Volume 1
A mechanical account of poisons in several essays / By Richard Mead.
- Richard Mead
- Date:
- 1756
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A mechanical account of poisons in several essays / By Richard Mead. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![iiature’ of this kind, as to us, ard often medicinal, either in the ex¬ ternal or internal ufe of them j and experience, improved by rea- foriing, teaches us to prepare and apply them to various purpofes : but they are alfo not only phyllc, but even food td fome other ani¬ mals, which, by natural inftind:, devour them ; and thefe thfem- felves afford not only good riou- rifhment, but fometimes remedies to us. Little infedts, which we think troublefome, are neceffary 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 {e) ; all which we call poifonous. Many (f) Lucret. lib. iv”. 645. \d) Galen. Simpi. Medic. Fac. 1. iii. c. iS* {e) Sext. Empiric. Hypoth. Emp. i. inftance?](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3053303x_0001_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
