The new enterprise., 1904-12-15
\ Some Wildwood PoiSonS.
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together control its movements. APP
parently starting in one direction, it
will suddenly turn OF to one side, and
perhaps run into a fence or building.
After it has acquired a taste for the
plant, it continues to eat ii, search
ing for it everywhere, and after Il few
months or years dies.
Allied TO the loco is what is known
as rattlebOx, rattleweed or wild pea, n
familiar plant from the Atlantic Coast
to the Missouri River, and even beyond
in New Mexico. 1t acts somewhat as
loco does, but is much less violent q.
Two species OF euphorbia are poison
Gus to eat or to handle. The bitter,
milky juice when it touches the skin
causes redness, itching, and often a
breaking out Of plmples and blisters,
while If by any chance the seeds are
taken internally in any quantity, death
may ensue. In certain sections where
the bees resort largely to the blossoms
Of the euphOrbla, the honey is made
unstable, being dlsagreable to the
taste and mildly poisonous, p..g o.
Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison
sumacb, are found over most OF the
country, and are perhaps the best
known and most distressing Of the
poisonous plants of America. Invest-
cations recently made show that the
poison Is a non-volatiie oiI. found ia
all. parts of the plant Like all oils, IL
is insoTuble ia water, and therefore
cannot be washed of the skin with
water alones, Alcohol, however, read
ily removes IT,. ana itss effect ats 0e,
'stroyed by an alcoholic soluflon of
sugar Of. leadse' Mrsy:. III Ohestnvts allS
thor, of an. interesting pamRhlEk pli
poisohouspJants Of thetUplted. 4iAtdas
pubilshecl ny. tie "a gficVlfural UipArtA
.nrsht asthls to Spy. About ,thsseffae1,
ofSthe, Oh on the skip. s.s,.g e, :,,,,s ~,
'>esl6fIerbI e, sex Seti ftxi7tts
citiatss stsS titrtt the,:s :stas&Siirdih Heed pFss
ciseIy the sams6ffAt Is does tlll. sJaases
itself. when . TSeHy minnte amount Is
.plsGedsalpon. slfs,cit : u h'adGSlis;
absorbed in the conrse % q day OF So
,and within certfiRalmlts the effect Is.
3propQgtio1sRiS "a lsthS SStime Of contVflR
m an exberiineft erformed BY Ne
,ggiter, ztbes.oil ysssg applied 10 fopr
places on, the left wrist, and thests
were carefully. guarded to. pgeye9t,,
snpF,ubingS sAt'fteatsnd dfRaT h0iF one
of the spots was tDoreughlE washed
by successive applications. of. alcohol
In three hours the oil from +. second
was washed Off iii the same. manner
and the others were cleapsed three
hours later, There was little or no
effect on the first; that ON the second
was more markedf but did not equal
that on, the. last two, which. was about
the same in each. The spots were
within an inch of each other. but re-,
mained wholly distinct, a fact which
very clearly shows that the affection is
not spread by the blood. Subsequent
applications of an alcoholic solution
Of sugar of lead gave speedy and per-
menant relief
The best remedy is a saturated solu-
tlon Of fifty or sevcnty-ive per cent.
proof alcohol with powdered sugar of
lead. The most effective means of get
ting rid Of the poison ivy is by uproot-
ing the plants This, of course, can
only be practlccd by persons not sus-
ceptible to the poison The poison
sumach, also called poison dogwood,
poison elder, and poison ash. is a tree
rather than vine. It is not less dan
gerous than the more common poison
ivy,
Certain buckeyes-especially the red
buckeye-are more or less poisonous:
cattle sometimes are killed by eating
the fruit Of the red buckeye. The al
lied horse chestnut and Ohio buckeye
are poisonous TO some extent, while
on the other hand some Of the Callfor-
mia Indians use the fruit OF the Cali
fornia buckeye for food, after remov.
ing the poison by .roasting and leach
ing.
Two species Of water hemlock-one
found from the Atlantic to the Rocky
Mountains, and the other in the cen
tral region and toward the Pacific
Coast-aro violent poisonS They are
sometimes eaten by cattle and some
times by children, as they have pleas
ant taste and an aromatic odOr Tho
root and root stock are most violent
polsons.
The poison hemlock is an old world
plant which has become naturalzed in
the United States. This is believed
to be the poison that Socrates drank,
and so is historically very old.
The black nightshnde, known also as
common nightshade, is an introduced
weed which is generally distributed
in suitable locations. Cattle OCCASION
ally are killed by eating the plant, but
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