of cinchona febrifuge and sulphate of 
quinine. It was not stated whether 
“tlh ie i been made up to poison 
bea 
I Sk see sap eeves( LO GL cce[see| sar oy an) bitok gp: how, fey Neck ee 
DO biisisthee veu{ 1882 «0. feve ee nae ag tole. : ves san Wepesso os 
De... veeneses eae tee 1883 Peele ee eee eee eee seeleer l 7 . ° . ee eeeeses 
BPI as ivaseesivers BB4)..)..0] ve | « pide ST Mook 3h. Se Os at is 
Do. . eve { LODO, cae fee ree ba aoe oo 1 tes 1 (Used for procuring abor Nux 
. vomica was detected in yo with 
the cattle rane case, 
Do. see vet eee cates ete site] see vee vee J aoe eee ney Seas Cumin) Sn a Shes. LSS. 
Do. . wah oi \ aed oN ee ee Ee on a oes: 7 careers: peg ete i ‘ 
= ae hese eps cases of poisoning by nux-vomica and its alkaloids are recorded in Dr. Brown’s Book on “ Punjab 
oison 
* In a case which was brought to the Medical College, Calcutta, in 1880, an old man put five of the seeds 
into . vessel ‘of water and allowed it to stand all night long; the next morning he drank off the water. About half an hour 
s he began to feel giddy and unable to 7s ie re length he hada fit. About three gore s er he was brought 
to i hospital, not having. vomited, and t mp was used; as soon as the tube of this passed the throat a 
spasmodic attack was oceasioned, in which all his fimbe backs 6 d remained so = about 2 minutes ; after this wig 
e tube was vorphtngys into the stomach, which was throughly seaned out, and a dose of opium was administ ered. 
ead no return o t, and the next day he was quite well. The above forms a eicd example ‘of a very mild case of this 
form of poisoning.” 
: * Case No. 48 of 1862, Umballa.—A man ate some sugar; soon after he complained * twitchings and spasms in the 
: on bag and limbs; he vomited and afterwards rédow eae strychnia was detected in the sugar used.” 
y * Oase No. 134 of 1869.—Several persons partook of food in which nux-vomica seeds ad been put; within a minute 
td com Bed of a bitter taste in the mouth, twitching of the throat, and Stig an vomiting oceurred ; they subsequently 
38 red from cramps and twitching in the limbs, dimness of sight and we t fell asleep two hours afterwards an 
then peeave vered, ux -vomnica s seeds and strychnia were found i in the batons esa 
along with a large number of yale 
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