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VERATRUM ALBUM
(White Hellebore.) (From vol. iii, 2nd edit., 1825.) (The alcoholic tincture of the root of Veratrum album.) Though the subjoined symptoms indicate a powerful action of this medicinal substance on the human health, a great capacity for effecting changes in it, and consequently show that we may expect great things... -
STRAMONIUM
(Thorn-apple.) (From vol. iii, 2nd edit., 1825.) (The juice expressed from the fresh plant, Datura Stramonium, and mixed with equal parts of alcohol.) The narcotic plant shows in its primary action, with the exception of very disagreeable sensations which the prover cannot call “pain,” no actual pains. Sensations which can... -
HYOSCYAMUS NIGER
(Henbane.) (The expressed juice of the fresh plant, Hyoscyamus niger, mixed with equal parts of alcohol.) When dried the plant loses a great portion of its medicinal powers. The following symptoms, which were produced by this drug on healthy persons, show the mental and emotional disorders and the derangement of...
