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the patient, whom I found in this state : his face red ; the eyes sparkling 
and prominent, with the pupil a little dilated ; the frontal veins were full 
of blood and very much enlarged ; he retained his consciousness ; his 
arms and hands were agitated by convulsive movements. I promptly 
asked whether they would permit me to use such means as I should con- 
sider suitable ; receiving an answer in the affirmative, I administered a 
a grain of emetic in a spoonful of lukewarm water, and endeavored to 
cause vomiting by tickling the fauces. The patient refusing to take 
another grain of tartarized "antimony, vomited but a small quantity of 
whitish glairy matter. I had recourse to the following composing 
draught : ether sulph. gtt. xxx., aq. laur. ceras. gtt. iv., syrup altheae ^i., 
aq. tillise ^iij. M. This draught taken by spoonsful, in the course of half 
an hour produced evident relief. I gave the patient during the day, (ten 
hours had elapsed since the symptoms appeared, and eleven when I 
commenced the treatment,) a mixture composed of zinci oxid. gr. viij,, 
ether sulph. gss., aq. aurant. flor. ^ij., aq. lactucre ^iv., syrup valerian 
^iss. M. The following morning the patient, who had slept a little during 
the night, was completely restored. Journ. de Chimit Med. 
Accidents caused by Bryony Root. — Already, in many works, cases of 
poisoning have been published, which were due to the bryony root, {Bryo- 
nia alba,) known also under the names of snakeweed, the devil's turnip, 
parsnip turnip, and bastard turnip. A mistake took place lately at St. Savine, 
( Aube,) in which a whole family narrowly escaped the fatal effects of the 
employment of this root. The facts are these. Yesterday, November 18th, 
1836, a root of bryony, which had without doubt been mistaken for a pars- 
nip, was put with some pulse in a pot, and soup prepared according to 
custom ; but this soup having a detestable flavor, was given to a pig, who 
ate it with avidity ; soon after, this animal was seized with violent con- 
vulsions, in consequence of which it died. 
At Paydie-Codon, in the department of Aube, five persons have been 
a prey to intense suffering in consequence of a similar mistake. 
Journ de Chimie Med. 
Codeia and Morphia. — M. Koene, of Brussels, in a memoir entitled 
New Observations upon a Double Salt of Codeia and Morphia, has arrived 
at the following conclusions: 
1. Codeia and morphia form with chlorohydric acid a salt not decom- 
posable by ammonia. 
2. Ammonia does not enter into the composition of the double salt. 
3. The quantity of morphia in the double salt is less than that of codeia, 
and from a single experiment is as one to three. 
4. When the chlorhydrate of codeia and morphia is in solution with the 
