The Boston medical and surgical journal . Fig. 5. This time our mushroom has neither teeth norspines nor tubes, but has the radiating gills (Fig. 6);we are approaching dangerous ground, for amongthese are many whose poison is Fig. 6. There is no rule by which the good can be distin-guished from the bad ; this should be strongly im-pressed on the mind. That the skin of the cap peelsreadily, that they change color when cut or are bruised,that they do not tarnish gold or silver with which theyare boiled, that the stem comes readily out of the capor grows at one side, and a dozen other rea
The Boston medical and surgical journal . Fig. 5. This time our mushroom has neither teeth norspines nor tubes, but has the radiating gills (Fig. 6);we are approaching dangerous ground, for amongthese are many whose poison is Fig. 6. There is no rule by which the good can be distin-guished from the bad ; this should be strongly im-pressed on the mind. That the skin of the cap peelsreadily, that they change color when cut or are bruised,that they do not tarnish gold or silver with which theyare boiled, that the stem comes readily out of the capor grows at one side, and a dozen other reasons, areall equally fallacious ; there is no such rule which hasnot its exception, and here an exception may meandeath. Safety lies in knowledge, — positive knowl-edge. You should know positively the variety or 270 BOSTON MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL. [September 18, 18«.)0. varieties you venture to eat, and eschew all should fix firmly iu your mind the characteristicsof those you venture to eat, so firmly that you canpick them from a basketful of all kinds. You knowthe difference between a squash and a pumpkin, andwould make no mistake in taking one for the other;but it might puzzle you to describe the salient
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