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Preparation and properties of some new tropeines / by H.A.D. Jowett and A.C.O. Hann.
Jowett, Hooper Albert Dickinson, 1870-1936.Date: [1906]- Books
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The configuration of tropine and [psi]-tropine and the resolution of atropine / by Marmaduke Barrowcliff and Frank Tutin.
Barrowcliff, Marmaduke.Date: 1909- Books
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Kokain und seine Ersatzmittel (Tropakokain, Holokain, Eukain, Stovain, Alypin, Novokain) in der Augenheilkunde / von Hugo Wintersteiner.
Wintersteiner, Hugo.Date: 1906- Books
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The direct action of atropine, homatropine, hyoscine, hyoscyamine, and daturine on the heart of the dog, terrapin, and frog / by H.G. Beyer.
Beyer, Henry Gustav, 1850-1918.Date: 1887- Digital Images
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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.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
Sue Snell- Digital Images
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Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
Sue Snell- Digital Images
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Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
Sue Snell- Digital Images
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Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
Sue Snell- Digital Images
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Cocaine crystals
Annie Cavanagh- Digital Images
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Hyoscyamus niger (Henbane)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Hyoscyamus niger (Henbane)
Sue Snell- Digital Images
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Hyoscyamus niger (Henbane)
Sue Snell- Digital Images
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Erythroxylum coca Lam. Erythroxylaceae Coca. Distribution: Peru . Cocaine is extracted from the leaf. It is no longer in the UK Pharmacopoeia (used to be used as a euphoriant in ‘Brompton Mixture’ for terminally ill patients). Cocaine, widely used as a local anaesthetic until 1903, inhibits re-uptake of dopamine and serotonin at brain synapses so these mood elevating chemicals build up and cause a ‘high’. Its use was often fatal. Coca leaf chewing was described by Nicolas Monardes (1569
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Brugmansia suaveolens 'Pink Beauty'
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Brugmansia suaveolens'Pink Beauty'
Dr Henry Oakeley