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Upon opening her Body, we did not find the Blood 
much altered frem its Natural State. 
February the 7th, we injected into the Crural Vein of 
a lufty ftrong Dog a Drachm and half of Opiuw, dif- 
folved in an Ounce and half of Water. The Dog 
immediately fhewed the great Pain he endured, by a 
violent ftrugling of his whole Body, a loud Noife that 
he made, notwithftandine; his Jaws were tied, a great 
difficulty of Breathing andPalpitation of the Heart, with 
Convulfive Motions of almoft all Parts of his Body : In 
a little time all thefe remitted, and he was feized with 
a profound Sleep, as if he had been in a Lethargy or 
Apoplexy. Having let him loofe, he lay upon the 
Ground without moving or making any Noife, in fo 
deep a Sleep, that he would not move with beating. 
About half an Hour after, if we beat him, he would 
move a little, but prefently lay down again. After an 
t Hour, if we beat him, he would move a little more 5 
and by degrees his Sleepinefs a little decreafing, in an 
Hour and half or two Hours time, when he was beat 
he would make a Noife and walk a little, but fefcaied 
very heavy and ftupified, and reeled as he went 5 but as 
foon as we left off beating him, as if he had forgot 
every, .thitfg that had paft, he prefently laid himfelf 
down again and fell afleep. Next Day when we viewed 
the Place where he lay, we found a great quantity of 
fetid Excrements, like corrupted Blood, or the diluted 
Opium that he had taken : But ftill his Drowfinefs con- 
tinued, and tho’ we beat him with Whips, that he ran 
crying about the Room, yet he prefently forgot it, and 
immediately fell afleep again. In this fleepy Condition 
: he continued 3 Days, refufing whatfoever was offer’d 
him to eat, or rather not minding that or any thing elfei 
On the 4th Day we found him dead : But perhaps he 
wbyld not have dy’d of the ftupifying Quality of the , 
®pitity } if (confidering the extream coidnefs of the Wea- 
C’ . W. , •ther) 
