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Definition of Hyoscyamus
1. Noun. Genus of poisonous herbs: henbane.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Solanaceae, Potato Family, Solanaceae
Member holonyms: Black Henbane, Henbane, Hyoscyamus Niger, Stinking Nightshade, Egyptian Henbane, Hyoscyamus Muticus
Definition of Hyoscyamus
1. n. A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane.
Medical Definition of Hyoscyamus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyoscyamus
Literary usage of Hyoscyamus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1854)
"Oxide of Zinc and hyoscyamus for arresting ... THOMPSON recommends j[Lectures on
Phthisis) oxide of zinc and extract of hyoscyamus, of each four grains, ..."
2. A Practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics: With Special by John Vietch Shoemaker (1906)
"The effects of hyoscyamus are similar to those of belladonna and stramonium ...
In painful affections of the bladder, hyoscyamus exerts a soothing influence ..."
3. A Compend of Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing: With by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1906)
"Ophthalmologists use Atropine to paralyze accommodation, dilate the pupil, contract
the vessels, lessen pain, and diminish tension. hyoscyamus and ..."
4. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"hyoscyamus is anodyne and hypnotic, and is used in a great variety of cases ...
Much of the uncertainty attributed to hyoscyamus is doubtless due to ..."
5. Manual of therapeutics by Parke, Davis & Company, Davis & Company Parke (1909)
"Ext. hyoscyamus, 1-2 gr. Powd. Rhubarb, 1 gr. Colocynth and hyoscyamus ... Ext.
hyoscyamus, 1 gr. Dose, 1 to 3. Colocynth Compound and hyoscyamus, 5 grs. ..."
6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1872)
"The total results he got were, that tincture of hyoscyamus produced sleep on
forty-two occasions, bromide of potassium on thirty-eight, and chloral on ..."
7. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1874)
"In its action upon the system, hyoscyamus appears to be intermediate between
opium and belladonna, possessing as it does, on the one band, ..."
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