CHAPTER XXIV

.—DATURA AND CO.

Solanaceous plants and their properties; The thorn-apple of India; The Florispondio of Peru; Its superstitious uses; Indulgence therein in New Granada; Effects of thorn-apple on the Jamaica soldiers; Origin of Belladonna; Its effects as a poison; Influence on the brain; A family beneath the spell; Henbane and its effects; Jealousy caused and cured; Foxglove leaves 323

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