 I cut a sprig of it, and gave to the man next to me, who ate it; when we had got to the end of the piece, which was about six rods, he said that he believed what I had given him would kill him, for he never felt so in his life. I looked at him and saw...  Materia Medica of American Provings - Page 174by American Institute of Homeopathy - 1853 - 299 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Thomson - 1825 - 590 pages
...with ; but it had never occurredto me that it was of any value as medicine, until about this time, when mowing in the field with a number of , men one...of it, and gave to the man next to me, who eat it j'when we had got to the end of the piece, which was about six rods, he said that he believed what... | |
 | Samuel Thomson - 1835 - 428 pages
...with; but it had never occurred to me that it was of any value as medicine, until about this time, when mowing in the field with a number of men, one...a sprig of it, and gave to the man next to me, who ate it; when we had got to the end of the piece, which was about six rods, he said that he believed... | |
 | Samuel Thomson - 1849 - 264 pages
...never occurred to me that it was of any value as a medicine, until about this time—when mowing in a field with a number of men one day, I cut a sprig of it, and gave to the man next me, who eat it; when we had got to the end of the piece, which was about six rods, he said that he... | |
 | Edwin Moses Hale - 1875 - 826 pages
...without knowing anything of its medicinal virtues. It never occured to me that it was of any value as a medicine until, when mowing in the field with a number of men one day, I cut a sprig of it and gave it to the man next to me, who ate it; when we. had got to the end of the piece, which was about six... | |
 | Edwin Moses Hale - 1880 - 924 pages
...knowing anything of its medicinal virtues. It had never occurred to me that it was of any value ax a medicine until, when mowing in the field with a number of men one day, I cut a sprig of it and gave it to the man next to me, who ate it. When we got to the end of the piece, which was about six rods,... | |
 | Lloyd Library and Museum - 1884 - 540 pages
...with; but it had never occurred to me that it was of any value as medicine, until about this time, when mowing in the field with a number of men, one day, I cut a sprig of it, and gave it to the man next to me, who ate it; when he had got to the end of the piece, which was about six... | |
 | 1889 - 646 pages
...vomit." One day — he must have been older then — " when mowing in the field with a number of men I cut a sprig of it, and gave to the man next to me, who ate it; when we had got to the end of the piece, which was about six rods, he said he believed what... | |
 | 1893 - 790 pages
...it. I afterwards used to induce the other boys to chew it, merely by way of sport to see them vomit. When mowing in the field with a number of men one day, I cut a sprig of it, and gave to the man next me, who ate it. He said he believed what I had given him would kill him, for he never felt so ill in... | |
 | William G. Rothstein - 1992 - 390 pages
...discovery: the therapeutic value of Lobelia inflata, an emetic herb. He stated in his Narrative: . . . when mowing in the field with a number of men one day, I cut a sprig of [lobelia], and gave to the man next to me, who eat it; when we had got to the end of the piece, which... | |
 | Matthew Wood - 2000 - 236 pages
...never occurred to me that it was of any value as a medicine, until about this time — when mowing in a field with a number of men one day, I cut a sprig of it, and gave it to the man next to me, who ate it; when we had got to the end of the piece, which was about six... | |
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