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July the 22, I poifoned the point of a fword with 
the fame poifon ; and with this fword I pierced the 
left thigh of a large cat, which died in a minute, 
without fhewing any figns of buffering. 
July the 24, after having introduced fome of the 
fame poifon into little wounds, made in the legs, and 
other parts, of feveral dogs, cats, foxes, and horles, I 
immediately applied a red-hot iron, or burning char- 
coal, on the wounds : not one of thefe animals died : 
but this operation mull be performed very fpeedily. 
July the 30, I pricked a great number of rats and 
mice in the feet with a lancet, after poifoning its 
point. They all died in lefs than a minute, after 
being tormented with a frightful fhivering, which was 
immediately followed by an almoft general palfy. 
The fame thing happened to moles, which I made 
ufe of for this experiment. 
Auguft the 6, I made a fmall wound in the left 
hinder leg of a pig of three months old ; and then X 
put into it two drops of the poifon of Ticunas : this 
creature died in fix minutes. I repeated this expert 
ment on two young wolves, which died in the fame 
fpace of time. 
Augufl the 7, I cut off the tip of the ear of fix 
puppies, and rubbed the part with the poifon of Ti- 
cunas : not one of thefe animals died of this opera- 
tion. Two days after, I fhaved the hair off of their 
backs very clofe, and rubbed the part with the famb 
poifon : they all died in lefs than three minutes. 
The 10, 11, and 12 of the fame month, into 
fmall wounds made in different parts of the body of 
feveral dogs, cats, polecats, guinea-pigs, &c. I in- 
flill’d feven or eight drops of blood, which I drew 
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