POISONING BY PLANTS. GENERAL PRINCIPLES II 



II. Deliriants. 



Symptoms. Special illusions; delirium; diluted pupils; thirst and 

 dryness of the mouth; occasionally, though rarely, paralysis and tetanoid 

 spasms. 



Examples. Thorn Apple (Datura Stramonium). Black Nightshade 

 (Solatium nigrum), Hemp (Cannabis sativa), Darnel (Lolium temulentum) 

 and Fly Agaria (Amanita muscaria). 



III. Inebriants. 



Symptoms. Excitement of cerebral functions, and of the circulation; 

 loss of power of co-ordination, and of muscular movements, with double 

 vision; leading to profound sleep, and deep coma. 



Examples. Wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium), Jamaica Dogwood 

 (Piscidia Erythrina). 



POISONS ACTING ON THE SPINAL CORD 



Convulsives. 



Symptoms. Clonic (intermittent) spasms, extending from above 

 downwards. Opisthonas very violent; but trismus (lock-jaw) rare. 

 Swallowing spasmodic. Death, usually, in less than three hours, or 

 rapid recovery. 



Examples. Nux vomica (Strychnos Nux-vomica), St. Ignatius's Bean 

 (Strychnos Ignatii). 



POISONS ACTING ON THE HEART 



I. Depressants. 



Symptoms.- Vertigo; vomiting; abdominal pain; confused vision; 

 convulsions; occasional delirium; paralysis; syncope; sometimes asphyxia. 



Examples. Tobacco (Nicotiana Tabacum), Hemlock (Conium ma- 

 culatum), Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata). 



II. Asthenics. 



Symptoms. Numbness, and tingling in the mouth; abdominal pain; 

 vertigo; vomiting; purging; tremor; occasional delirium; paralysis; 

 dyspnoea, ending in syncope. 



Examples. Aconite (Aconitum Napellus), Cohosh (Cimicifuga race- 

 mosa), Oleander (Nerium oleander), Foxglove (Digitalis pur pur ea), 

 White Hellebore (Veratrum album), Green Hellebore (Veratrum mride). 



