98 MEDICINAL HERBS AND POISONOUS PLANTS 



patient by a homoeopath. A fatal result followed the 

 drinking, by a Avoman, of a large amount of tlie ex- 

 pressed juice of Foxglove leaves to relieve a swelling of 



Fig. 60.— Foxglove {Ditjitalis pnrpitrea) 



tlie limbs. The symptoms of the poisoning are nausea, 

 vomiting, and abdominal pains, followed by a remark- 

 able slowing down of the pulse, and a feeling of fain'tness 

 accompanied by slow respiration. All parts of the plant 



eont 



