tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post871891460903288081..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Strychnine - a lesser-known pastRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-48653219554133283912009-07-30T23:42:12.258-07:002009-07-30T23:42:12.258-07:00The title character in HG Wells' original nove...The title character in HG Wells' original novella THE INVISIBLE MAN describes taking "a strong dose of strychnine". He "awoke invigorated and irritable". The other main character, Kemp, replies that he knows the stuff and calls it "the devil" and "the Paleolithic in a bottle".OperationCounterstrikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11877707857942926743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-81301349477440975512009-07-31T03:41:06.150-07:002009-07-31T03:41:06.150-07:00Thanks! I read it way back, but didn't remembe...Thanks! I read it way back, but didn't remember that part.<br><br>As Monk in <i>Wobble to Death</i> says, "It livens a man up wonderful."<br><br>A number of Victorian texts mention habitual "strychnine-eaters".Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.com