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 After this her Limbs became paralytic, and she gasped for Breath about two Minutes longer. She was quite dead in seven or eight Minutes from the injection of the Clyster.

In the Abdomen, Thorax and Brain every thing appeared as usual.

VII. November 2, We injected half an Ounce of the Water, diluted with three Ounces of common Water warmed, into the Anus of a small Bitch. In the Space of four Minutes she began to breathe with Difficulty. We let her loose, but she was not able to stand, or walk without stumbling. The Muscles that extend the Head were convulsed, and her Fore-legs were affected for three or four Minutes with a Tetanus, but had no convulsive Motion. She vomited and purged plentifully. She did not yell, nor seem to suffer much Pain, nor did she lose her Senses all the Time. In half an Hour she recovered.

VIII. The next Day, we injected a Drachm of the Water into the external Jugular of the same Bitch. She was seized with Convulsions as violent as the former, before we could untie her. They lasted about five Minutes; after which she recovered gradually, and continued well.

IX. November 20, We injected four Ounces of the Water by the Anus, without any Dilution, into a strong Dog of a middling Size. He was seized with Convulsions and Difficulty of Breathing, in less than two Minutes after the Injection. He fell to the Ground as soon as his Convulsions began, and never once attempted to rise; not were his Convulsions in any Sort so violent, neither did they continue so long as in the for-