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Atropa belladonna (Deadly nightshade)
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Atropa belladonna (Deadly nightshade)
Rowan McOnegal- Books
Zur Geschichte der Atropa belladonna als Arzneimittel / von Heinrich Buess.
Bue,̊ Heinrich, 1911-Date: 1953- Pictures
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Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna): flowering plants growing in woodland. Colour process print, c. 1924.
Date: [1924]Reference: 25605i- Pictures
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Four poisonous plants: monk's hood (Aconitum napellus), deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) and thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone, 1855.
Date: [1855]Reference: 28005i- Books
Atropa Belladonna, eine antike Heilpflanze in modernen Arzneischatz : historische Betrachtung aus botanischer, chemischer, toxikologischer, pharmakologischer und medizinischer Sicht unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des synthetischen Atropins / Brigitte Schwamm ; mit einem Geleitwort von Rudolf Schmitz.
Schwamm, Brigitte.Date: 1988- Digital Images
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Atropa belladonna L. Solanaceae. Deadly nightshade. Dwale. Morella, Solatrum, Hound's berries, Uva lupina, Cucubalus, Solanum lethale. Atropa derives from Atropos the oldest of the three Fates of Greek mythology who cut the thread of Life (her sisters Clotho and Lachesis spun and measured the thread, respectively). belladonna, literally, means 'beautiful lady' and was the Italian name for it. Folklore has it that Italian ladies put drops from the plant or the fruits in their eyes to make themselves doe-eyed, myopic and beautiful. However, this is not supported by the 16th and 17th century literature, where no mention is ever made of dilated pupils (or any of the effects of parasympathetic blockade). Tournefort (1719) says 'The Italians named this plant Belladonna, which in their language signifies a beautiful woman, because the ladies use it much in the composition of their Fucus [rouge or deceit or cosmetic] or face paint.' Parkinson says that the Italian ladies use the distilled juice as a fucus '... peradventure [perhaps] to take away their high colour and make them looke paler.' I think it more likely that they absorbed atropine through their skin and were slightly 'stoned' and disinhibited, which made them beautiful ladies in the eyes of Italian males. Distribution: Europe, North Africa, western Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: 'Solanum. Nightshade: very cold and dry, binding … dangerous given inwardly … outwardly it helps the shingles, St Antonie's Fire [erysipelas] and other hot inflammation.' Most of the 16th, 17th and 18th century herbals recommend it topically for breast cancers. Poisonous plants were regarded as 'cold' plants as an excess of them caused death and the body became cold. They were regarded as opposing the hot humour which kept us warm and alive. Poultices of Belladonna leaves are still recommended for muscle strain in cyclists, by herbalists. Gerard (1633) writes that it: 'causeth sleep, troubleth the mind, bringeth madnesse if a few of the berries be inwardly taken, but if more be taken they also kill...'. He was also aware that the alkaloids could be absorbed through the skin for he notes that a poultice of the leaves applied to the forehead, induces sleep, and relieves headache. The whole plant contains the anticholinergic alkaloid atropine, which blocks the peripheral actions of acetylcholine in the parasympathetic nervous system. Atropine is a racemic mixture of d- and l- hyoscyamine. Atropine, dropped into the eyes, blocks the acetylcholine receptors of the pupil so it no longer constricts on exposure to bright light - so enabling an ophthalmologist to examine the retina with an ophthalmoscope. Atropine speeds up the heart rate, reduces salivation and sweating, reduces gut motility, inhibits the vertigo of sea sickness, and is used to block the acetylcholine receptors to prevent the effects of organophosphorous and other nerve gas poisons. It is still has important uses in medicine. Atropine poisoning takes three or for days to wear off, and the hallucinations experienced by its use are described as unpleasant. We have to be content with 'madness', 'frenzie' and 'idle and vain imaginations' in the early herbals to describe the hallucinations of atropine and related alkaloids as the word 'hallucination' in the sense of a perception for which there is no external stimulus, was not used in English until 1646 (Sir T. Browne, 1646). It is a restricted herbal medicine which can only be sold in premises which are registered pharmacies and by or under the supervision of a pharmacist (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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De atropa belladonna : dissertatio inauguralis medica ... / auctor C.F.H. Deininger.
