Its Symptoms and fatal EffeBs. 137 
Otto Tachenius fays, that Silver may be ob¬ 
tained from Tin by Arfenic. 
bloody Stools, Excoriation of the Fundament, Swellingcf 
the Belly, exquifite Pains and Prickings in every external as 
well as internal Part of the Eody, which he compared to an 
infinite Number of Needles darting into him all at once. 
Uneafmefs in the Mouth, Lips, Noie, and Eyes ; Lips dry 
and rough with angry Pimples on them, infide of theNoftrils 
in the fame Condition, the Eyes a little Bloodfhot; cold 
Sweats, Hiccup, extreme Reftlefihefs and Anxiety, low, 
trembling, intermitting Pulfe, difficult unequal Refpiration, 
Difficulty of Speech, Inability of Swallowing, and (the Con- 
fequence of all thefe cruel Symptoms) Death. 
Dr. Addington and Dr. Lewis, on examining the dead Body, 
found it in the following Condition, viz. The Back, hinder 
Part of the Arms, Legs, and Thighs, were livid. The Fat oa 
the Mufcles of the Belly of a loofe Texture, inclining to a 
State of Fluidity; the Mufcles themfelves pale and flaccid. 
The Cawl yellower than natural, and on the Side next the 
Stomach and Inteftines, brownilh. The Heart variegated 
with purple Spots; and no Water in the Pericardium. The 
Lungs like Bladders filled with Air, and blotted as it were 
in fome Places with pale, but in moll with black Ink. 
The Liver and Spleen much difcoloured : the Liver look¬ 
ed as if boiled, but that Part which covered the Stomach 
particularly black. The Bile fluid, hf a dirty yellow in¬ 
clining to red. The Kidneys flained all over with livid 
Spots. The Stomach and Bowels inflated, and appearing, 
before any Incifion, as if pinched and extravafated Blood 
had been ftagnated between their Membranes. They 
contained nothing, as far as they were examined, but a llimy 
bloody Froth : their Coats remarkably fmooth, thin, and 
flabby. The Wrinkles of the Stomach totally obliterated : 
its internal Coat and the Duodenum prodigioufly inflamed 
and excoriated.--Vid. Mi/s Bicmdy s Trial, Folio, pages 
12, 13, 14, 15. 
As Arfenic is not ufed in Medicine, it would be well if the 
Apothecaries and Chemilis did not keep it in their Shops. 
Selling now and then a Pennyworth to kill Rats (and even 
in doing that many fad Accidents have happened) can furely 
induce no good Man to rifk the Poffibility of putting this 
horrid Poifon into wicked Hand's. 
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