Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
strychnine .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Strychnine.
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- noun archaic, chemistry
strychnine
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Examples
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The rare exceptions are stimulants such as strychnia, in less marked indications coffee.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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To these were added great numbers of the fruit which yields a variety of the nux vomica, from which we derive that virulent poison strychnia.
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I prescribed phosphorus and strychnia, and galvanized the brain twice a week.
The Electric Bath George M. Schweig
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No attempt was made to prove that Mrs. Wharton had at any time in her possession strychnia, the poison alleged to have been used by her.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Various
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If a poisonous fungus has been eaten, its ill-effects may nowadays be promptly met by antidotes injected beneath the skin, and by taking small doses of strychnia in coffee.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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As I had strong suspicions that syphilis was at the bottom of the trouble, I also administered iodide of potassium in gradually increasing doses — not however until electrization and strychnia employed for some weeks had failed to do any good.
The Electric Bath George M. Schweig
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It is allowable here to state, however, that not one of the symptoms laid down by authorities as characteristic of strychnia poisoning was present in the attack of the
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Various
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In addition to this, the regimen usual in such cases, and also strychnia and phosphorus internally.
The Electric Bath George M. Schweig
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It would seem as though silence at a trial would best become gentlemen with such a record, yet they were the only experts who asserted that strychnia was the sole possible cause for the attack of the 24th of
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Various
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Subsequent hypodermic injections, first of strychnia, then of atropia and finally of chloroform, the latter in doses ranging from 30 to 60 minims, gave him only temporary relief.
The Electric Bath George M. Schweig
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