strychnine

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When a small quantity of strychnine kills a man, the strychnine is the inciting power; the nature of his nervo-muscular system, apt to be thrown into spasms by that drug, and all the organs of his body dependent on that system, are the collocation.

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  1. noun An extremely poisonous white crystalline alkaloid, C21H22O2N2, derived from nux vomica and related plants, used as a poison for rodents and other pests and topically in medicine as a stimulant for the central nervous system.

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  • ALBERT MANLEY 4745 S.E. Hawthorne Portland, Oregon 97215 I understand that strychnine is being added to heroin; it gives more of a bang to the user in the first rush. —  Analog April, 1971
  • He lives in the historic south Welsh coastal town of Llanilltud Fawr Lady of the Crows told the story of Alena Zeminova, who successfully poisoned two of her three husbands using a concoction of milky cocoa, strychnine, and a powder prepared from the ashes of crows. —  BlackStaticHorrorMagazine#1
  • If you remember this, it may save you cartridges, strychnine, and disappointment. —  Diary of a Soldier of Fortune
  • I had a tummy ache back in the summer of love ... was that Listeria or the strychnine in the acid? —  Home
  • Martin said that newspapers did not trumpet the fact that Hicks had taken strychnine, because "it was sort of routine for people to take performance-enhancing substances back in those days." —  Sportsfrog.com
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  1. French, from New Latin Strychnos, genus name, from Latin strychnon, a kind of nightshade, from Greek strukhnon.
 

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