Strychnine.—Dr. Bewley; wishing to kill a mangy cur, and haying-read, in Magendie's " Report on Strychnia," that the sixteenth of a grain will kill the largest dog, determined to mak* sure of this very little animal by giving it about half a grain. But either; Magendie's statement was incorrect or'the drug was adulterated, for at the end often minutes *he dog; though suffering frightfuljly, was. not dead. Dr. Bewley resolved to put him out of his misery at once, and accordingly mixed half a, drachm of prussic acid; with a little milk, and put it under the dog's Bnont. He lapped the milfe with avidity, and in less than a minute vomited, got upon his legs, ran away, and recovered,-- Literary (fraxtito*
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Colonist, Volume III, Issue 211, 28 October 1859, Page 3
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