{"id":"1yh1xws","internal_id":"8591fbec-b220-4c33-bb71-101146d35c6d","links":{"img_thumbnail":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/downloads/deriv/eyp7rzo/thumb_large_2X?disposition=inline","html_self":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/1yh1xws"},"title":"Devil's Snare (Datura stramonium) postage stamp, Hungary","additional_title":[],"format":["image"],"genre":["Postage stamps"],"medium":[],"extent":["3.1 cm W x 3.6 cm H"],"language":["Hungarian"],"provenance":"","subject":["Postage stamps","Medicinal plants","Botanical illustration","Datura stramonium"],"department":"Archives","series_arrangement":[],"rights":"http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/","rights_holder":"","digitization_funder":"","file_creator":"Auerbach, Jahna","description":"1961 Hungarian postage stamp of Devil's snare (Datura stramonium).  Devil's snare is a highly toxic plant containing potent tropane alkaloids, primarily scopolamine and hyoscyamine. Devil's snare, also known as Jimson weed, was historically used in traditional medicine to treat asthma, epilepsy, mania, and gout, primarily due to its anticholinergic compounds that relax muscles.","description_html":"<p>1961 Hungarian postage stamp of Devil's snare (Datura stramonium).  Devil's snare is a highly toxic plant containing potent tropane alkaloids, primarily scopolamine and hyoscyamine. Devil's snare, also known as Jimson weed, was historically used in traditional medicine to treat asthma, epilepsy, mania, and gout, primarily due to its anticholinergic compounds that relax muscles.</p>","published_at":"2026-04-08T15:37:35Z","updated_at":"2026-04-08T15:37:35Z","creator":[],"date_of_work":[{"start":"1961","start_qualifier":"","finish":"","finish_qualifier":"","note":"","formatted":"1961"}],"place":[{"category":"place_of_creation","value":"Hungary"}],"inscription":[],"related_link":[],"additional_credit":[],"physical_container":{"box":"5","folder":"","volume":"","part":"","page":"","shelfmark":"","reel":"","formatted":"Box 5"}}