4. Excito-Motory or convulsives-nux vomica, strychnine.
"Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology"
W. G. Aitchison Robertson
Our experience of the employment of electro-magnetism as a Motory power is, however, too recent to enable us to foresee the ultimate results of contrivances to apply it; and, therefore, those who have devoted themselves to solve the problem of its application should not be discouraged, inasmuch as it would undoubtedly be a most important achievement to supersede the steam-engine, and thus escape the danger of railroads, even at double their expense.
"Familiar Letters of Chemistry"
Justus Liebig