[120]. Quæst. Med. Leg.
[121]. Sir Edward Coke in the trial of Sir John Hollis.
[122]. Bacon’s works, vol. ii. p. 614.
[123]. “επιφερεν οιδηματα σωματος, μετα ωχροτητος επιτεταμενης. δυσπνοειν και δυσωδια οδωδεναι το στομα, και λυγμος αυτοις επεται, ενιοτε δε και σπερματος απροαιρετος εκκρισις.”
[124]. 1. κωφος η αφθογγος; 2. φωνητικος.
[125]. Instit. Mater. Medic. p. 176.
[126]. Manuale di Tossicologia, p. 79. 245.
[127]. See also Istituzioni di Med. For. di G. Tortosa, vol. 2. p. 67, and authorities there cited.
[128]. This fact may be illustrated by ancient as well as modern records; from the poisoned tunic of the Centaur Nessus, to the treacherous powders of the diabolical Mary Bateman.
[129]. Theophrast. Hist. Plant. lx. c. 16. Strabo mentions the action of the Lauro-cerasus, as a poison, and observes that it occasions a death like that of Epilepsy.