Poker Root
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Botanical: Phytolacca decandra (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Phytolaccaceae
---Synonyms---Phytolacca Root. Phytolaccae Radix. Phytolacca Berry. Phytolaccae Bacca. Phytolacca Vulgaris. Phytolacca Americana. Blitum Americanum. Branching Phytolacca. Phytolaque. Garget. Pigeon Berry. Méchoacan du Canada. Bear's Grape. Poke Weed. Raisin d'Amérique. Red-ink Plant. American Spinach. Skoke. Crowberry. Jalap. Cancer-root. American Nightshade. Pocan or Cokan. Coakum. Chongras. Morelle à Grappes. Herbe de la Laque. Amerikanische scharlachbeere. Kermesbeere. Virginian Poke. Poke Berry.Poker Root Word
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Poke Root Benefits
Dried root, berries.---Habitat---Indigenous to North America. Common in Mediterranean countries.---Description---This is regarded as one of the most important of indigenous American plants, and one of the most striking in appearance. The perennial root is large and fleshy, the stem hollow, the leaves alternate and ovate-lanceolate, and the flowers have a white calyx with no corolla. The fruit is a deep purple berry, covering the stem in clusters and resembling blackberries.
The young shoots make a good substitute for asparagus, and poultry eat the berries, though large quantities give the flesh an unpleasant flavour, also causing it to become purgative, when eaten.
In Portugal the use of the juice of the berries to colour port wines was discontinued because it spoilt the taste. The stain of the juice is a beautiful purple, and would make a useful dye if a way of fixing it were found.
A decoction of the roots has been used for drenching cattle.
As found in commerce the roots are usually sliced either longitudinally or transversely, are grey in colour, hard and wrinkled. The fracture is fibrous. It is inodorous, and the taste is acrid and slightly sweet.
It is often used to adulterate belladonna, but may be recognized by the concentric rings of wood bundles in the transverse section. The leaves are used for the same purpose, requiring microscopical identification.
---Constituents---Phytolaccic acid has been obtained from the berries, and tannin. In theroot a non-reducing sugar, formic acid, and a small percentage of bitter resin have been found. The alkaloid Phytolaccin may be present in small quantities, but it has not been proved. A resinoid substance is called phytolaccin. The virtues are extracted by alcohol, diluted alcohol, and water. The powder is said to be sternutatory.
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---Medicinal Action and Uses---A slow emetic and purgative with narcotic properties. As an alterative it is used in chronic rheumatism and granular conjunctivitis. As an ointment, in the proportion of a drachm to the ounce, it is used in psora, tinea capitis, favus and sycosis, and other skin diseases, causing at first smarting and heat.
The slowness of action and the narcotic effects that accompany it render its use as an emetic inadvisable. It is used as a cathartic in paralysis of the bowels. Headaches of many sources are benefited by it, and both lotion and tincture are used in leucorrhoea.
As a poultice it causes rapid suppuration in felons. The extract is said to have been used in chronic rheumatism and haemorrhoids.
Authorities differ as to its value in cancer. Great relief towards the close of a difficult case of cancer of the uterus was obtained by an external application of 3 OZ. of Poke Root and 1 OZ. of Tincture used in the strength of 1 tablespoonful to 3 pints of tepid water for bathing the part. It is also stated to be of undoubted value as an internal remedy in cancer of the breast.
The following prescription has been recommended: Fluid extracts of Phytolacca (2 OZ.), Gentian 1 OZ.) and Dandelion 1 OZ.), with Simple Syrup to make a pint. One teaspoonful may be taken after each meal.
Infused in spirits, the fruit is used in chronic rheumatism, being regarded as equal to Guaicum.
It is doubtful if the root will cure syphilis without the help of mercury.
---Dosages---As emetic, 10 to 30 grains. As alterative, 1 to 5 grains. Of fluid extract of berries, 1/2 to 1 drachm. Of fluid extract of root, 1/4 to 1/2 drachm; as an emetic, 15 drops; as an alterative, 2 drops. Phytolaccin, 1 to 3 grains.
---Poisons and Antidotes---In the lower animals convulsions and death from paralysis of respiration may be caused. Overdoses may produce considerable vomiting and purging, prostration, convulsions and death.
---Other Species---Phytolacca drastica of Chile is a violent purgative.
