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In the Punjab fatal cases are more frequent, but their number 
appears to be declining, as will be seen from the followi ng 
figures :— 
.| Number of} Percentage 
Year. -| viscera ex-| of Datura 
amined. | detections. 
1879 162 1°8 
1880 . 194 2°0 
1881 .. 186 6°3 
1882. 201 0-9 
1883 194 15 
1884 : 200 Pe. 
1885 .. ae 234 0-8 
1886 272 0-7 
1887 228 0°8 
Madras— 
1882 152 6 
1883 128 1°6 
1834, 85 8-2 
3885 81 4°9 
-_.1886 84, 273 
1887 76 | None. 
1888 11 
1889 10] 1°9 
A case is reported by Taylor (Poisons, p. 774) in which a 
decoction of 125 seeds of D. Stramonium caused the death ofan 
adult in seven hours : on the other hand, in. Dr.-E. Lawrie’s case 
(see Belladonna), the patient, an adult, recovered under suit- 
able treatment, after taking four graitis of Atropine. 
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