HERB - Period poisons

[Roberta R Comstock]

>Well...there is this I found:
>Monkshood (veryily a period poison): 
>Case History:  In one case, cardiac failure occured due to excessive 
>application of aconite liniment.
>
>Melistra
>Trimaris


That's true, but it was applied over a period of TWO WEEKS (Dreisbach &
Robertson, 1987).     The timing of the death in the movie might have
been appropriate for ingested monkshood, although the behavior of the
victim was not consistent with symptoms of aconite poisoning.  Ten
minutes in a dress that was presumably dry when she put it on (and
therefore could not have been a tincture in liquid form) would not have
been fatal.   Unless, perhaps the Queen caught her in the act!
  ;=)

Hertha


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