Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The West American Scientist, Vol. 10: September, 1900
Romneya coulteri Harv. A deadly poison. The whole plant is used, bruised and boiled and applied as a poultice or taken in liquor - my notes do not state wherl its virtue con sists. It will naturally be inferred, however, that its properties are similar to those of opium. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.
