Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 337
nine. Morphine is the poisonous base of opium, which isthe juice of the poppy, and is prepared chiefly in Indiaand China. Nicotine is the active principle of tobacco, and variesin quantity in different tobaccos. Havannah tobaccopossesses the least. It is a powerful poison, very oily,volatile, and… … Hemlock. in the nux-vomica seeds of Coromandel. It produces lock-jaw and paralysis. There is noantidote for strychnine ; emeticsare the only remedy. The above are chiefly remarkablefor their uses in medicine, and inconsequence of their highly poison-ous character are best left alone byunpractised…
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