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 

 (Solanum nigrum), Hemp (Cannabis saliva}, 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 Erythrlna). 



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 (Stryc-hnos 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}. 



