▁is ▁less ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁encountered ▁by ▁humans . ▁ ▁F ool ' s ▁par s ley ▁Con i ine ▁is ▁also ▁found ▁in ▁A eth usa ▁c yn ap ium , ▁commonly ▁known ▁as ▁fool ' s ▁par s ley . ▁ ▁History ▁of ▁natural ▁isol ates ▁The ▁history ▁of ▁con i ine ▁is ▁understand ably ▁tied ▁to ▁the ▁poison ▁hem lock ▁plant , ▁since ▁the ▁natural ▁product ▁was ▁not ▁synth es izable ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s . ▁The ▁most ▁famous ▁hem lock ▁poison ing ▁occurred ▁in ▁ 3 9 9 ▁B CE , ▁when ▁the ▁phil os opher ▁S ocr ates ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁consum ed ▁a ▁liquid ▁inf used ▁with ▁hem lock ▁to ▁carry ▁out ▁his ▁death ▁sentence , ▁his ▁having ▁been ▁conv icted ▁of ▁im pi ety ▁toward ▁the ▁gods , ▁and ▁the ▁cor ruption ▁of ▁youth . ▁Hem lock ▁ju ice ▁was ▁often ▁used ▁to ▁execute ▁crim inals ▁in ▁ancient ▁Greece . ▁ ▁Hem lock ▁has ▁had ▁a ▁limited ▁medical ▁use ▁throughout ▁history . ▁The ▁Gree ks ▁used ▁it ▁not ▁just ▁as ▁capital ▁pun ishment , ▁but ▁also ▁as ▁an ▁ant isp as mod ic ▁and ▁treatment ▁for ▁ar th rit is . ▁Books ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 0 th ▁century ▁att est ▁to ▁medical ▁use ▁by ▁the ▁Ang lo - S ax ons . ▁In ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁it ▁was ▁believed ▁that ▁hem lock ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁c ure ▁ra b ies ; ▁in ▁later ▁European ▁times ▁it ▁came ▁to