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Hyoscyamus

noun
1.
Genus of poisonous herbs: henbane.  Synonym: genus Hyoscyamus.



Related searches:
Hyoscyamus muticus
Hyoscyamus niger


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"Hyoscyamus" Quotes from Famous Books



... Nicotiana Tabacum of the order Solanaceae, which includes Atropa Belladonna, or "Deadly Nightshade," Hyoscyamus, or "Henbane," Solanum Dulcamara, or "Bitter Sweet," all powerful poisons, and likewise the common potato and tomato, which are wholesome foods. The cured leaves are used for smoking and chewing, ...
— How to Live - Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science • Irving Fisher and Eugene Fisk
... treatment is absolute quiet. This may be obtained by placing a sick horse in a box stall, away from other animals and extraneous noises and sheltered from excessive light and drafts of air. Anodynes, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and opium act as antipyretics simply by quieting the nervous system. As an irritant exists in the blood in most cases of fever, any remedy which will favor the excretion of foreign elements from it will diminish this cause. We therefore use diaphoretics ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture


Words linked to "Hyoscyamus" :   family Solanaceae, Hyoscyamus muticus, Egyptian henbane, black henbane, stinking nightshade, henbane, Solanaceae, genus Hyoscyamus, asterid dicot genus, Hyoscyamus niger, potato family


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