| Show NATIVE ANTIDOTE FOR SNAKEBITE some time since mince the editor of the NEWS received from jesse jease tye a valued felon I 1 in Wai hington county utah the following letter I 1 am a constant reader of the papers and having seen so many amounts accounts of deaths by snake poison as well as allusions to various remedies notwithstanding which it seems that death too frequently ensues from snake bites I 1 take the liberty of sending you a sample of an herb which grown in this climate and which I 1 know to be a sure antidote for snake poison scorpion stings etc the herb grows in most parts of this latitude and longitude 37 at an altitude of about feet I 1 thought perhaps this might be worthy of bour notice it is sure in its effects used as a poultice or decoction of all of which I 1 have ample proof accompanying the fire foregoing going letter was a small email bunch oi of partially dried leaves small and round in form and green in color grown upon a thin stem there being also indications ot a small white blossom deeming the matter of considerable mp ortance and knowing that the lu in formation would be valueless without a ful er description of the herb the latter was enclosed by bj the NEWS in a letter to prof will Wll lri ird done principal of the latter day saints college to la this city asking him to request his botanist to examine and analyze the specimen give its if scientific as well as ag local name and furnish us with any other results his examination might suggest prof adne readily complied and yesterday he be forwar forwarded aeu the following letter from the college botanist SALT LAKE CITY may 1803 1893 prof done the plant handed me for analysis be 10 lonetto A 8 to As the aphrie apH rge family orax order him name es as near liff as loan tell without examining the seed aeed which la is not developed develop edin tn the specimen handed nie Fend leri it is found native in southern colorado and southward I 1 know nothing of the efficacy of this plant but many species of the order are valuable for their medicinal properties man many species c fee of this order abound in an anac acrid and age poisonous p olson milky juice in many however the leaves are used for food W H chamberlin |
