96-3 
PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION.—Lactucarium, in large doses, causes: Delirium ; 
confusion of the brain, vertigo, and headache; dimness of vision; salivation; difficult 
deglutition ; nausea and vomiting, and retraction of the epigastric region, with a 
sensation of tightness; distension of the abdomen, with flatulence ; urging to stool 
followed by diarrhoea; increased secretion of urine ; spasmodic cough, oppressed 
respiration, and tightness of the chest; reduction of the pulse ten to twelve or 
more beats; unsteady gait; great sleepiness; and chills and heat, followed by 
profuse perspiration, 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE 96. 
1. Whole plant, eighteen times reduced, Binghamton, N. Y., July 26th, 1885. 
2. A portion of the panicle. 
An upper leaf. 
Outline of a lower leaf. 
Flower-head. 
A floret. 
Anther. 
Fruit. 
(6 and 7 enlarged. ) 
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