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Lidén Number 21
Respondent: Johan Anders af Darelli (1718-1780)
Title: Lignum colubrinum leviter delineatum ...
Date of Defense: 11 March 1749
Paginations: [i], [1], 3-22
Lidén Title: Lignum colubrinum.
Soulsby Title: Lign. colubr.
Drake Title: Lignum Colubrinum.
Note: P. 17 misnumbered 13 in one of three copies.
Abstract: On the medicinal use of strychnine from the roots of the snakewood or Mungos tree, Strychnos colubrina L. (Loganiaceae), especially for snakebite poisoning. Its use is contrasted with that of the related drug, nux-vomica.