I am a little white powder, which you see lying upon your table. I am very gentle and

I am a little white powder, which you see lying upon your table. I am very gentle and harmless, and you may use me without any fear of my doing you either good or evil. I am white, but not clean, and I stick to your fingers, yet I do not dirty them. In warm weather I feel like a grain of sugar, and in cold I become a grain of salt. I am of a gentle, emetic quality, and can produce both puking and spewing. I can be made to assist you to live, and to help you to die. I can help to feed you, and to physic you; and, in emetic doses, I can assist you to vomit, both your sins and your Ipecacuan. I am a puke, and a