THE DIFFERENT POISONS. 



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VEGETABLE POISONS. 



(A.) Acrid vegetable poisons, which produce their effect princi- 

 pally on the stomach, and the internal parts with which they 

 first come in contact. 



POISONS. 



SYMPTOMS 



TREATMENT. 



(B.) Narcotic vegetable poisons, which act principally on the 

 brain and nervous system. 



Papaver Somniferum Opium 



Laudanum. 



Aconitum Wolf s Bane. 

 Belladona. Deadly Night 



Shade. 

 Conium Maculatum Common 



Hemlock. 



Cicuta Virosa. Water Hem- 

 lock. 

 ^Bthusa Cynapium. Lesser 



Hemlock, Fool's Parsley. 

 Hyoscyaiuus. Henbane. 

 Datura Stramonium. Thorn 



Apple, 

 Laura Cerusus. Common 



Laurel. 



Digitalis Purpurea Fox Glove 

 Solannm Dulcamara. Woody 



Night Shade. 



Nicotiana Tabacum. Tobacco 

 NHX Vomica. 

 Cocculus Indicus. 



Distressing nausea followed 

 by active vomiting, and gene- 

 ral uneasiness about the sto- 

 mach. Sense of numbness, 

 stupor, pain and weight of the 

 head, with feelings of intox- 

 ication, great general distress 

 and anxiety, delirium, dilated 

 pupil, followed by coma, pal- 

 sy, convulsions and death. 



Active vomits, followed by 

 active purges ; after the ope- 

 ration of which, (and not be- 

 fore) acid drinks, as lemonade, 

 vinegar and water, imperial 

 and acid fruits, alternated 

 with strong infusion of coffee, 

 in the proportion of half a 

 pound to a quart. Apopletic 

 symptoms to be relieved by 

 local bleeding, blisters, gene- 

 ral frictions, and by every 

 means that can rouse the ner- 

 vous system. 



