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XXVIII. "The Effe&s of the Hyofcyamus al- 
bus, or white Henbane ; in a Letter to 
Dr. John Pringle, F. R. S. from Dr. John 
Steelman, late Surgeon -Major to the Re- 
giment of the Royal Grey Dragoons 
S I R, Edinburgh, Odlob. 2, 1750. 
Read May »6.TTN the month of Auguft 1748, whilff 
JL the Greys were cantoon’d in the vil- 
lage of Vucht near Boifleduc in Dutch Brabant, five 
men and two women of that regiment having eaten 
of the leaves of the hyofcyamus albus , Oared and boiled 
in broth, were foon after feized with a giddinefs and 
dupor, as if drunk. I faw them about three hours 
after having eat of it ; and then three of the men were 
become quite infenlible, did not know their com- 
rades, talk’d incoherently, and were in as high a 
delirium, as people in the rage of a fever. All of 
them had low irregular pulfes, flaver’d, and fre- 
quently chang’d colour : their eyes look’d fiery, and 
they catch’d at whatever lay next them, calling out, 
that it was going to fall. They complain’d of their 
legs being powerlefs. I mix’d what ipecacuana I had 
with me in warm water, and made them drink it ^ 
and afterwards threw in as much warm water and 
oil, as I could prevail with them to fwallow. Thofe,. 
who were not infenfible, vomited freely, and were 
relieved by it. Two of the three affedted with de- 
lirium, tho’ they drank great quantities, did not vo- 
mit, but had profufe fvveats, and pafs’d plenty of 
urine. 
