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BITTER NAUSEOUS POISONS.These are much altered by vegetable acids in general, and especially lyoxymuriatic acid; but they still retain much of their poisonous quality,Which appears to be rendered more active by alkalies. The tanning de-coctions of mil galls, acacia, and other strong astringents, Venice trea-cle, wme, spirituous liquors, and spices, are useful.

623. CIIELIDONIUM majus. Celandine. —The yellow juice oftliis plant is extremely acrid and narcotic. It is not at all like anyPlant used for culinary purposes, and therefore there is not anySreat danger likely to arise from its being confounded with any usefulVegetable.

624. CICUTA virosa. Cowbane. —Two boys and six girls, who foundsome roots of this plant in a water-meadow, ate of them. The twoboys were soon seized with pain of the pericardia, loss of speech, abo-lition of all the senses, anil terrible convulsions. The mouth closelyshut, so that it could not he opened by any means. Blood was forcedfrom the ears, and the eyes were horribly distorted.

Both the boys died in half an hour from the first accession of theSymptoms.

The six girls, who bad taken a smaller quantity of the roots thanthe boys, were likewise seized with epileptic symptoms; but in theinterval of the paroxysms, some Venice-treacle dissolved in vinegarwas given to them ; in consequence of which they vomited, and reco-vered : but one of them had a very narrow escape for her life. Shelay nine hours with her hands and feet outstretched, and cold : all thistime she had a cadaverous countenance, and her respiration couldScarcely be perceived. When she recovered, she complained a longtime of a pain in her stomach, and was unable to eat any food, hertongue being much wounded by her teeth in the convulsive fits.

Planta: affines.

Celery is smaller than this plant.

Parsley is also smaller in all its parts.

Alexanders differs from it, as a plant not of so high growth.

Angelica may be mistaken for this, but has a more agreeable scent.

All the water parsneps may be confounded with it: but these areknown by the smallness of the umbels; and they are generally inbloom, so that this circumstance is a good criterion.

Care should at all times he taken, not to make use of any umbelli-ferous plants growing in water, as many of them are, if not altogetherpoisonous, very unwholesome.

625. COIXI1ICUM autumnale. Meadow-Saffron. —Baron Stoereb,asserts, that on cutting the fresh root into slices, the acrid particles

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