| So Darwin had his urine tested, followed Bence Jones's special diet, and dosed himself with colchicum, a dangerously corrosive specific for gout. |
| Another flower well worth waiting for is the autumn colchicum, Colchicum speciosum. |
| Plants which contain alkaloids may also be highly toxic, such as colchicum, or alternatively harmless, such as borage. |
| Some cause violent pain, as colchicum, hellebore, and aconite. |
| The abortive method consists in cutting short the attack by the administration of colchicum, veratria, or the salicin compounds. |
| The Colchicum is much larger with goblet-shaped, fleshy flowers that are resistant to rain and should be planted in midsummer. |
