It is acrid and disagreeable to the taste, narcotic and poisonous. One drop applied to the tongue of a cat brought on convulsions, and in two minutes occasioned death. The Hottentots are said to kill snakes by putting a drop of it on their tongues. Under... The Book of Health - Página 240editado por - 1883 - 1079 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Lindley - 1838 - 706 páginas
...which is inhaled and swallowed in the process of smoking is one of the most violent of known poisons. The Hottentots are said to kill snakes by putting a drop of it on their tongues, and the death of these reptiles is said to take place as instantaneously as if by an electric shock... | |
| John Lindley - 1838 - 686 páginas
...which is inhaled and swallowed in the process of smoking is one of the most violent of known poisons. The Hottentots are said to kill snakes by putting a drop of it on their tongues, and the death of these reptiles is said to take place as instantaneously as if by an electric shock... | |
| John Lindley - 1853 - 1066 páginas
...which is inhaled and swallowed in the process of smoking, is one of the most violent of known poisons. The Hottentots are said to kill snakes by putting a drop of it on their tongues, and the death of these reptiles is said to take place as instantaneously as if by an electric shock... | |
| John Lindley - 1853 - 1076 páginas
...which is inhaled and swallowed in the process of smoking, is one of the most violent of known poisons. The Hottentots are said to kill snakes by putting a drop of it on their tongues, and the death of these reptiles is said to take place as instantaneously as if by an electric shock... | |
| James Finlay Weir Johnston - 1854 - 676 páginas
...the poisonous fox-glove (Digitalis purpurea). It is acrid and disagreeable to the taste, narcotic and poisonous. One drop applied to the tongue of a cat...appears to act nearly in the same way as prussic acid. this alkaline poison have not as yet been investigated. The crude oil is supposed to be " the juice... | |
| James Finlay Weir Johnston - 1855 - 398 páginas
...the poisonous fox-glove (Digitalis purpurca). It is acrid and disagreeable to the taste, narcotic and poisonous. One drop applied to the tongue of a cat...to act nearly in the same way as prussic acid. The oil thus obtained consists of at least two substances. If it be washed with acetic acid (vinegar),... | |
| James Finlay Weir Johnston - 1855 - 388 páginas
...poisonous fox-glove (Digitalis pur pur ea}. It is acrid and disagreeable to the taste, narcotic and poisonous. One drop applied to the tongue of a cat...appears to act nearly in the same way as prussic acid. this alkaline poison have not as yet been investigated. The crude oil is supposed to be " the juice... | |
| James Finlay Weir Johnston - 1855 - 482 páginas
...Comte de Bocarme" at Mons, and his subsequent execution, for poisoning his brother-in-law with nicotin. tongue of a cat brought on convulsions, and in two...to act nearly in the same way as prussic acid. The oil thus obtained consists of at least two substances. If it be washed with acetic acid (vinegar),... | |
| Andrew Steinmetz - 1857 - 206 páginas
...the poisonous foxglove (Digitalis purpurea). It is acrid and disagreeable to the taste, narcotic and poisonous. One drop applied to the tongue of a cat...to act nearly in the same way as prussic acid. The oil thus obtained consists of at le.ist two substances. If it be washed with acetic acid (vinegar)... | |
| John Lizars - 1859 - 144 páginas
...of all known poisons." " The empyreumatic oil is acrid and disagreeable to the taste, narcotic, and poisonous. One drop applied to the tongue of a cat...act nearly in the same way as prussic acid." " The crude oil -is supposed to be the juice of the cursed hebenon," described by Shakspeare as a distilrnent.... | |
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