Deininger, C. F. H.Date: 1833- Books
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De atropa belladonna ... / [Peter Johann Andreas Daries].
Daries, Peter Johann Andreas, 1746-Date: [1776]- Archives and manuscripts
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M0005919: Atropa Belladonna (deadly nightshade), from Bentley and Trimen: Medicinal plants (1880)
Date: 17 November 1938Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/49/23Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
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An essay on the use of the atropa belladonna, or solanum lethale, and the solanum hortense : with practical observations on their effects in the cure of scirrhus, cancer, stricture, and various other complaints / by Powell Charles Blackett.
Blackett, Powell Charles.Date: 1826- Books
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Dissertatio physiologico-medica de actione atropae belladonnae in iridem ... / eruditorum examini submittit Gerardus Cornelius Petrus de Ruiter.
Ruiter, Gerardus Cornelis Petrus de.Date: 1853- Books
An essay on the use of the atropa belladonna, or solanum lethale, and the salanum hortense; with practical observations on their effects in the cure of scirrhus, cancer, stricture, and various other complaints / [Powell Charles Blackett].
Blackett, Powell Charles.Date: 1826- Books
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Diatribe botanico-medica de belladonna sive solano furioso / Auctore Christophoro Conrado Sicelio.
Sickel, Christoph Conrad, 1697-1748.Date: 1724- Books
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Observations on the internal use of the solanum or nightshade / By Thomas Gataker.
Gataker, Thomas, -1769.Date: 1757- Books
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A supplement to Observations on the internal use of the nightshade / [Thomas Gataker].
Gataker, Thomas, -1769.Date: 1757- Books
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Beobachtungen bey angewendeter Bella Donna bey den Menschen / [Johann Heinrich Muench].
Muench, Johann Heinrich, Superintendent zu Clötze, 1716-1798.Date: 1789-1791- Books
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Poisoning by belladonna.
Wharton, J.H.Date: [1862]- Books
Observations relative to the use of belladonna, in painful disorders of the head and face / [John Bailey].
Bailey, John (John P.), Dr.Date: 1818- Books
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The old vegetable neurotics : hemlock, opium, belladonna and henbane; their physiological action and therapeutical use, alone and in combination being the Gulstonian Lectures of 1868, extended and including a complete examination of the active constituents of opium / by John Harley.
Harley, John, 1833-1921.Date: 1869- Books
The test drug-proving of the "O. O. & L. Society" : a re-proving of belladonna : being an experimental study of the pathogenic action of that drug upon the healthy human organism conducted under the auspices of the American Homoeopathic Ophthalmological, Otological, and Laryngological Society.
Bellows, Howard P.Date: 1906- Videos
Poisoned. Part 3, The killing fields.
Date: 2000- Books
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The test drug-proving of the "O.O. & L. Society" : a re-proving of belladonna ; being an experimental study of the pathogenic action of that drug upon the healthy human organism. Conducted under the auspices of the American Homoeopathic, Ophthalmological, Otological and Laryngological Society, with the indorsement and co-operation of the American Institute of Homoeopathy and various state and local societies / arranged and condensed by the general director of the proving Howard P. Bellows.
American Homoeopathic, Ophthalmological, Otological and Laryngological Society.Date: 1906- Books
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An account of the English nightshades, and their effects. With the original case of Dr. Lambergen ... Also practical observations on the use of corrosive sublimate, and sarsaparilla: on the different effects of mercury crude, and when prepared by chemistry. And some hints ... on the cure of the lues venera by the secretion of urine instead of salivation / [William Bromfield].
Bromfield, William, 1712-1792.Date: 1757- Books
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An account of the English nightshades, and their effects. With the original case of Dr. Lambergen ... Also practical observations on the use of corrosive sublimate, and sarsaparilla; on the different effects of mercury crude, and when prepared by chemistry. And some hints ... on the cure of the lues venerea by the secretion of urine instead of salivation / By William Bromfeild.
Bromfield, William, 1712-1792.Date: 1757