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II. Experiments and ObferVations. of the EjfeEls of fede- 
ral forts of Eoifons upon Animals , See. Made at 
Montpellier in the Years 1678 and . 1 679, by 
the late William Courten Effc Communicated by 
Dr. Hans Sloane, S. Seer . Tranflated from 
the Latin MS. 
I N the Month of July, Anno 1678. we gave a Dog a 
piece of Bread fteep’d in two Ounces of the Juice of 
Dutch Night-fhade [ Solanum Batavicum ] exprefs’d from 
the green Plant, and mixt with Cheete. As far as we 
could perceive, he did not feem to receive any manifeft 
Datmge from if. 
The fame Dofe of the Juice of the Leaves of Hemlock 
[CicutaJ had no more effect We gave alfo the fame 
Dog a pretty large Root of Wolfs- Bane [Aconitum Par da* 
hunches'] together with the Leaves and Flowers of the 
fame Plant bruifed and mixt with Flefh 5 which did him 
no hurt. 
Two Drachms of White Hellebore [ Helleborus alius"] 
very much diforder’d him, and caufed Reachings, Suf- 
focations, Vomiting, and Voiding of Excrements, 
This Dog (as afterwards we often obferved in others 
that had taken the like Corrofive Medicines) whether be- 
cause he was nbt able to endure the Pain, or by reafon 
of any other Uneafiirefs, often fcratched the Ground 
with his Feet r However he recovered, and was well 
again. L ; \ . 1 0 - J : ^ 4 • 1 ; * 
He (Wallowed alfo five -Roots of Meadow-Saffron 
[Colchicttm Epbemrum] dug frefh out of the Earth : With 
which he was violently tormented, but did not dye. 
As 
