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Elaterium

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A drug obtained from the mucus of the fruit of the squirting cucumber; is a most powerful purgative, and was known to the ancients.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Elaterium'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​e/elaterium.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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