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named Drops. It being near One o' Clock, I left him* 
and calling to fee him on ! fuefday in the Forenoon, 
found him much amended: He had lain awake, tho" 
ftill, an Hour or two after I left him, but being very 
cold and chilly, had a great deal of Covering laid on 
him, and then found a kindly Warmth come over 
his Limbs, which was fucceedecl by a moderate Sweat, 
and then a quiet Sleep of four or five Hours, from 
which he awaked very much refrefiied , and when I 
was there, was capable of anfwering the Qiaeftions I 
asked him, I mean with regard to Strength ,• for his 
Senfes had never failed him but during theSwoonings. 
I wanted to fee fome of the Sallad, but was told that 
they had eaten all that they picked, and the reft was 
thrown upon the Fire, fo that nothing could be feen 
but the Celery, which being the Produce of their 
own Garden, the Boy who gathered it the Evening 
before, was ordered to fetch fome more of the fame % 
he prefently brought a Specimen, which I took to be 
the common Monks-hood of our Gardens, called by 
Morifon in his Pralud. Eotan . Aconitum Spied 
Florum pyramid alt. But that this Company may be 
more certain, I have brought a Specimen of the Plant 
taken from the fame Place this Morning, which the 
Boy fays is of the fame Kind which he gathered be- 
fore, and the Patient upon biting it, declares to have 
the fame Tafte which he perceived on Monday . But 
it may be obferved, that it was not then fo much (hot 
up into Leaves as it is now: I defired him to give me 
an exa£t account of what Alterations he found in 
himfelf after the eating it, and how they came on : 
He faid the firft Symptom was a Senfation of a ting* 
ling Heat, which did not only affed his Tongue, but 
his 
