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" One of the leaves (says M. Leschenault) slightly touched the first three fingers of my left hand: at the time I only perceived a slight pricking, to which I paid no attention. This was at seven in the morning. The pain continued to increase ; in an hour... "
Historical and descriptive account of British India, by H. Murray [and others]. - Page 189
1832
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Historical and Descriptive Account of British India, from the Most ..., Volume 3

Hugh Murray - India - 1832 - 392 pages
...of the Mimoircs du Museum ; but as we have not that work at hand, we shall quote Professor Lindley'g own words. " One of the leaves (says M. Leschenault)...become intolerable ; it seemed as if some one was rubbing'my fingers with a hot iron. Nevertheless there was no remarkable appearance ; neither swelling,...
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Historical and Descriptive Account of British India, from the Most ..., Volume 3

Hugh Murray - India - 1833 - 398 pages
...crenulata in (he Botanic Garden at Calcutta. The account is contained in the sixth volume of the Mtmrrircs du Museum ; but as we have not that work at hand,...remarkable appearance ; neither swelling, nor pustule, nor inflammatlon. The pain rapidly spread along the arm as far as the armpit. I was then seized with frequent...
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volumes 23-24

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 1162 pages
...touching the Urtica crenulata, which was growing in the Botanic Garden at Calcutta: ' One of the leaves slightly touched the first three fingers of my left...morning. The pain continued to increase : in an hour it ; became intolerable; it seemed as if some one was rubbing my fingers with a hot iron. Nevertheless...
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volumes 23-24

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 1046 pages
...growing in the Botanic Garden at Calcutta: ' One of the leaves slightly touched the first three lingers of my left hand ; at the time I only perceived a slight...morning. The pain continued to increase : in an hour it became intolerable ; it seemed as if some one was rubbing my fingers with a hot iron. Nevertheless...
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Knight's Penny Magazine, Volume 13

1844 - 520 pages
...crenulata, a specimen of which was growing in the Botanic Garden at Calcutta : — "One of the leaves slightly touched the first three fingers of my left hand ; at the time 1 only perceived a slight pricking, to which I paid no attention. ThU was at seven in the morning....
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journal of agriculture

william blackwood - 1849 - 764 pages
...effects of U. crenulata, an East Indian species:— One of the leaves slightly touched the three first fingers of my left hand; at the time I only perceived...with a hot iron. Nevertheless there was no remarkable appearance—neither swelling, nor pustule, nor inflammation. The pain rapidly spread along the arm,...
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The Vegetable Kingdom; Or, The Structure, Classification, and ..., Volumes 1-2

John Lindley - History - 1853 - 1076 pages
...the effect of gathering Urtica crenulata in the Botanic Garden at Calcutta : — " One of the leaves slightly touched the first three fingers of my left...morning. The pain continued to increase ; in an hour it hod become intolerable ; it seemed as if some one was rubbing my fingers with a hot iron. Nevertheless,...
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Florigraphia Britannica; Or, Engravings and Descriptions of the ..., Volume 3

Richard Deakin - Botany - 1857 - 716 pages
...Botanical Garden, at Caleutta : — " One of the leaves slightly touched the first three fingers of my loft hand : at the time I only perceived a slight pricking,...The pain continued to increase ; in an hour it had hecome intolerable ; it seemed as if some one was rubbing my fingers with a hot iron, nevertheless,...
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The Vegetable World: Being a History of Plants, with Their Botanical ...

Louis Figuier - Botany - 1867 - 640 pages
...la Touris description of the effects of the sting of U. crenulata. " One of the leaves " he says, " slightly touched the first three fingers of my left...intolerable ; it seemed as if some one was rubbing my hand with a red-hot iron. Still there was no remarkable appearance, neither swelling, nor pustule,...
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Papers Read Before the Philosophical Society and the Chamber of Manufactures

Richard Schomburgk - Agriculture - 1873 - 146 pages
...Garden, Calcutta, came in contact with one of these poisonous plants. He tells us — " One of the leaves slightly touched the first three fingers of my left...slight pricking, to which I paid no attention. This was in the morning. The pain continued to increase ; in an hour, it had become intolerable —it seemed...
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