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Poisons

Treatment—(1) Dilute by drinking large quantities of water. (2) Induce vomiting except when poison is corrosive or a petroleum product. (3) Call the poison-control center or a doctor…

Brewer's: Poison

It is said that poisons had no effect on Mithridates, King of Pontus. This was Mithridates VI., called the Great, who succeeded his father at the age of eleven, and fortified his…

Brewer's: Poisoners

(Secret). (1) Locusta, a woman of ancient Rome, who was employed by the Empress Agrippina to poison her husband Claudius. Nero employed the same woman to poison Britannicus and others. (2…

Poisonous Animals

/* /*]]>*/ There are countless animals in the world, a number of which are poisonous. A good way to tell if an animal is poisonous or not is to look at the colors. If it's colorful, steer clear.…

ptomaine poisoning

(Encyclopedia) ptomaine poisoningptomaine poisoningtōˈmān, tōmānˈ [key]: see food poisoning.

food poisoning

(Encyclopedia) food poisoning, acute illness following the eating of foods contaminated by bacteria, bacterial toxins, natural poisons, or harmful chemical substances. It was once customary to…

Brewer's: Poison Detectors

Aladdin's ring was a preservative against every evil Gundoforus. No one could pass with poison the gate of Gundoforus. Nourgehan's bracelet. When poison was present the stones of this…

Brewer's: Poison of Khaibar

refers to the poisoned leg of mutton of which Mahomet partook while in the citadel of Khaibar. It was poisoned by Zainab, a Jewess, and Mahomet felt the effects of the poison to the end of…

Poems: A Poison Tree

by WilliamBlakeInfant SorrowA Little Boy LostA Poison Tree I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow…

mushroom poisoning

(Encyclopedia) mushroom poisoning, fungal poisoning caused by ingestion of certain mushrooms (fungal organisms), most commonly Amanita phalloides and Amanita muscaria and related species. Symptoms,…