But be this as it will; The Alterations which _Wepfer_ observed the Roots of _Œnanthe_ to make in the Body, were a Violent Pain and Heat in the Stomach, Terrible Convulsions, with the Loss of all the Senses, Distorsion of the Eyes, and flowing of Blood out at the Ears, the Mouth so fast shut that no Art could open It, Efforts to Vomit, but nothing thrown up, frequent Hick-Coughs, with a great Distension and Swelling, especially at the Pit of the Stomach; and when Death had concluded the Tragedy, a continued Running of green Froth at the Mouth. _Stalpart van der Wiel_ gives Us the like account of Two Persons kill’d at the _Hague_ by the same _Roots_ (144). In a _Dog_, who for Experiment’s sake died by this _Poison_, The Stomach when opened was found quite _Constringed_, and shut up at both _Orifices_, Its inward Surface red, with livid Spots here and there; The Intestines were empty; only the _Rectum_ contained a little greenish _Mucus_. Thus it appears, that this Plant consists of Hot, Acrious and Corrosive Parts, which by Rarefying the Juices of the Stomach, and Wounding Its Nervous Membrane, are the Cause of all those Disorders which do immediately follow. For upon the Sense of a violent _Irritation_ and _Pain_, the Fluid of the Nerves is presently in large quantities determined to the Part affected; and this, if the _Stimulus_ be not over great, will be only to such a Degree as is sufficient, by contracting the Fibres of the Stomach, and Muscles of the _Abdomen_, to throw off the Cause of the Disagreable _Sensation_; but the uneasie _Twitching_ being too terrible to be born, the Mind, by a kind of surprize, does with _Haste_ and _Fury_ as it were Command the Spirits thither; Thus the Business is over-done, and the Action of the Fibres becomes so strong, that the Orifices of the Stomach are quite closed; so that instead of discharging the Noxious Matter, The _Torment_ is made greater, and the whole _Œconomy_ put into Confusion. This forcible Contraction of the Muscles was the Reason that one of the Children which _Wepfer_ saw, made _Urine_ in the midst of the Agony, to the height of Five or Six Foot, with a strength and violence Surprising to the Spectators. Nor is it any wonder, if in these _Circumstances_ all Sense be lost, Blood gush out at the _Ears_, _Nostrils_, &c. the Parts being all torn and broke by the Violence of the _Convulsions_; which tho’ they began in the Muscles of the Belly, must at last prevail in the Members too, till the whole Fabrick is shock’d and overturn’d; and some of the _Corrosive Salts_ perhaps getting into the Blood, and by the Rarefaction of It Distending the Vessels, The Membranous Coats of which being already overstretched, will the more easily give way, and let out their Fluid.