Hyoscyamus niger (2)
Henbane in its saturnine glory-the "submerged leviathan" of ancient brewing. One of the surgeon's anesthesia in the field for Roman armies,I have a previous botanical drawing entry and some notes in the blog that refer.
As I mentioned previously this is the herb given to Pullo after Vorenus rescues him from execution , whilst he is recuperating in order to sedate him.
Still used as the basis for modern premed anasthesia
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