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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An amorphous, very poisonous alkaloid, C₂₄H₂₈O₄N₂ or C₂₂H₂₆O₃N₂. It is found with gelsemine in Gelsemium sempervirens.

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“The active principle, gelseminine, is much used latterly by a certain school of practitioners at the North and West, with other substances of similar nomenclature.”

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