The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-07-24
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i's very peculiar AMI extraordinary energetic
euec's' when taken IN poisonous quan'i',
nave excited The interest o! psychologists; ap,
heca'omhs OF ea's, and do9s, and mice, ant
E"'"" P'sS nav NY" sA.r'u's" n anef nc
~"''"es; ~ 'ov' magcno'r ana neii'''e r'a'
paper ",or' 'ne r"ne" INSTITUTION on ,h'
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"eau ocn' oa'h, 'ne ,'h"s are eNWhu'a s,s
'H"' 'ne spine s',nrneu anu respiration check
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'M acuon I" 'ne poison appears '" W. a'.
uHS' en'''ciy coonnu 70 tfe sp'nai cord aud
.he nerves oi "hth u Is the ceniT. stannlus
'oahd 'nat inc removal o' the BRAN ~ frogs
"'u no. interfere WIN 'he ch'cts o' the poison;
anu h""~r,s experiments hah '" The same
coo,'uN'oh nc 'ound 'ha'' u 'hr spinal cora
w "es'royn a'er the symptoms have come w
Ine conVasiohs cease ihstan'ancons'y' although
tne c'rcn'n''on continues Tor some minutes i"
man however "~re !" OCCASIONALLY nupor
while IN other instances the scns'biliiy Is
hcigh'cned' ana The faculties arr nnpn'nrally
acute
! Plants, ~ well as animals, are effected by
this poison Professor Marut states that q
quarter ot mn hour aNcr imnnrsinp the root ol
u French bean in solution Of five grains oI
the extract OF nux vomca 10 mn ounce Of waite,
the petals become curved downwartls, aud In
twelve hours the plant died Fifteen grains oI
the same extract werr inserted IN the stem al
a lilac trre. and the wound closed in thirteen
days the ncighhoring leaves began TO wi,hcr.
! After all the attention that has aeu la.
slowed unon mn, xomica tho AZ m -, man sa,
been unable 10 d.,ec, any certain an,iio,c II,
,a,c,s during liz. arc too charac,eris,,c eve, a.
b. mis,aken and. .f,er Jc.ib unliL, uo.,
vegetable poison. il i. is almost invariably /,
it, But to the wretched sufferer science bring,
30 relief The medical man hns little cl.e /,
trust TO than emctcs and the stomach pump
ar, ifciul respiration ought also 10 b. resort.t
to and infusion Of gals and prrn tea. +, n nc
count Of the tannin they contain. are mentioDc,
~ worthy Of trinl
Htvycbnjpe. which IN our own country IL -,
clusiyely pr~usrcd from pux yomics. b . white
crystalline substance. but in the chemist. sLot~
/ ia usually 20 be- 1en in the form OF "A powder
II i. ordorlcss. but ia taste Is 40 in,,ns.y bl,
ter M 20 bc perccplible when ope part |. diluted
in n million parts Of water. Its bitterness led
10 the unfoupIal mrbieyous rumor TIM, /, va,
ued in the manufacture Of bitter bccr
The action ~ strychninc IL nbont siy time,