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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6)

Note 3153 — BOOK XXIII. THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CULTIVATED TREES. (continued 2)

John Bostock translation

Their narcotic effect is owing to the prussic, or hydro-cyanic, acid which they contain.

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