in which Death is produced by vegetable Poisons . 193 
III. Experiments with Poisons applied to zvounded Surfaces. 
Experiments with the Essential Oil of Almonds. 
Exp. 1$. I made an incision in the thigh of a rabbit, and 
introduced two drops of essential oil between the skin and 
the muscles. In four minutes after the application, he was 
seized with violent convulsions, and became insensible, and in 
two minutes more he was apparently dead ; but the heart was 
felt through the ribs acting one hundred and twenty times in 
a minute, and it continued acting for several minutes. There 
were no other appearances in the limb, than would have re- 
sulted from an ordinary wound. 
Exp. 17. Two drops of the essential oil of almonds were 
introduced into a wound in the side of a mouse. Two minutes 
afterwards he was affected with symptoms similar to those 
which occurred in the last experiment, and in two minutes 
more he was apparently dead, but the heart continued to con- 
tract for some minutes afterwards. 
From the experiments, which I have just related, and from 
others which it appears unnecessary to detail, as the general 
results were the same, I have learned that where the essential 
oil of almonds is applied to a wound, its effects are not so 
instantaneous as when it is applied to the tongue ; otherwise 
there is no difference in its effects in whatever manner it is 
applied. 
Experiment with the Juice of the Leaves of Aconite. 
Exp. 18. I made a wound in the side of a young rabbit, 
and introduced, between the skin and muscles, about twenty 
