TQ2777 : Deadly Nightshade at Chelsea Physic Garden
taken 13 years ago, near to Chelsea, Kensington And Chelsea, Great Britain

Deadly Nightshade at Chelsea Physic Garden
In the garden there are beds containing plants useful in various areas of medicine - e.g. gastroenterology, dermatology - and two in which Deadly Nightshade is useful - cardiology and opthalmology. In the latter, opthalmic surgeons use atropine from deadly nightshade - Atropa Belladonna - to dilate the pupil for access to the back of the eye. In cardiology, atropine is used to speed up the heart rate. There are many uses in traditional medicine - and as its name implies it is poisonous.
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- TQ2777, 1057 images (more nearby
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- Photographer
- David Hawgood (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 3 August, 2009 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Wednesday, 5 August, 2009
- Category
- Flora (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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TQ 2776 7779 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:29.0784N 0:9.6845W - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 2776 7779
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- EAST (about 90 degrees)
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