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tory,  12th  ed.,  p.  836,  &c.)  Nevertheless,  but  few  cases,  we 
believe,  have  been  recorded  of  poisoning  resulting  from  eating 
the  fruit  of  the  plant,  and  it  therefore  may  be  well  to  record 
two  cases  of  this  kind  communicated  to  me  by  a  professional 
friend. 
The  subjects  of  these  cases  were  children,  one  six  and  the 
other  eight  years  of  age.  The  quantity  eaten  was  nearly  a 
pint.  In  a  few  hours  the  children  became  drowsy  and  stupid, 
and  in  a  short  time  vomiting  commenced,  first  of  the  partially 
digested  fruit,  afterwards  of  a  thick,  tenacious  fluid  of  a  wine 
color.  Then  convulsions  of  different  parts  of  the  body  followed, 
accompanied  by  slight  delirium.  Respiration  was  hurried,  pulse 
at  first  full  and  strong,  but  slow,  afterwards,  small,  frequent  and 
compressible ;  pupils  dilated.  Warm  water  was  given  to  pro- 
mote emesis,  and  thus  clear  the  stomach  of  the  poisonous  mat- 
ter ;  afterwards  large  quantities  of  carbonate  of  soda  in  solution, 
under  the  belief  that  it  was  an  antidote  to  the  poison.  Other- 
wise they  were  treated  on  general  principles.  Both  cases 
recovered,  though  the  youngest  convalesced  very  slowly. — Am. 
Jour.  Med.  Sci.,  April,  1866. 
REMEDY  FOR  EPILEPSY. 
By  George  C.  Close. 
A  few  months  since,  a  copy  of  a  recipe — said  to  be  a  remedy 
for  epilepsy,  and  which  had  been  put  up  by  a  New  York  firm, 
somewhat  celebrated  for  their  specialities — was  handed  to  me, 
with  a  request  to  state  my  price  for  compounding  it.  I  did  so, 
and  returned  it  to  the  person  who  handed  it  to  me.  Soon  after, 
I  received  from  two  independent  sources  copies  of  what  I  know 
to  be  essentially,  and  believe  to  be  precisely,  the  same  recipe, 
with  the  intimation  that  it  was  of  French  origin. 
The  reason  I  now  call  the  attention  of  the  Association  to  this 
matter  is,  that  I  am  informed  that  the  firm  mentioned  above, 
and  whom,  for  the  sake  of  a  name,  I  will  call  Jones,  Smith  &  Co., 
are  now  advertising  this  article  as  their  remedy  for  epilepsy. 
I  therefore  wish  to  make  the  recipe  public,  so  that  when  Jones, 
Smith  &  Co.'s  remedy  for  epilepsy  is  inquired  for,  members  may 
