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he with the greateft difficulty was conducted up.* 
hairs to bed, where he pulled off part of his cloaths 
himfelf. When he was put to bed, he was attack- 
ed with very fevere convulhons, which in about a 
quarter of an hour deprived him of his fenfes ; and 
continued, with a few intermiffions, till he died, a 
little before nine o’ clock which was about three, 
hours and half after the juice had been taken. A pro- 
fufe fweat accompanied the whole of thefe fymptoms : 
he foamed confiderably at the mouth, and his belly 
fwelled greatly. He purged very much foon after 
he was dead, but not before. 
As this poor man had taken this dofe before his 
family were up, no one could imagine from whence 
his dilorder arole ; and confequently the apothecary, 
who was called to him, was able to form a judgment 
of his cafe only from the fymptoms ; as on his coming 
he found his patient fenlelefs, and who had not, 
while his mind was undiflurbed, told any one the 
probable caufe of his complaints. He took from 
him however about ten ounces of blood, and en- 
deavoured to get fome vinum ipecacuanha into his 
mouth : but his jaws were clofed fo faft, not above 
a fpoonful paffed, and that by the accident of hi& 
mouth opening of itfelf. 
The fymptoms, with which the perfon above- 
mentioned was attacked, were much the fame as. 
thofe which were obferved in the French prifoners, 
who were poifoned by the fame root at Pembroke. 
In both inftances occurred thofe fevere mufcular 
fpafms, which kept the under jaw fo clofe to the 
upper, that, while the fpafm continued, fcarce any 
force could feparate them. In both instances like- 
wife. 
