. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . The antiar-resin was composed of C18 H13 O. Antiarin con-sisted of C14 H10 0s. Sir B. Brodie (Phil. Trans, for 1811,) says, the poison renders the heartinsensible to the stimulus of the blood. Magendie and Delile (Orfila, Toxicol. Gen.) found thatbesides acting on the brain and spinal marrow, it proved emetic. According to Andral, it causesconvulsions with alternations of relaxation. 2. Artocarpus.—The Artocarpus incisa, or Bread-fruit tree, and the A. integrifolia or Jackfruit, deserve notice on account of their important alimenta
. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . The antiar-resin was composed of C18 H13 O. Antiarin con-sisted of C14 H10 0s. Sir B. Brodie (Phil. Trans, for 1811,) says, the poison renders the heartinsensible to the stimulus of the blood. Magendie and Delile (Orfila, Toxicol. Gen.) found thatbesides acting on the brain and spinal marrow, it proved emetic. According to Andral, it causesconvulsions with alternations of relaxation. 2. Artocarpus.—The Artocarpus incisa, or Bread-fruit tree, and the A. integrifolia or Jackfruit, deserve notice on account of their important alimentary uses. Artocarpus incisa is a na-tive of the islands of the Pacific and of the Moluccas. Its fruit is to the inhabitants of Polynesiawhat corn is to the people of other parts of the world. Artocarpus integrifolia is cultivatedthroughout southern India, and all the warmer parts of Asia. Its fruit forms a very considerablearticle of food in Ceylon. (For a full description of these plants, by Dr. Hooker, see vol. ii. N. S.) Fig. 181. Fig.
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