~ ANTIDOTE  id+ A PROPERTY OR CHARACTER THAT CONTRADICTS ANOTHER
            med> AGENT THAT COUNTERACTS as in   sug> COUNTERPART
  gr DIDONAI = TO GIVE
  sp DON       A CHARACTER or PROPERTY also
               TITLE ak to SIR as in DON QUIJOTE or QUIXOTE
     DONACION  DONATION
     DONAR     DONATE
     DOTAR     TO PASS A CHARACTER or TRAIT as in DOTE ON


~ BELLADONA   in sp or
~ BELLADONNA  Italian name for a
              POISONOUS EUROPEAN PLANT
  BELLA DONNA = BEAUTIFUL DAME or LADY
  sp BELLA    = BEAUTIFUL  PRETTY
  biol> bot the ATROPA BELLADONNA FAMILY also known as
        NIGHTSHADE FAMILY OF REDDISH BELL SHAPED FLOWERS
  WHICH ARE QUITE DEADLY AND THE SOURCE OF ATROPINE
  med> ATROPINE OR SIMILAR DRUGS ARE USED TO DECREASE
       SECRETIONS AND DILATE EYE PUPILS
  hx> WOMEN USED ATROPINE ON THEIR EYES
      TO ENHANCE THEIR CHARM 
  ATROPINE WAS ALSO A POPULAR POISON 
  CAUSING A PERSON TO BECOME 
  "DRY LIKE A LEAF  RED LIKE A BEAT  CRAZY LIKE A GOAT "

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23/Nov/1997

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