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plant is extremely poisonous, neither leaves, berries, nor root should be handled if there are any cuts or abrasions on the hands. the root is the most poisonous, the leaves and flowers less so, and the berries, except to children, least of all. it is said that an adult may eat two or three berries without
injury, but dangerous symptoms appear if more are taken, and it is wiser not to attempt the experiment. though so powerful in its action on the human body, the plant seems to affect some of the lower animals but little. eight pounds of the herb are said to have been eaten by a horse without causing...
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