On The Medicinal History of Datura
In 1676, near Jamestown, Virginia a group of British soldiers were traveling to put down Bacon’s rebellion. Hungry and unfamiliar with the local flora these soldiers unwittingly ingested leaves from the plant which became nicknamed Jamestown weed, or jimsonweed for short because of this event. This plant was of the datura genera—a deadly nightshade (plants which contain […]
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