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ou. b..

wheo thoy are aogered. TI;e minera!" kiog–

dom produces arfenicals and

mercuri31s

and rhe vcge.

table, hcrbs ;md plants, of a moH acrid , noxious and de.

le.teri ou. qUJli ,y, Cuch as ,he mon violem eathan ic. aod

¡¡arcaries .

Evcry

COrt oC

poi Coo C" ms la have ao cffetl pecul:ar to

¡trelf:

thus mt:rcury au acks [he

(,Hlees

and tbeir glands,

producíng ulcrrations therel" ; arfcnic occal'i.ons the mofl:

crud

tOrmenlS,

cODvu lfions,

and

morti~aation

of the

coacs

of Ihe intelline. ; the Ceed. of datura, a kind of Uranio.

nium, induce madneCs or abColu'" flupid ity ; hyoCeiamu.

cauCes a

Hupor,

and fo [roubles the imaginadon. that the

perCon affetled believe. he fees dremons and Cpeélres. O·

pium brings

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Oeepinefs, and a torpor on [he mind .

Shup, dr. llic

purge~

inflame the intd line. . The bite

of amad dog oecofi oo. the dread of water. The fliog

of a Ccorpion produce. a fudden .nd exceediog cold

fweat. Litharge. unwaril y rak<n, caufes a convuHive

eolic, witb

obflinate c¡¡iliveneCs . The berries of dead ·

aight (hade produce madneCs, rage, or folly; as do

alCo rhe roots of cicuta terrefiris.

The bites of mad animal. have been already

tr~",ed

or:

and, as for others, il appears from experience, that

Ibe biles or fliogs of o,her aoimals, Cuch a's fpidero, Ceor·

pioDs, and vipers. are mofi pernicious in hot countries ;

and neither the infeas. nor aay other aoimals, are poi–

fonous of themCelves . but their flinga or bite., wheo they

are mad, or provoked to 'lngc:r.

The venom of animals, whether in a rage or madnefs,

eommuoic.tesan infeaioo by the r., liva, milk. and Iympha.

The Cymptot1\. which follow ,he bite of a viper, are a

Ibarp, pricking paio io the wouoded pan : a tumour,

..hich i. firfl red; aod .fterwards Iivid, fenfibly extend.

iag itCelf tO the neighbouring parts : the Ikia frelS, .od

brealo out iota Iinle bladders: Come time after, a

remarkable faiotoef. Cupervene., with a quick, \Veak,

aod Cometime. an interminiag pulfe, a palpitatioo of

the hdrt, a Ilupefatlioa of the feofe., an aoxiety of

Ihe. p~"eordia,

a great fieknefs of the (Jomach with bi–

lious vomitting, a dulods of fight, fomelime. paio. a·

bout th_ oavel or ,he regioo of the liver, diflicu lt breath–

iae. hiecpp., !rembliog., coovulfion. , caId C\VealS, eold·

IIeC. of the eX!remiti_.; after which. deat!! cloCes the

fceoe, unlef. prevented by timely remedies. If the pa·

tient Curvives, a tumOur with inflammation cantinues for

fome time. Sometimes a

fani~s

flowl from the wound.

and pu()ule, appoar. like the herpes exedeos; the ¡kinbc–

COme. yellow. as if the patieot had the jaundiee.

H olfm,a obferves. that externally ia , 11 venomous bite.

it will be proper to apply Cueh things a. relax aod molli ·

(y the flriaure. of the parlS, tha! open the pa re., .nd fa

procure:

exit for the virulent manero

Boyle obCervcs, that a hot iroo held over the wound·

ed pan, 'immcdiatcly arter the bite, fo check, and weak·

.ens the venom, that the p.ltic:nt will have nothing tO com·

pl,in of but a paio io the part of (han eonti nuance.

But, above ¡:¡1I. Mead . frommany experiments. recom:

meods ,he f. t of vipers, ivhich, beiog rubbed in,o .the

wounded par!, rendo.. . 11 othen uCeleCs; and, if thal i.

lJot

¡al

hand, it appean from fome late trials. that com:

moo fall au-oil, rubbed warm iota the part, will do a. well.

