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A mechanical account of poisons in several essays / By Richard Mead.
- Richard Mead
- Date:
- MDCCXLV [1745]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A mechanical account of poisons in several essays / By Richard Mead. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![nature of this kind, as to us, are often medicinal, either in the ex¬ ternal or internal ufe of them; and experience, improved by rea- Ibning, teaches us to prepare and apply them to various purpofes: But they are alfo not only phyfic, but even food to fome other ani¬ mals, which, by natural inflind, devour them; and thefe them- felves afford not only good nou- rifhment, but fometimes remedies to us. Little infeds, which we think troublefome, are necefiary to the life of wholefome birds and other creatures. Goats and quails are fattened by hellebore [c], ftar- lings by hemlock (d), and hogs innocently eat henbane («■}; all which we call poifonous. Many (c) Lucret. lib. iv. 645, {d) Galen. Simpl. Medic. Fac. 1. iii. c. 18. {e) Sext. Empiric. Hypoth. Emp. i. inftances](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30522572_0001_0030.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
