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when sunlight comes
and moonlight wanes,
creatures come
like dead wolf's bane.
its beauty soaks up
in your eyes.
you'll be dead
without your cries.
its petals soft,
like lovers lips.
with one look
your in its grips.
its roots hold power
more than thee,
when you see it
you should flee.
even water
soaked with this
holds its potent
deadly kiss.
even gloves,
though you wear,
it shall kill
without a care.
you think you can
best dead wolf's bane,
but you shall see
your powers lame.
yepyepyep. i wrote this in math today.
yah, the first couple lines just popped into my head, and then i wrote the rest and i was just like 'hahahaha, wolf's bane' so yah.
wolfs bane is also called monkshood, and is extremely deadly:
In a few minutes after the introduction of a poisonous dose of aconite, marked symptoms supervene. The initial signs of poisoning are referable to the alimentary canal. There is a sensation of burning, tingling, and numbness in the mouth, and of burning in the abdomen. Death usually supervenes before a numbing effect on the intestine can be observed. After about an hour, there is severe vomiting. Much motor weakness and cutaneous sensations similar to those above described soon follow. The pulse and respiration steadily fail, death occurring from asphyxia. As in strychnine poisoning, the patient is conscious and clear-minded to the last. The only post-mortem signs are those of asphyxia. The treatment is to empty the stomach by tube or by a non-depressant emetic. The physiological antidotes are atropine and digitalin or strophanthin, which should be injected subcutaneously in maximal doses. Alcohol, strychnine, and warmth must also be employed.
they call it wolf's bane because it was used to kill wolves years ago, either by rubbing it on meat left for wolves, putting it on the tips of arrows to be shot at them, or by any other means.
yepyep, a very deadly plant. its supposed to be very pretty though, which is a bit creepy since it can lead to such a horifying death sweatdrop gonk
The above description of poisoning is characteristic of an oral administration. It should however be noted that aconitine may be easily absorbed through the skin, and poisoning may occur through this route simply by picking the leaves without the use of gloves; the toxin in the sap is absorbed through the skin. From practical experience, the sap oozing from eleven picked leaves will cause cardiac symptoms for a couple of hours. In this event, there will be no gastrointestinal effects. Tingling will however start at the point of absorption, and extend up the arm to the shoulder, after which the heart will start to be affected. The tingling will be followed by numbness?it is fairly unpleasant. As remarked above, atropine is an antidote. Atropine is a constituent of Belladonna.
yah, not a very happy journal entry, but strangly enough, i havent been sad at all today xd
i'm just a crazy crazy kid ^.^
 · Tue Apr 17, 2007 @ 12:29am · 2 Comments |
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