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consequences when swallowed in considerable 
quantity, are vertigo and confusion of mind, in- 
sensibility of the retina, occasioning dilatation of 
the pupil and loss of sight, tremors of the limbs 
and loss of the power of voluntary motion, head- 
ach, dryness of the throat, nausea and vomiting, 
anxiety and faintness, and sometimes furious de- 
lirium. If the amount taken be large and not 
speedily ejected from the stomach, the symptoms 
pass into convulsions or lethargic stupor, which 
continue till death. When not fatal, its effects, 
like those of other narcotics, are temporary, dis- 
appearing in from one to two days, and frequent- 
ly in a shorter period.—The remedies to be re- 
sorted to in cases of poison from Stramonium, are 
a prompt emetic, followed by a free use of Vegeta- 
ble acids and strong coffee. 
Many stories have been related of the power 
of this and other species of Datura to produce 
mental alienation, without at the same time ma- 
terially affecting the body. [.NoteC.] These ac- 
counts are generally of somewhat ancient date, and 
not correspondent with the observations of later 
physicians. They, were suited to those days of 
credulity, in which the Royal Society of London 
grayely inquired of Sir Philberto Vernatti, “W heth- 
er the Indians can ,so prepare. the stupifying 
