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most marked symptoms of belladonna-poisoning. Recovery 
ensued without special treatment. (Bull. de therap. ci. 239.) 
Children have a remarkable tolerance of belladonna. After 
death by belladonna or atropine the lungs and right side of 
the heart are engorged, the brain and meninges are congested, 
and the retina is hyperemic, and a corresponding condition of 
the spinal cord has been observed. (Stillé and Maisch.) 
No cases of criminal poisoning by Belladonna have been 
recorded in India, but poisoning by Datura is extremely frequent 
(see Datura). Dr. Warden (Ind. Med. Gaz. 1879,) records a 
non-fatal case of poisoning ensuing upon the hypodermic 
injection of 5 to 6 drops of Liq. Atrop- Sulph., B. P. Imme- 
diately after the injection the medical officer in charge of the 
case states that he scarified the part, and pressed out as much 
of the injected fluid as possible. Within five minutes after the 
injection, the patient complained of vertigo, was unable to sit 
ina chair, and had to be carried to a bed. Within an hour 
after the injection the patient was delirious, the symptoms 
appeared to occur in paroxysms. The pupils were much dilated. 
Three hours after the injection the patient was quieter, save for 
an attack of furious delirium. Micturition was increas ed; the 
pulse between 130—140 and rather weak. Six hours after the — 
injection, the patient was picking up imaginary objects, tying 
up imaginary rupees in his clothes, spinning, and carrying his 
fingers along imaginary threads ; at times he would dig at the — 
ground with his fingers and ook for his shoes, all the while 
king incessantly. 10} hours after the injection the symp- 
ns had considerably abated, and during the night sleep was 
bed ey. wild dreams. On the. following morning the 
ated that he had very little recollection of the events 
ing ay Assuming 5 drops to have been injected, 
ld equivalent to ‘0418 of a grain of the 
