TY - JOUR
TI - On the ambivalence of plants in the novel The Count of Monte Christo by Alexandre Dumas: the crow’s eye tree and the St. Ignatius bean
AU - Bizek-Tatara, Renata
TI - On the ambivalence of plants in the novel The Count of Monte Christo by Alexandre Dumas: the crow’s eye tree and the St. Ignatius bean
AB - This article is devoted to the ambivalence of medicinal plants in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, using the examples of the crow’s eye tree and the St. Ignatius bean. The author analyzes descriptions of the properties of alkaloids obtained from them – strychnine and brucine – which, when properly used, can be a disease-curing medicine and an effective lethal poison. She also discusses the sources from which the writer obtained medical and pharmaceutical knowledge about plant toxins, their action and the symptoms they cause.
VL - 2024
IS - Volume 30 (2024) Supplement I
SN - 1231-1960
C1 - 2657-506X
SP - 507
EP - 519
DO - 10.4467/12311960MN.24.030.20023
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/medycyna-nowozytna/article/od-lekarstwa-do-trucizny-o-ambiwalencji-roslin-w-powiesci-hrabia-monte-christo-aleksandra-dumasa-kulczyba-wronie-oko-i-bob-sw-ignacego
KW - count of Monte Christo
KW - Alexandre Dumas
KW - crow’s eye tree
KW - St. Ignatius bean
KW - strychnine
KW - brucine
KW - toxicology