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  • An artificially manufactured version of a goa stone found inside the stomachs of an animal (bezoar stones) and its case. Made in India from a paste of clay, crushed shell, amber, musk and resin and used for numerous complaints such as poisons and as a charm against plague
  • An artificially manufactured version of a goa stone found inside the stomachs of an animal (bezoar stones) and its case. Made in India from a paste of clay, crushed shell, amber, musk and resin and used for numerous complaints such as poisons and as a charm against plague
  • An artificially manufactured version of a goa stone found inside the stomachs of an animal (bezoar stones) and its case. Made in India from a paste of clay, crushed shell, amber, musk and resin and used for numerous complaints such as poisons and as a charm against plague
  • An artificially manufactured version of a goa stone found inside the stomachs of an animal (bezoar stones) and its case. Made in India from a paste of clay, crushed shell, amber, musk and resin and used for numerous complaints such as poisons and as a charm against plague
  • An account of Indian serpents, collected on the coast of Coromandel; containing descriptions and drawings of each species; together with experiments and remarks on their several poisons / By Patrick Russell. Presented to the Hon. Court of Directors of the East India Company, and published by their order, under the superintendence of the author.
  • An account of Indian serpents, collected on the coast of Coromandel; containing descriptions and drawings of each species; together with experiments and remarks on their several poisons / By Patrick Russell. Presented to the Hon. Court of Directors of the East India Company, and published by their order, under the superintendence of the author.
  • Employment for the microscope ... I. An examination of salts and saline substances ... also ... considerations on gems, poisons ... and ... other subjects. II. An account of various animalcules ... and ... other ... discoveries ... Likewise a description of the microscope used / In two parts : illustrated with seventeen copper plates by Henry Baker.
  • Employment for the microscope ... I. An examination of salts and saline substances ... also ... considerations on gems, poisons ... and ... other subjects. II. An account of various animalcules ... and ... other ... discoveries ... Likewise a description of the microscope used / In two parts : illustrated with seventeen copper plates by Henry Baker.
  • Employment for the microscope ... I. An examination of salts and saline substances ... also ... considerations on gems, poisons ... and ... other subjects. II. An account of various animalcules ... and ... other ... discoveries ... Likewise a description of the microscope used / In two parts : illustrated with seventeen copper plates by Henry Baker.
  • Employment for the microscope ... I. An examination of salts and saline substances ... also ... considerations on gems, poisons ... and ... other subjects. II. An account of various animalcules ... and ... other ... discoveries ... Likewise a description of the microscope used / In two parts : illustrated with seventeen copper plates by Henry Baker.
  • Employment for the microscope ... I. An examination of salts and saline substances ... also ... considerations on gems, poisons ... and ... other subjects. II. An account of various animalcules ... and ... other ... discoveries ... Likewise a description of the microscope used / In two parts : illustrated with seventeen copper plates by Henry Baker.
  • Poison romance and poison mysteries / by C.J.S. Thompson.
  • Six 'poison rings'.
  • Green glass poison bottle
  • Green Glass poison bottle
  • Antidote against poison, in Batak.
  • Autograph Letters about an Indian poison
  • Images related to Kenyan dart-poison
  • Reserve poison fangs in Ruff Adder's skull
  • A gigantic human skull, representing death, spewing out poison in the form of warships armed with poison gas. Colour lithograph, 192-.
  • A gigantic human skull, representing death, spewing out poison in the form of warships armed with poison gas. Colour lithograph, 192-.
  • Kenyan dart-poison including scoring upas trees etc.
  • Solanum atropurpureum Schrank Solanaceae. Purple Devil. Purple-spined Nightshade. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: Brazil. This ferociously spined plant contains tropane alkaloids, atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine. All are anticholinergic and block the acetylcholine mediated actions of the parasympathetic nervous system. While the alkaloids are used in medicine and as an antidote to anticholinergic nerve gas poisons, the plant itself is not used in medicine. Its sharp spines can be irritant. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Autograph Letters, Indian poison, R. Brocklesby to M. Folkes
  • Leeming's essence : for lameness in horses : poison.
  • South American Indians preparing an arrow poison of curare.
  • Sculpted fish on roof of cave, Abri du poison, Dordogne,
  • Fly and maggot oil : poison : a most effective preparation.
  • Poison primula (Primula obconica): flowering plant. Chromolithograph, c. 1897, after H. Moon.
  • A medicine vendor selling antidotes to snake poison. Etching by G.M. Mitelli.