This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ... they can help it. Plants Poisonous To Eat I had a roommate in college who was certain she knew edible mushrooms from the poisonous kind. One day when we were out walking in the woods she ate what Tin'. Deadly Amanita she thought was a good mushroom. In about half an hour she became violently ill with terrible cramps ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ... they can help it. Plants Poisonous To Eat I had a roommate in college who was certain she knew edible mushrooms from the poisonous kind. One day when we were out walking in the woods she ate what Tin'. Deadly Amanita she thought was a good mushroom. In about half an hour she became violently ill with terrible cramps in her stomach. We called a physician and he gave her an emetic to get the poisonous substance out of her stomach and then a purgative to clean out the whole digestive tract. She was soon relieved, but for some time she was very weak. It takes an expert to select edible mushrooms from the poisonous kinds. The only safe rule for most people is to leave them alone. It is unsafe to eat berries you find in the woods unless you know what they are. Poke berries and holly berries are both poisonous. Six poke berries have been known to cause the death of a child. Although both of these berries are poisonous to human beings, they are good food for some of our best birds, such as the bluebirds and robins. If some poisonous plant or berry has been eaten in the woods, where you cannot get mustard or salt or even warm water for an emetic, try putting your finger into the throat, or tickle the throat with a piece of grass or something of the kind. Tobacco is another poisonous plant. Some boys are made violently ill the first time they try using a little of it. The body seems to get used to this poison after a while, although it has been found that boys who use it do not grow so tall as other boys. One can make the body adapt itself to almost any poison. The treatment for tobacco poisoning is an emetic and then a dose of strong, hot tea. Keep the patient lying down. To The Teacher. A small bottle of vinegar and a little cooking soda can be easily obtained. On...
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