26-2 
; 8 
After thoroughly stirring the whole, it is poured into a well-stoppered bottle, and 
allowed to stand eight days in a dark, cool place, shaking twice a day. The tinc- 
ture, after straining and filtering, has a clear yellow color by transmitted light; an 
offensive odor, something like that of boiling cabbage; a similar miserable taste ; 
and an acid reaction. 
PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION.—The effects noted in people who have eaten 
too freely of radishes, and in others who took large quantities of the tincture, were 
substantially as follows: Mental excitement, followed by depression and anxiety ; 
confusion and vertigo with cephallagia; stuffiness of the nostrils ; paleness of the 
face; bitter taste in the mouth; constriction of the cesophagus; violent thirst; 
nausea with violent pressure in the stomach; great distention of the abdomen, 
which became hard and tense, though painless, and no flatulence escaped; numer- 
ous liquid diarrheeic stools ; great desire to urinate, with greatly augmented quan- 
tity; great sexual excitement in women, coming on in paroxysms of great violence ; 
lancinating pains in the chest; violent palpitation of the heart; attacks of hysteria ; 
emaciation ; itching of the skin; restlessness; and chilliness followed by inclination 
to sweat. 
enor OF PLATE 26. 
| Whole plant, Jamaica, L. L., July 29th, 1886. 
2. Asepalandstamen. 
“3. Petal. 
Pistil. 
A ripe pod. 
. A section of a pod. 
i (a4 and 6 enlarged.) 
