Death was attributed by thofe about 
him. 
To fatisfy myfelf farther as to the Effects of this 
Poifon, I made fome Experiments, in Conjunction 
with a few of my Friends, an Account of which fol- 
lows. 
I. Ofioler 3, 1718, We gave a large Setting-Dog 
three Ounces of Laurel-Water by the Mouth. In three 
Minutes after he had taken it, he began to be ftrongly 
convulfed. His Convulfions continued about five 
Minutes ; after which I untied him. He then fell in- 
to a raoft violent Difficulty of Breathing, which lafted 
about eight Minutes, and abated gradually, upon 
which he endeavoured to raife himfelf, but could 
not. 
I tied him down once again, and gave him an Ounce 
and an half more, upon which he funk at once, and 
without any Return of his Convulfions, or Difficulty 
of Breathing, he expired in two Minutes. 
Upon opening the Stomach, I found in it the whole 
Quantity of Water which he had taken; its Sur- 
face was covered with Froth, but it was not other- 
wife altered in its Colour, Gonfiftence, or Smell. 
The Infide of the Stomach was not at all inflamed, 
nor was there any vifible Alteration in the Tunica 
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