Substances suspected 
tain 
= 
Presidency. Year. | —Visce Remarks. 
Plamagin. Plumbago 
| Plumbagin.| root or 
Lalchitra, 
> 
Bengal weer entrees 1885 teneee eeetee 1 
Do. eoeeeesenes 1886 * seetee serene I 
Do aeeeeeeee . 1887 oueree etree a 
Do eentee eee 1888 aeeter eeetes 2 
Do eee eee wea eee 1889 Ct nh eee eee Se) . 1 
Madras peices cause 1881 deesee eetsee af 
WO, Srrroeer| 1882 sree 4 ‘As this poison has very seldom been detected in this 
Presidency, all of the cases of poisoning by Plumbago 
are briefly notice 
“Tn the first case a woman was suspected to have been 
drugged, in order to facilitate robbing her, by something 
A 1 
woman seems to have suffered severely, but Pobtanaels 
had the benefit, of skilful ress from the Medical 
er, Satur, from whom a careful and intellige nt 
record of the pene of the | case was received,” 
In the second case an insane man was re ported 
have died suffermg from vomiting and purging shortly 
after iy a red powder given him by a native doctor 
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WANIDV AN NTd 
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