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SHOP ROUND GLASS JAR OF BELLADONNAE FOLIA [DEADLY NIGHTSHADE LEAVES] WITH PART CONTENTS

Inscription

BELLADONNAE FOLIA./ BELLADONNA LEAVES/ Source- Atropa Belladonna./ N.O. Solanaceae Hab- Britain
Southall Bros and / Barclay B'ham

Production date

circa 1898-1935

Labels

(Atropa) Belladona or deadly nightshade is a poisonous plant. It is not usually recommended as something to ingest, but it has and is sometimes used in medicines or sedatives, including as a pain killer, for motion sickness, colic, inflammatory bowel diseases, Parkinson’s disease, or to stop bronchial spasms in asthma or whooping coughs. It was also used by women in drop form to dilate their pupils to make them look doe-eyed and attractive. This often led to blindness and is not recommended!