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| | botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Hemlock - Herb Profile and Information |
 | | The juice of hemlock was frequently administered to criminals, and this was the fatal poison which Socrates was condemned to drink. |
 | | The old Roman name of Conium was Cicuta, which prevails in the mediaeval Latin literature, but was applied about 1541 by Gesner and others to another umbelliferous plant, Cicuta virosa, the Water Hemlock, which does not grow in Greece and southern Europe. |
 | | The fresh green Hemlock is employed in the preparation of Juice of Conium, Conium Ointment, and the green Extract of Conium. |
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