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ophthalmia, similarly they are useful in headache, enlarged 
testicles, boils, &c. The following description of Datura intoxi- . 
cation is by the same author :—“ Every thing he (the patient) 
looks at appears dark; he fancies that he really sees all the - 
‘absurd impressions of his brain, his senses are deranged, 
: he talks in a wild, disconnected manner, tries to walk butis 
_ unable, cannot sit straight, insects and reptiles float before his 
: eyes, he tries to seize them, and laughs inordinately at his 
failure. His eyes are bloodshot, he sees with difficulty, and 
“catches at hi8%clothes and the furniture and walls of the room. 
Tn short, he has the appearance of a mad man.” pomcaep 
article “Jouz-el-mathil.”’) 
The leaves and seeds of D. fastuosa have been made official 
the Pharmacopeia of India, and of these a tincture, extract, 
ster and poultice are directed to be made. The extract 
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plant as a remedy for painful syphilitic nodes, tumours, &c.5 is 
well known to many European physicians in India. 
For a description of the physiological effects of Datura, the 
der is referred to the article upon Belladonna. 
-Description.—The leaves of D. Stramonium, D. fastuosa, 
nd D. Metel are very similar; they have long petioles, are 
nequal at the base, ovate, acuminate, sinuate-dentate, with 
irregular pointed lobes; when frosh they are firm and 
, and have a disagreeable fetid odour, which they lose when 
In D. Stramonium and D. Metel the young leaves are 
rally pubescent, in D. Fastuose they are glabrous. In 
» the leaves vary greatly, in vigorous plants the largest 
7 to 8 inches long and 4 to 5 in breadth. All the species 
» large trumpet-s shaped, night-scented flowers, which in 
fastuosa vary much in colour and are often doable. In 
x ee. are white, and in D. Metel ear 
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ed with blunt spines ; os is bilocular, with each cell 
