but never offer’d to get up, only ftretching out his 
Legs, expir’d prefently. Mr. Ranby , who afiifted 
at the Experiment, open’d him immediately •, there 
was about two Ounces of the Laurel Water found in 
his Stomach, and fome frothy Mucus ; the Veins in 
general were very turgid, but the Blood was flill fluid ; 
and indeed we could difcern no Alteration in any of 
the Fife era. 
I gave four Ounces of Laurel Water to Dr. Porter, 
Coll.Med.Lond.L'icentiat.HAoAA down a pretty large 
Dog threeOunces, with no great Difficulty. The Crea- 
ture inftantly returned about two Ounces by Vomit, 
clear and unalter’d j in a few Minutes he grew prodigi- 
oufly convulfed, foon after became motionlefs, and to all 
appearance was dying. Within ten Minutes he vomited 
a fecond time, ana threw up afmall Quantity of a vif- 
cid, green, and very frothy Matter : From which Mo- 
ment he began to recover, and within half an Hour 
was perfectly well. He was kept in the Yard all Night, 
and the next Morning not the leaft Diforder being to 
be perceived in him, he was turned out of Doors. 
An Account of the Experiment tried upon a Dog 
with Laurel Water, in the Prefence of fever al 
Members of the Royal Society, in their .Reposi- 
tory, upon Thurfday the x%th of Odober 1731. 
By Cromwell Mortimer,,; R? S. Seer. 
A Bout half an Hour after Six in the Evening I 
gave about half an Ounce of the Laurel Water 
to a middle-lxz’d Spaniel weighing near fixteen Pound, 
which he fwaliowed with great Reluctance, fp'iliing 
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