Excerpt from Poisonous Plants of All Countries The poisonous principles contained in the plants described in the following pages are now known to exist even under cultivation, although cultivation may modify their virulence; and exposure, also, to the in uence of heat, acids, or anti septics, would seem in many cases to render the toxin inert. Sea-water, or the iodine contained in it, appears to be incompatible to vegetable toxins; and it is an interesting and significant fact that iodine, besides being antagonistic to ...
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Excerpt from Poisonous Plants of All Countries The poisonous principles contained in the plants described in the following pages are now known to exist even under cultivation, although cultivation may modify their virulence; and exposure, also, to the in uence of heat, acids, or anti septics, would seem in many cases to render the toxin inert. Sea-water, or the iodine contained in it, appears to be incompatible to vegetable toxins; and it is an interesting and significant fact that iodine, besides being antagonistic to very many of the alkaloids, will destroy most micro-fungi and those of the Bacteria which cause infectious disease. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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