 | Samuel Thomson - 1825 - 590 páginas
...virtues. This plant is what 1 have called the Emetic Herb, and is the most important article 1 maife use of in my practice. It is very common in most parts...prepared and used in almost any manner. It is a certain counter-poison, having never been known to fail to counteract the effects of the most deadly poison,... | |
 | Samuel Thomson - 1835 - 428 páginas
...the cows, I discovered a plant which had a singular branch and pods, that I had never before seen, and I had the curiosity to pick some of the pods and...been known to fail to counteract the effects of the most deadly poison, even when taken in large quantities for self-destruction. There is no danger to... | |
 | Lloyd Library and Museum - 1884 - 540 páginas
...sport to see them vomit. I tried this herb in this way for nearly twenty years without knowing anything of its medical virtues. This plant is what I have called the emetic >'/>;•'* •Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, Catlin, vol. i., p. 186.... | |
 | Matthew Wood - 2000 - 236 páginas
...to see them vomit. I tried this herb in this way for nearly twenty years, without knowing anything of its medical virtues. This plant is what I have...is the most important article I make use of in my practice.25 In this account we already see the characteristic ideas that later constituted Thomson's... | |
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I had the curiosity to pick some of the pods and chew them ; the taste and operation produced was so remarkable, that I never forgot it. I afterwards used to induce other boys to chew it, merely by way of sport, to see them vomit. I tried this herb in... 