POISONS ACTING ON THE BRAIN 



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NARCOTICS 



Symptoms. — Giddiness; dimness of sight; contracted pupils; 

 headache; noises in the ears; confusion of ideas, and drowsi- 

 ness, passing into insensibility. 



PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM {Cultivated in Britain). 1. 



OPIUM POPPY — WHITE POPPY — CARNATION POPPY — PEONY 

 POPPY — JOAN SILVERPIN — BALE-WORT. 



Papaveracece. — Capsule nearly globular. — Leaves unequally 

 divided, glaucous. — Waste places; 3 ft.; annual; July; white 

 or purplish, purple at base. {Fatalities.) 



Toxic Principles.— mORTBISE, CODEINE, THEBAINE, 

 also contained in Papaver somniferum floreplenum, Papaver 

 somniferum nigrum. 



The nozicms poppy — quencher of the mind. — Cowper: " The Salad.^* 



PAPAVER RHiEAS {British). 2. 



CORN POPPY — CORN FLOWER — CORN ROSE — CANKER ROSE — 

 COCK ROSE — COP ROSE — COPPER ROSE — BLIND EYES — 

 HEAD ACHE — RED WEED. 



Papaveracece. — Capsule smooth, nearly globular. — Flowers 

 deep scarlet, often brown at base. — 2 ft.; annual; June and 

 July; Cornfields; common. 



Toxic Principle.— RHJEADm (MORPHINE ?). 



Though he partook the poppy's red effrontery. — Browotnq: " SordeUo."" 



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