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considerable extent in chronic venereal affections, exostoses, andglandular scirrhous and strumous swellings. The dose is gr. \ togr. ss rubbed upon the tongue or gums, along with a little liquoricepowder, or in form of pill gr. -fa made with extract of mezereon.(Chrestien.) See Ung. Acri.

Poisonous in large doses, producing the same violent symptoms as cor-rosive sublimate. See Hydrarg. Oxym.Muriate of Tin, in the solid state, occurs in small needle-shaped crys-tals, of a yellowish-white colour, and they contain excess of acid asthey redden vegetable blues. Exposed to the air they deliquesce.

Poisonous, producing a disagreeable, acerb, metallic taste, with constric-tion of the throat, difficulty of breathing, vomiting, pain of thebowels, hypercatharsis, cramp, convulsive twitches of the face, syn-cope, and death.

Treatment. Milk drank copiously is supposed to decompose the muriate,which must be removed by emetics. When inflammation is obvious,bleeding will be requisite, while the warm bath and fomentationswill relieve the tormina, when accompanied with emollient andanodyne enemata.

Tests. The muriate of tin will precipitate gold from its solution of apurple colour. Or a little strong tea, or tincture of galls, will pre-cipitate the tin of a bright yellow colour. Liquor of jJotass or prus-siate of potass will give a white precipitate.Muriatic Acid. See Acidum Mcriaticum.Muride, the name first given to Bromine.

Mushrooms. Agarici. Are used in making ketchup, &c, but it isrequisite to be very cautious in selecting them, as more of them arepoisonous than wholesome. The wholesome ones commonly usedare pink in the gills, and white above; the bad ones are black orbrown in the gills, and broad.

Poisonous mushrooms usually grow in wet, shady places, have a nause-ous odour, and are soft, open, and porous, with their surface gaudilycoloured or dirty looking, and the stalks soft and bulbous. They growrapidly, and soon corrupt.

Symptoms. Nausea and retching, colic, purging, thirst, fainting, stupor,delirium, cold sweats, convulsions, and death. The nervous systemseems to be chiefly affected.

Treatment. The best thing to be done is to give an emetic of sulphateof copper or zinc, or of tartar emetic, following it up with salinepurgatives, such as the black draught, and clysters of the same.If there is much sinking, hot brandy and water, camphorated mix-tures, ether, and other stimulants, may be useful, and the warmbath.