Toxicology Answer: What Saintly Flower Has Been Investigated as a Treatment for Depression?
See Question Answer: St. John’s wort Attributes St. John’s wort is an herb with a yellow flower…
About Jason Hack, MD
Dr. Hack (Oleander Photography) professor of emergency medicine and director of the division of medical toxicology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He enjoys taking photographs of beautiful toxic, medicinal, and benign flowers that he stumbles upon or grows in his garden. Contact him at ToxInRI@gmail.com, www.toxinRI.com, or on Instagram @oleanderphotography.
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Toxicology Question: What Saintly Flower Has Been Investigated as a Treatment for Depression?
Question: What saintly flower has been investigated as a treatment for depression? Click here for the answer
Toxicology Answer: What Flower Did the Greek Army Use Against a City?
See Question Answer: Hellebore Helleborus is derived from two Greek words: bora, meaning food, and helein, meaning injures/destroys. Toxins Hellebore contains…
Toxicology Question: What Flower Did the Greek Army Use Against a City?
Question: What beautiful bloom was used by the Greek army against the city of Kirrha? Click here…
Toxicology Q&A Question: What Is This Psychedelic Bloom?
Question: What flower with varietal names including Heavenly Blue, Flying Saucers, and Blue Star might have felt…
Toxicology Question: What Is This Toxic Flower, and When Does It Bloom?
QUESTION: At what time of year should you watch for this lovely but toxic bloom? Click here…
Toxicology Answer: Don’t Eat the Lovely Iris
See Question Answer: Late spring and early summer. Iris (Greek for “rainbow”) is a group of flowers…
A Unified Naloxone-Guideline Graph
This graph is an easy-to-understand guideline to help determine if a patient’s clinical status is likely to…
Toxicology Q&A Answer: Castor Beans Can Kill, and the Oil Is Iffy, Too
See question Answer: Both! The castor plant is a beautiful, large semi-woody shrub that can grow to…
Toxicology Q&A Question: What’s Poisonous on the Castor Plant?
QUESTION: Which causes toxicity from this plant: the beans or the oil? Click here for the answer.