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[385]. Upon the subject of slow poisons we have already expressed the latitude of our belief, see page [143].
[386]. Medical Transactions, vol. 2, p. 420.
[387]. Transactions of Medical Society of London.
[388]. Med. Legale, iv, § 921.
[389]. “De Lithargyrio quoque mihi narravit, matronam quandam nobilem pulverem ejus in rubore faciei, postquam hic ipsi tanquam singulare et certissimum arcanum deprædicatus fuisset, in petia ligatum, axillis bis vel ter die aspersisse cum præsentaneo effectu; verum exinde subsecuta fuisse dyspnæam, lipothymiam, dolores vagos in abdomine, vomituritionem, et nauseam.”
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[391]. Observations on the Water with which Tunbridge is supplied for domestic purposes.