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<p>Nux-vomica is the commercial source of strychnine which is extracted from the seeds</p>

Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

Dissertation sur les effets d'un poison de Java, appelé Upas tieuté, et sur la noix vomique, la fève de St.-Ignace, le Strychnos potatorum, et la pomme de Vontac, qui sont du même genre de plantes que l'Upas tieuté ... / par Alire Raffeneau-Delile.

xxiv, 110 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm (8vo)

Formulary for the preparation and mode of employing several new remedies : namely, morphine, iodine, quinine, cinchonine ... / with an introduction and copious notes, by the late Charles Thomas Haden ; translated from the 'Formulaire ... par F. Magendie. Troisième édition, 1822.'.

29 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 25 cm (4to)

Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine : présentée et soutenue le 12 août 1839, / par Michel-Auguste Bréant, de Montdidier ... I. De l'interrogation des malades ... [etc].

Nux vomica is a bitter-tasting drug extracted from the poisonous strychnine-containing seeds of a tree that is native to parts of Asia and Australia. Nux vomica translates from Latin as “vomiting nut” – it can be highly toxic and has long been used to make rat poisons.

The drug has stimulating properties when used in small quantities and strychnine itself is a known heart stimulant. It has been used as a tonic and was recommended as a treatment for post anaesthetic shock and resuscitation. In larger doses it can cause convulsions and death. This is not untypical – quite a number of previously common drugs contained highly poisonous components. The ridged glass bottle design indicates that the contents are poisonous.

maker: Savory and Moore Limited

Place made: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

Dissertation sur les effets d'un poison de Java, appelé Upas tieuté, et sur la noix vomique, la fève de St.-Ignace, le Strychnos potatorum, et la pomme de Vontac, qui sont du même genre de plantes que l'Upas tieuté ... / par Alire Raffeneau-Delile.

Formulary for the preparation and mode of employing several new remedies : namely, morphine, iodine, quinine, cinchonine ... / with an introduction and copious notes, by the late Charles Thomas Haden ; translated from the 'Formulaire ... par F. Magendie. Troisième édition, 1822.'.

Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine : présentée et soutenue le 12 août 1839, / par Michel-Auguste Bréant, de Montdidier ... I. De l'interrogation des malades ... [etc].

Bottle of extract of nux vomica, London, England, 1794-1930

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Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

Dissertation sur les effets d'un poison de Java, appelé Upas tieuté, et sur la noix vomique, la fève de St.-Ignace, le Strychnos potatorum, et la pomme de Vontac, qui sont du même genre de plantes que l'Upas tieuté ... / par Alire Raffeneau-Delile.

Formulary for the preparation and mode of employing several new remedies : namely, morphine, iodine, quinine, cinchonine ... / with an introduction and copious notes, by the late Charles Thomas Haden ; translated from the 'Formulaire ... par F. Magendie. Troisième édition, 1822.'.

Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine : présentée et soutenue le 12 août 1839, / par Michel-Auguste Bréant, de Montdidier ... I. De l'interrogation des malades ... [etc].

Bottle of extract of nux vomica, London, England, 1794-1930

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