Scientific amusements . ndel. It produces lock-jaw and paralysis. There is noantidote for strychnine ; emeticsare the only remedy. The above are chiefly remarkablefor their uses in medicine, and inconsequence of their highly poison-ous character are best left alone byunpractised hands. A German chemist, named Ser-turner, was the first to extract theactive principle from Opium. Thequestion of opium importation has lately been attracting much attention, and the opinions con-cerning its use are divided. Probably in moderation, and when used by ordinary people (not demoralized creatures), it does
Scientific amusements . ndel. It produces lock-jaw and paralysis. There is noantidote for strychnine ; emeticsare the only remedy. The above are chiefly remarkablefor their uses in medicine, and inconsequence of their highly poison-ous character are best left alone byunpractised hands. A German chemist, named Ser-turner, was the first to extract theactive principle from Opium. Thequestion of opium importation has lately been attracting much attention, and the opinions con-cerning its use are divided. Probably in moderation, and when used by ordinary people (not demoralized creatures), it does little harm. Opium is the juice of the common poppy, and de-rives its name from the Greek opos, juice. The plant is cultivated in India, Persia, and Turkey. After the poppy has flowered the natives go round, and with a sharp instrument wound, or puncture, every poppy head. This is done very early in the morning, and under the influence of the sun during the day the juice oozes out. Next morning the drops are scraped off. The Poppy. STARCa. i;t The juice is then placed in pots, dried, and sent for construction of opium is very complicated, for itcontains a number of ingredients, the most importantbeing morphia, narcotine, meconic acid, and codeia. It isto the first-named constituent that the somnolent effect ofopium is due. III. Indifferent Substances. There are a great number of so-called indifferent sub-stances to which we cannot be indifferent. Such bodiesas these have neither acid nor basic properties, and standno comparison with salts. They are of great importance,forming, as they do, the principal nutriment of contain nitrogen, some do not; they may thereforebe divided into nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous sub-stances ; the former for solid portions of the body, thelatter for warmth. We will take the latter first, and speak of some ofthem—such as starch, gum, sugar, etc. Starch is found in the roots of grain, in the potato,dahlia, artichoke, etc.,
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