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CHAP. 108.—THE SOLANUM, BY THE GREEKS CALLED STRYCHNON: TWO REMEDIAL PROPERTIES.

The solanum,1 according to Cornelius Celsus,2 is called "strychnon" by the Greeks; it is possessed of repercussive and refrigerative properties.

1 See B. xxi. c. 105, and c. 44 of this Book. The black nightshade is neither astringent nor cooling, but a narcotic poison.

2 De Re Med. ii. 33.

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