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livid : There was no Blood at al! in the Sinus falci- 
f of mis \ the Brain look’d very well • the Veflels of 
the Plexus Choroides in each Ventricle were not di- 
ftended, but livid, nor were they burft, there being 
no Extravafation in the Ventricles, only a very fmall 
Quantity of Lymph ; which was the Cafe likewife 
of the Pericardium , which had not above a Tea 
Spoonful of Water in it. 
In both thefe Inftances this Poifon feems to a by 
coagulating the Blood j fo that it can’t pafs the Lungs 
or Brain : And I take it that the Puppy liv’d longer 
than the great Dog •, becaufe in the Puppy the Fora- 
men Ovale was open, by whfch the thicken’d Blood 
could pafs, and perform a few Circulations more than 
it could have done, had it had the Lungs to pafs thro*} 
and that in the Puppy the Brain was the Part the 
mod: affe&ed, as was evident from the Convulfions it 
had : Whereas the Dog was little convulfed, but feem’d 
to die of a Difficulty of Breathing ; and the greateft 
Accumulation was found at the right Ventricle of 
the Heart, 
When I return’d to London , I got a middling- fiz’d 
Spaniel, on whom I tried the Experiment at theHoufe 
of our Honourable Prefidenr. i pour’d about three 
Ounces of the Laurel Water into an old Coffee-Pot, 
and while the Dog was held fa ft by another, fome 
Laurel Water was poured down his Throat: He ftrug- 
gled pretty much at firft, and whined jbut when about 
half of it was down, he ceafed ftruggling ♦ that 
he might not be too long a dying, the Remainder was 
given him j he fpilt about one third of the whole 
Quantity : He was then laid down on the Ground, 
but 
