The poisonous properties of this oil are due to the hydrocyanic acid which is present.
Bitter almonds contain a very poisonous volatile oil in addition to the fixed oil just described.
Fill the heart with that wine of the kingdom, and bitter or poisonousdraughts will find no entrance into the cup.
Thinking it might have been done by some poisonous reptile, I awakened Gonzalez, who, after a glance at the wound, informed me that it was the work of a vampire bat.
If it is the cultivated variety, it is then dried and put through a roasting process upon hot plates, but if it is the yuca brava, the poisonous sap must first be removed.
But Andreas, in his treatise on Poisonous Animals, says that those lampreys which are produced by a cross with the Viper have a poisonous bite, and that that kind is less round than the other, and is variegated.
But in his treatise on Poisonous Animals, and on Animals which sting, he says that the torpedo can send the power which proceeds from it through wood, and through harpoons, so as to produce torpor in those who have them in their hands.
The Germans had used a new and infernal method of warfare; they had released a cloud of poisonous gas which, with a favorable wind, had drifted down and completely enveloped the Allies' trenches.
Of these painted fish that came in hordes about the entering Casco, some bore poisonous spines, and others were poisonous if eaten.
With Venus in one phase, as we had her, certain fish were poisonous in the lagoon: with Venus in another, the same fish was harmless and a valued article of diet.
Some doubt many have of the Tarantula, or poisonous Spider of Calabria, and that magical cure of the bite thereof by Musick.
Strabo that lived before them both hath also two opinions; that she died by the bite of an Asp, or else a poisonous ointment.
By the way," said Ed, "the people who thought tomatoes poisonous were not so very far out in their reckoning.
Among other things they thought the burs of the jimson weed--the poisonous thorn-apple of stramonium--looked rather inviting.
If it contain any added poisonous or other added deleterious ingredient which may render such article injurious to health.
It is superior to cheap grade candy, which may even containpoisonous coloring matter.
They ran to the open windows and inhaled the fresh air, remaining there until the poisonous fumes had been swept out of the open front door.
Lawrence and the deputy charged across the room, trying to keep from breathing, from inhaling those poisonous fumes.
The withered leaves are poisonousif eaten by cattle.
By another process, certain oils or other materials which are poisonous to the insinuating threads of fungus, are forced into the pores of the wood.
A black, lustrous varnish can be made of the acrid poisonous juice, and this may sometime give the species a commercial value.
The tree is small, and bruised branches emit a disagreeable odor; leaves contain prussic acid, and when partly withered, they are poisonous to cattle.
The pestilential air, thepoisonous fog--they spelt death.
It would have been better for me had I made a clean breast of it there and then, had I confided to him the awful sorrow which lay like a poisonous worm in my heart.
And now," added Miss Harson, "I have given you this account to make you understand that the famous upas valley of Java is not a valley of upas trees, but one of poisonous vapors.
Even now serpents are said to dislike the tree so much that they will not come near it, and the leaf is considered a cure for the bite of a poisonous snake.
The Monkey is possessed of Hands for selecting the eatable Parts of his Nuts and Fruit from the poisonous Rind.
Some say, that the Quills of a Porcupine are of a poisonous Nature.
He waited, poised, but George only laughed silently, though his poisonous eyes began to gleam.
No poisonous plant, so much used, except the betel of India.
The teeth, which were once as white as ivory, were now blackened by the use of poisonous medicine, given to counteract a still more poisonous and loathsome disease.
Johnson's testimony on this subject is nearly as pointed as that of Archbishop Tillotson; and Lord Kaimes speaks with much emphasis of the 'poisonous influence,' of theatres.
In a measure they were there still, but coupled with pathetic signs of some disintegrating and poisonous influence.
But the poisonous thought suggested itself--"It was that which bribed him!
It is the poisonous plant with gorgeous coloring that fascinates children in the woods.
This excess food, under the influence of fermentative processes, breaks down into variouspoisonous products.
In other words, somewhere between the time the food is first taken into the system, and the time the poisonous débris of the food and the body waste is finally eliminated, there are some grievous faults of function.
Its poisonous properties have been doubted, but it is probably more dangerous than As H{3}, on account of the absence of the warning odour.
But if a recent vomit proves poisonous to an animal, with the same symptoms as in the man, that is almost conclusive evidence.
The contents were tested for sulphuric acid, oxalic acid, and some poisonous salts, but nothing was discovered; afterwards an experiment was tried for prussic acid.
Unless the skin were abraded, or it remained very long in contact, no absorption, and hence no poisonous effect, would result, but any scratch or wound would be dangerous.
In Ball’s trial (Lewes, 1860), the judge asked whether this variation in strength would not make the difference between a medicinal and a poisonous dose?
His possession ofpoisonous drugs,” said the Judge in his charge, “to such an extent is not a suspicious circumstance in the case of a medical man.
The ancients were well acquainted with the poisonous properties of aconite, which has been widely used as an arrow-poison.
Firework preparations commonly contain some compound of As, and therefore givepoisonous vapours.
Contents of stomach amounted to little more than ½ an ounce, and free from all odour of any poisonous drug.
Hence if a poisonous dose were put into a pint and a half of stout, the odour would be distinct.
All the muscles of the body are subject to the exciting action of this powerful poison, but no one can tell in what order those muscles will be affected, or where the poisonous influence will put forth the fulness of its power.
