VI IL Extract of a L etter concerning the Foi- 
fon of Henbane-Roots, from 2 )r. Patouillat, 
Fhyftcian at Toucy in France, to M. Geof- 
froy, F. R. S. and Member of the Royal 
Academy of Sciences at Paris, communicated 
to the Royal Society, London, by Sir 
Hans Sloane, Med. Reg. and Fref. R. S. 
H E 26th of lad Month, I was called to a Cot- 
tage very near Taucy 5 where I was furprifed 
to find nine Perfons together, all having the true 
Symptoms of being poifon'd 5 with this Difference, 
that fome were fpeechl efs, and fhew'd no other Signs 
of Life than by Convulftons, Contortions of their 
Limbs, and the Rifus Sardonicus ; all having their 
Eyes darting out of their Heads, and their Mouths 
drawn backwards on both Sides $ others had all the 
Symptoms alike. However, five of them did now 
and then open their Mouths, but it was to utter 
Bowlings : And whenever they exprefs cl articulated 
Words, it feem'd as if they would prophely. One, 
for Example, faid, In a Month my Neighbour will 
lofe a Cow: Another, In a little time you will fee 
the Crown Pieces of fixty Pence at fiveLivres [100 d.[J 
Among thefe nine Perfons there was a Woman five 
Months gone with Child, a Child of two Years ; four 
Boys of 9, 12, 15 and 18 ; and three Girls of 15, 
17 and 19 Years of Age, who had all three the Mif- 
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fortune 
