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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...the Indian peninsula, in Eastern Bengal, and in the Malayan Islands. The part used in medicine is the fruit, a berry between a pea and a bayberry in size, consisting of a dark-brown exterior enclosing a wrinkled, bivalved shell and a yellowish, oily seed. In addition to picrotoxin, it contains an active principle, menispermin, combined with cocculinic acid. The word "cocculus" is derived from the Italian coccola, signifying a small, berry-like fruit. As the fruits were originally imported into Italy from the East and had no special name they were called Coccole di Levante or Cocoa Orientis. They were first described by Ruellius in 1536. Cocculus indicus is largely imported into this country from Bombay and Madras. It is said that in one year 2,500 bags were entered. As its consumption for legitimate purposes must of necessity be small, it is difficult to find any reasonable explanation of the fact. It is probable that the greater part is reshipped to the continent. H Oocculus indicus is or has been used for the following purposes:--1. By Poachers to catch Fish.--A bag containing the berries is towed at the stern of a boat, which is then rowed down stream. The fish are stupefied, and float on the surface of the water. As they drift past the boat they are collected and immediately gutted, the carcase being washed in clean water. By this means a large haul is made noiselessly and in a few minutes. The fish are not always eaten with impunity, and sometimes give rise to symptoms of poisoning. The barbel long resists the action of the drug, and as it takes a large dose to kill it its flesh is especially dangerous. 2. As an Adulterant of Beer.--Its use for this purpose is now prohibited, but in former times it was customary to add three lbs. of the coccu... Paperback, Label: RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Product group: Book, Published: 2012-03-06, Studio: RareBooksClub.com.

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