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4. That all the mufcles are fo vadly contracted in 
the animals thus poifoned, that there is not a drop of 
blood to be found in them, whatever way you cut 
into them. Thefe mufcles are clammy to the touch, 
and feem to approach the condition of fledi beginning 
to be tainted, which feels clammy. 
5. That I do not know a more certain rule for 
determining, that an animal died by the energy of this 
poifon, than this date of the flefh, which feels clam- 
my immediately after death : but a perfon mud have 
handled it more than once, if he would .avoid being 
midaken. 
6. That the whole mafs of blood, during the ac- 
tion of the poifon, is carried in abundance into the 
liver and lungs. 
7. That neither fugar nor fea-falt ought to be 
regarded as a fpecific antidote ; becaufe the poifon 
operates fo quick, that it does not allow time to 
thefe drugs to adt', io as to prevent death. I have 
found nothing but red-hot iron applied in time, that 
cures with diffident certainty. 
8. That the more the animal is of a lively and 
fanguine conditution, the more fpeedily and forcibly 
the poifon ads. 
9. The ludier and fatter the animal is, the more 
poifon and time alfo are required for producing the 
expected effedts. 
Before I make an end, it is worthy of obfervation, 
that the poifon mud be dried on the indrument, be- 
fore it be druck into the animal, which we intend 
to kill : for, if it be liquid, it remains on the outfide 
of the wound, while the indrument penetrates into 
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