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Lidén Number 164
Respondent: Georg Hallenberg (1746-1814)
Title: ... de Dulcamara ...
Date of Defense: 29 May 1771
Paginations: [i], [1], 3-14
Lidén Title: Dulcamara.
Soulsby Title: Dulcamara
Drake Title: Dulcamara.
Note:
Abstract: The herb Solanum dulcamara L. (nightshade, or deadly nightshade) was used as an internal medicine and as a heart stimulant by Linnaeus in the Royal Naval Hospital, Stockholm, in 1738.