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the belief being that the innocent vomit and are safe, while the 

 guilty retain the poison and die. Its antidote is atropine, ad- 

 ministered hypodermically. 



ErythrophlcBum jiidiciale Procter; Tanghinia venenifera Poiret. 

 (which contains a toxic base with an action like digitalin), and 

 Menahea venenata Baillon, are used in Madagascar, and Adeniuni 

 somal nse Poiret in Somaliland, for purposes of trial by ordeal. 



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