VO~,

IU. Numb.

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Tite bite of a

R A TTL E ,S NA K E,

Ititherto looked upon

as a moll terrible accídent . may now be- cured io a fim.

P~C,

eafy manner.

is the ¡nvention or a negro; for the

dlCcovery of which, he had his frcedom purch.Ced, and

fI.?

h~ndred

poun'ds per annum feuled upon him during

bIS hfe by ,he geoeral alfembl y of Carolina.

T akc of the roots of plaOlane and horehouod (in the

fummer the roots and branches togelher) a fu fficieotquan..

tity; bruife them in a monar, and fqueezc out the juice.

of which give as foon as poffible one lar-ge fpoonrul; if

the pa,ient be fwe" ed. you I11U(J force i, down his throat.

T hi. gener.lly will cure;

bUl,

if he finds

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relief in an

hour after, you may give . oother fpoooilll, which oever

fail•.

the roolS are dried. they mu(l be moi(Jeoed wi,h a

litlle water. T o ,he \l(ound may beapplied a leaf of good

tobacco moiflened with rum o

The mioeral kingdom furni(hes very few real poiCoo.:

the ooly natural one is cobalt; the faétilÍous are arfeoie.

eorrofive Cublimate, and glaC. of aOlimony.

Cobalt is a kind of a

marea~te,

'yhieh is fouod io great

pleoty in the mine. of MiCnia ; and is well know'o for its

poiConous quali,y,

fatal to ioCetls, brute., .od meno

lo makiog the blue glalo,

eoamel, called fmalt, from

this mineral, a fon of white fiowers ariCes. which, heing

melted io a (Jrooger fire, i, c. lled while arCeoic.

,hi.

beOlelted agaio ·. ·ith an eleventh pan of Culphur, iI be–

come, yellow arCeoic, and, with a fi x,h pan of fulphur,

red. Of lheCe, the white is Ihe moll dcadly poiCoo.

A. foc the true mineral poifons, they were entire1y

unknown to the ancients ; for tbey reckoned quickfiJver.

erude antimony, a1l kinds of vitrioJas well as cerufs, and

the lapis lazuli, io lhí\t clars ; but orpiment, which they

ealled arCeoick, as

CcICus.telli~e.,

aod looked upon as a poi.

fon. is void

all virulence and deleterious qualities:

and

Caodar.eh

thcy tcrmed red arfenie, which is made of

melted orpiment. bllt is no more noxious than the for·

mero Indeed, it muil be owoed; that the above catalogue

are DOt altogether frieodly to human na ture, or may be

endued wi,h a corrodiog quality; but they waot the true

eharaéleritlic of poiron•.

~ickfi lver,

dilfolved io ..id mioer. 1 CpirilS, i. like–

wiCe a poifon. though of itfc:lf it is eorirely innoceot.

This

h~s

chiefly :lppeítred from errors

pra~ice,

when

Ihe mereury has oot been rightly prepared aod cor reaed_

L ikewiCe glaf, of antimooy reduced into powder, aod

exhibiled, cauCes enormous vOO1iting, wilh mofi cruel

gripiog•• which often end io deoth .

Arfenic. taken inwardly. creates a pricking. velJicif·

ting. irritating. burning fenfation, ' with a heat and moa

violent painin che nomaeh, a racking torture in the bowels.

vomiting, uoquenchable thir(l, a roughnefs aod dryoef.

of Ihe toogue, fauces aod gullc', with hiecups : tben fol–

low mo(t cruel ttDxieties, palpitadon of the heart ; fai ot..

¡ni;

coldnt:fs of (he extrcmiues ;

fome\

imes black vomiu •

and fl ooh with a fetid cadaverous fOled l ; a gangrenc and

mortine..ioo of lbe Ilomach and inttÍlioes, whieh u/her

in deat h.

'Milk is very uCeful again(l . 11 eor'rofivc poiCons, by irs

foff, oleoos cor,texture', blu nting their acrimony; and is

a gaod vehicle

bring them up by vomito

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