This section is from the book "Facts Worth Knowing", by Robert Kemp Philip. Also available from Amazon: Inquire Within for Anything You Want to Know.
Mezereon; monk's-hood; bitter apple; gamboge; white hellebore, etc -L. Acrid, biting, bitter taste, choking sensation, dryness of the throat, retching, vomiting, purging, pains in the stomach and bowels, breathing difficult, and death - T. Give emetics of chamomile, mustard, or sulphur of zinc; large draughts of warm milk, or other bland fluids; foment and leech the belly if necessary, and give strong infusion of colfeo.
 
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