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Deadly Garden: 18th Century's Most Lethal Plants

In the 1700s, despite limited medical and botanical knowledge, many poisonous plants obtained from nature were used both in assassinations and in treatments. Atropa belladonna (Deadly nightshade): This plant affects the nervous system and can cause hallucinations in low doses and death in high doses. At the time, poisoning was treated with activated charcoal and methods to induce vomiting. Conium maculatum (Hemlock): This plant, which caused the death of Socrates, leads to muscle paralysis. There is no known antidote, but in the 1700s, some healers tried to alleviate symptoms using warm milk and internal organ cleansing. Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove): A powerful plant that affects heart rhythm. Physicians of the time tried to eliminate the toxins from the body using calcium salts and diuretics when poisoning symptoms appeared. Aconitum napellus (Monkshood / Wolfsbane): It paralyzes the nervous system. Even a very small amount can be fatal. There is no antidote, but it is known that folk medicine practitioners used milk mixed with vinegar. Hyoscyamus niger (Henbane): It causes hallucinations, loss of consciousness, and fatal coma. Poisoning was countered with methods such as inducing vomiting with warm water and using soothing remedies like chamomile tea with honey. During this period, there were no modern antidotes, but folk healers tried to cleanse the body of toxins through herbal teas, induced vomiting, activated charcoal, and purging. Poison and cure were both hidden in nature; the difference was made by knowledge. #PoisonousPlants #MedicinalPlants #HistoricalMedicine #1700sMedicine #DeadlyPlants #PlantToxins #NatureAndMedicine #HerbalRemedies #AncientHealing #FolkMedicine #Belladonna #Hemlock #Foxglove #Wolfsbane #Henbane #Toxicology #HistoryOfMedicine #NaturalCures #DarkHistory #NatureIsPowerful