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NOTICES OF MEMOIRS. 
M. Dumeril enumerates the following species as poi- 
sonous : — 
Meletta thrissa 
Antilles 
Very poisonous 
veneaosa 
Indian Seas 
Do. 
Tetraodcn Honkenyi 
Cape of Good Hope 
Do. 
Geneion maculatum 
Do. 
Do. 
Diodon orbiculare 
Antilles 
Do. 
Balistes vetula 
Do. < 
1 Do. 
Ostracion cornutus 
Do. 
Do. 
Sphyraena becuna 
barracuda 
Caranx fallax 
Do. 
Poisonous 
Sometimes poisonous 
Do. 
Scarus capitaneus 
Lachnolaemus caninus 
Thynnus pelamys 
Cybruin caballa 
Caranx Plumieri 
Thynnus vulgaris 
Mauritius 
\ 
Do. 
Do. 
1 Sometimes poison- 
ous when eaten 
l too long after 
1 capture 
Engraulis baelama 
Indian Seas 
\ Poisonous when not 
> deprived of head 
; and intestines 
M. Dumeril then considers the symptoms of fish-poison- 
ing, and concludes with some remarks on the treatment. 
This should be (1) to induce as promptly as possible an 
evacuation of the noxious substance; (2) to combat the 
effects produced by it. The first is effected by the use of 
emetics and castor-oil, or calomel ; the second by the ad- 
ministration of stimulants, such as tea and, in particular, 
coffee and alcoholic liquors. Should irritation persist, 
opium is recommended, and when the irritation has ceased, 
the use of ipecacuanha is advised to allay heat and dryness 
of the skin ; ariddinally, after the removal of the symptoms, 
tonics are considered indispensable. 
E. J. L. G. 
On Petroleum as Fuel. By Colonel Julius W. Adams. 
(Technologist, vol. 7, p. 14, July, 1866). 
In this paper the author details experiments made with 
