Charak Samhita

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षष्ठे हिक्का, भङ्गः स्कन्धस्य तु सप्तमेऽष्टमे मरणम् | नॄणां, चतुष्पदां स्याच्चतुर्विधः, पक्षिणां त्रिविधः ||२१||

sanskrit

In the sixth stage, the patient suffers from hiccup.; In the seventh stage, the patient suffers from skandha-bhanga (paralysis of the muscles in the shoulder girdle); and In the eighth stage, the patient succumbs to death. The above mentioned eight stages of poisoning are manifested in human beings.[ Stage wise features in animals and birds] In quadruped animals, the effects of poisoning are manifested in four different stages; and in birds, it is manifested in three stages.

english translation

SaSThe hikkA, bhaGgaH skandhasya tu saptame'STame maraNam | nRRNAM, catuSpadAM syAccaturvidhaH, pakSiNAM trividhaH ||21||

hk transliteration by Sanscript