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III. The Cafe of a Man who was poifond by eating 
Monks-hood or Napellus, communicated to 
the Royal Society by Mr. Vincent Bacon, 
Surgeon , F. 
O N Monday night laft, being February the 5th, 
about Ten, I was called in halt to one John 
Crumpler , a Silk-Weaver, in Spittle-Fields ; when 
I came into the Room, I found him lying on the 
Bed. his Head fupported by a By-ftander, his Eyes 
and Teeth fixed, his Nofe pinched in, his Hands, 
Feet, and Forehead cold s and all covered with a 
cold Sweat, no Pulfe to be perceived, and his Breath 
fo Ihort as fcarce to be diltinguilhed : Enquiring into 
the Cafe, I was told that he had, been very well all 
Day, and about Eight had eaten a very hearty Supper 
of Pork, and a Sallad dreft with Oil and Vinegar $ 
and though he was very merry at his Meal, he began 
immediately after to find an Indifpofition: i asked of. 
what the Sallad was corapofed ? and was anfwered, 
that there were in it nothing but common Sallad 
Herbs, all which they bought at a Stall in the Mar- 
ket, except fome Celery, which they had picked out 
of their own Garden. Sufpe£ting that he had been 
eating fome poifonous Herb, I asked if he found in 
the beginning of the Diforder any inclination to Vo- 
mit? They faid no, but that when he found hislilnefs 
come upon him with great Violence, he believed him* 
felf to be poifoned, and forthwith drank a large quan- 
tity of Oil, not lefs than a Pint in all, and after that 
he loaded his Stomach with Carduus-Tea kill he vomit- 
