De atropa belladonna : dissertatio inauguralis medica ... / auctor C.F.H. Deininger.

  • Deininger, C. F. H.
Date:
1833
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Credit: De atropa belladonna : dissertatio inauguralis medica ... / auctor C.F.H. Deininger. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Anglis: Dwale, dcadly, raging, raging or fleepirig ISigtshade. Gallis: Murclle marine, Belledame. Ita- lis: Solatro maggiore, Belladonna. Hispanis: Yerva mora major. Belgis: Groote Nachtschaad oft Dul- cruyt, Dulle Besien. Lusitanis: Erva mora. Bo- hcmis: Lilek, Wetsy, Psy Wino. Polonis: Psinki, ♦ Moszenky, Psie Wisnie, Michonky. Hungaris: Zcp- zolo. Danis: Natskade, Swine urz, Hunde urz. Mirandum videatur, cur Italis et Hispanis veru- lentissimum hocce vegetabile Belladonna audiat, cum adeo letri sit odoris, ut ne bruta quidem praeter- euntia illud degustare soleant, sed cane pejus et an- gue fugiant. Scriptores tamen hanc asserunt causam, quod ex ejus succo vel aqua destillata fucum confi- ciant mulieres italicae, quo faciem oblinant, deco- rent, et ex rubicunda pallidam efficiant (1). Hanc ob rationem alii credunt, quod in somnis pulchras virgines feminasque ostentet (2). Apulejus vero contendit, hoc nomen ex Bellonaria corruptum esse. Nomen Lcthale, somniferum, furiosum, maniacum a symptomatibus commemorandis certo accepit. Est planta perennis europaea et crescit in um- brosis obscuris silvis, in montibus (non raro vero in hortis etiam culta), et quidem in Anglia, Austria, (1) Rail histor. piant. Lond. 16116. fol. Gap. 23. p. 6110. (2) Theophr. histor. piant, illustr. a |3odaeo a Stendal. pag. 107(1.