A general system of toxicology, or, A treatise on poisons, found in the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms : considered in their relations with physiology, pathology, and medical jurisprudence / abridged and partly translated from the French of M.P. Orfila ... by Joseph G. Nancrede.

  • Mathieu Orfila
Date:
1817
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Credit: A general system of toxicology, or, A treatise on poisons, found in the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms : considered in their relations with physiology, pathology, and medical jurisprudence / abridged and partly translated from the French of M.P. Orfila ... by Joseph G. Nancrede. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    16th. The whole of the plant of the Swallow Wort, and Fly-Catcher, with herbaceous flowers. 17th. The whole plant of the hairy Asclepias, and the Asclepias Vincetoxicum. 18th. The vEnanthe Fistulosa Water Dropwort. 19th. The iEnunthe Crocata. [These two species are poisons equally violent for dogs and cattle, especially their roots.] ■ 20th. The Clematis, large-leaved. , climbing. , strait. , flaming. The whole plant. ■ 21st. The whole plant of the Anemone Pulsatilla. Anemone of the woods. and that with yellow flowers. ■ 22nd. The Marsh Marigold. ■ 23d. Sometimes the old roots of Parsnips. - 24th. The root of the Aconitum Napellus. Aconite (Wolfs-bane). ■ 25th. The fresh roots of the spotted Arum. - 26th. The berries and the bark of the Daphne Meze- reon; and, in general, all the varieties of the Spurge Laurel. - 27th, The whole plant, as well as the emanations of the Rhus-toxicodendron, and of the Rhus-vernix, or Rhonx. - 28th. The whole plant of the Euphorbium Officinale, and of all the species and varieties of that fa- mily, as well as the Tithymalus. - 29th. The whole plant of the Ranunculus of meadows and gardens, of mountains, and marshes. This last particularly (called Sceleratus)is the most poisonous of the whole. In general, all the Ranunculi are more or less poisonous, even to cattle. - 30th. The Nitrate of Potash, in a large dose, some- times.