Birds and nature (1900) (14568585529)

Identifier: birdsnature741900chic (find matches)
Title: Birds and nature
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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lthough only normalmedicinal doses are given at regularintervals, so that fatal poisoning mayresult, especially if the patient shouldattempt to rise suddenly. The physi-cian guards against this by graduallydecreasing the dose or by discontinu-ing it for a time and by requiring thepatient to remain in a recumbent posi-tion while under the influence of thedrug. For medicinal use the leaves fromthe wild-growing plants are preferredbecause they contain more of the activeprinciple. The leaves are collectedwhen about half of the flowers are ex-panded and, since it is a biennial, thatwould be during the second year. Thefirst year leaves are, however, oftenused or added. Like all valuable drugsit is often adulterated, the leaves ofInula C(cwc^ (ploughmans spikenard),Svmphyhnn officinale (comfrey), andVerbasaim Thapsus (mullein) beingused for that purpose. The odor ofthe bruised green leaves is heavy ornauseous, while that of the dried leavesis fragrant, resembling the odor of tea. 170 ^ o °?
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FROM KdMLERS MEOICINAL-PFLANZeH. X25 DIGITALIS. JL W. WUMFORO PUOLI! The taste is quite bitter. Formerlythe somewhat reduced, i, flower; 2, 3, 4, roots, flowers and seeds were also used stamens; 5, pollen; 6, 7. style and medicinally. stigma; 8, 9, ovary; 10, fruit; 11, 12, Description of Plate.^-^ B, plant 13, seed. FRUIT BATS OF THE PHILIPPINES. THE Agricultural Department atWashington is taking precau-tions to prevent the importa-tion into the United States ofany of the animal pests which are foundin Porto Rico, the Philippines, and theother new colonies. Among these noneis more feared than the great fruit batswhich abound in the Philippines. Afull grown specimen of the fruit batmeasures five feet from tip to tip of itswings. The fruit bats live togetherin immense communities and feedalmost altogether on tropical and sub-tropical fruits. They crowd togetherso thickly on the trees that sometimeslarge branches are broken down bytheir weight. In Australia they haveincreased so rapidly