Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $13,078
16%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 16%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: hyoscyamusniger

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • The Assassin’s Cabinet: A Hollowed Out Book, Containing Cabinets Full of Poison Plants, Made in 1682

    08/23/2018 9:28:48 PM PDT · by ameribbean expat · 11 replies
    stored in the drawers, including Hyoscyamus Niger, which in medieval times "was often used in combination with other plants to a make ‘magic brews’ with psychoactive properties"; Aconitum Napellus, which in ancient Roman times "was a such a common poison of choice among murders and assassins that its cultivation was prohibited"; and Cicuta Virosa, which some have speculated "was the hemlock used by the ancient Greek Republic as the state poison but as it is a native of northern Europe this may not be true," but "is so toxic that a single bite into its root can be fatal" regardless.