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| Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer | |
|---|---|
| Type | Single-action revolver |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Service history | |
| Used by | United States |
| Wars | American Civil War |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Elisha K. Root |
| Designed | 1855 |
| Manufacturer | Colt Firearms |
| Produced | c. 1855–1870 |
| No. built | .28 caliber = 30,000 .31 caliber = 14,000[1] |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 17-ounces (3.5-inches octagon barrel) |
| Length | 8-inches (with 3.5-inch barrel) |
| Barrel length | 3.5- or 4.5-inches |
| Caliber | .31 ball/conical bullet, .28 ball/conical bullet |
| Action | single-action |
| Muzzle velocity | 7-800 feet per second |
| Effective firing range | 25 yards (accurate defense) |
| Feed system | 5-round cylinder |
| Sights | post front sight, topstrap notch rear sight |
The Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer, also known as the Colt Root Revolver after engineer Elisha K. Root (1808–1865), was a cap & ballsingle-action pocket revolver used during the American Civil War and made by the Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company in two calibers: .28 and .31.[2]
Calibers and variants[edit]
In the revolver configuration of the patented revolving mechanism, only one model of revolver was produced. The only two available calibers for the revolver were .28 and .31. The production of the revolver started in 1855 and lasted until 1870.[3] In spite of the complexity and ambition of its patented design, the Sidehammer revolver never reached the status of a popular gun.[4]
Model series[edit]
Production began in 1855 with the Model 1 followed by the Model 1A and then the Model 2 beginning with serial number '1' and ending in 1860 at about '25,000'. These models had a roller-die engraved scene referred to as the 'Cabin and Indian' scene. Production continued with the Model 3 which has a fluted cylinder[5][3]
Barrels, cylinders[edit]
Poke Root
The standard barrel length was 3 1/2 inch (4 1/2 inch for the Model 5A, 6A, 7A). Calibers were .28 (Model 1 - 3) later .31 (Models 3A, 4, 5, 6, 7). Octagon barrels (Model 1 - 4). Round barrels (Model 5 - 7).
The cylinder scene engraved on the first 25,000 pistols was created by banknote engraver Waterman Ormsby. The image was his fourth and last to be featured on Colt revolvers. The overall scene is 1 1/16 inch wide by 3 1/4 inch long. At one end of the scene is the text, 'COLT'S PATENT No. [serial number]'. The image contains a pioneer defending himself against an attack by six Indians in Seminole-style attire using a pair of revolver pistols while (presumably) his wife and child are escaping. Along the top of the scene (the edge of the cylinder which is closest to the pistol barrel) is a 'finely detailed wavy line and dot border'.[5]
The Model 3, 4 and 5 had a fluted cylinder (with indentations between the loading chambers), preventing the application of a continuously engraved scene. Some cylinders were decoratively hand-engraved.
The Model 6 and 7 had a round cylinder, with the rolled on 'Stagecoach Holdup' scene by W. L. Ormsby.
Influences in later Colt firearms[edit]
In 1855 the Sidehammer was the first Colt's revolver to use the 'creeping' loading lever. This loading mechanism was used again in 1860 in the design of the Colt Army Model 1860, the Colt Navy Model 1861 and the Colt Police Model 1862.
In 1855 the Sidehammer was the first Colt's solid-frame spur-trigger gun. This anatomical characteristic was taken again when the three models of the Colt Derringer started production in 1870. For the two first models production lasted in 1890, and the third model ended in 1912 (until it was re-released in the 1950s for western movies, under the name of fourth model Colt Derringer). But in the Colt Derringers, the solid-frame spur-trigger design was still present in the patent when Colt's purchased the National Arms Company in 1870. Actual original Colt models subsequent to the Sidehammer and inheriting a solid frame and a spur trigger were the Colt House (1871) and the Colt New Line (1873).[1]
The revolving mechanism of the cylinder was also used by Colt's in the following long arms, in rifle and carbine configurations:[6]
- Colt Model 1855 'First Model' Sporting Rifle
- Colt Model 1855 Half Stock Sporting Rifle
- Colt Model 1855 Full Stock Sporting Rifle
- Colt Model 1855 Military Rifle and Rifled Musket
- Colt Model 1855 Revolving Carbine
- Colt Model 1855 Revolving Shotgun
Ruthless Poker
See also[edit]
Poke Root Salve
References[edit]
- ^ abShideler, Dan (2011). The Gun Digest Book of Guns & Prices 2011. Iola, Wisconsin: Gun Digest Books. p. 241. ISBN1-4402-1890-0.
- ^Less Common Guns in the Civil War: Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer RevolverArchived 18 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine (a description of the Sidehammer, by writer Emory Hackman)
- ^ abNorm Flayderman (2007). Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values. F+W Media. p. 92. ISBN978-1-4402-2651-9.
- ^The Sidehammer as described in the Autry MuseumArchived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, a Museum dealing with the people and the history of the American West
- ^ abTobias, Arthur (December 2013). 'The Root of the Matter, the Cabin and Indian Scene on Colt's Model 1855 Sidehammer Revolver'. Man at Arms. 35 (6): 27–34. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^Sapp, Rick (2007). Standard Catalog of Colt Firearms. Iola, Wisconsin: F+W Media, Inc. pp. 205–209. ISBN0-89689-534-3.