{"product_id":"deadly-nightshade-in-purples","title":"Deadly nightshade in purples","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eThis deadly nightshade is based on an illustration from John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill’s 1834 book ‘\u003ci\u003eMedical Botany; or, Illustrations and Descriptions of the Medicinal Plants of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Pharmacopoeias: Comprising a Popular and Scientific Account of Poisonous Vegetables Indigenous to Great Britain\u003c\/i\u003e’. Also know as Atropa bella-donna, or simply belladonna, the flowers come in a wide range of purples, with shading towards yellows and greens at the base.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eThe primary toxin in deadly nightshade is atropine, which also has a number of legitimate medical uses. The name comes from the Greek Fate ‘Atropos’, the goddess who would cut the thread of destiny to end a life. The signs of poisoning include blurred vision and light sensitivity, loss of balance, elevated heart rate, rash, headache, gastrointestinal symptoms, confusion and delirium, convulsions, and hallucinations. A tincture was once used by women to dilate their pupils, to imitate arousal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eMy deadly nightshade is 4.25 inches tall,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;\"\u003e stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your wall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;\"\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;\"\u003e Japanese paper and Korean papers, glass beads, and cotton floss on cotton paper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Judith Pudden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67687273889960,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0489\/0496\/2216\/files\/Bel1_0900c_f7d12fda-0480-44cc-85f4-06627b1343a5.jpg?v=1792279585","url":"https:\/\/www.judithpudden.ca\/products\/deadly-nightshade-in-purples","provider":"Judith Pudden Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}